Stroke Reports
Thursday, April 17th, 2014
STROKEAHA: April 1, 2014 Background and Purpose—Few studies have examined the effect of hourly changes in air pollution on cardiovascular disease morbidity. We evaluated the associations between hourly changes in air pollution and the risks of several types of cardiovascular disease. Methods—We used a time-stratified case-crossover design. Study participants were 10 949 residents of the city of […]
Stroke Reports
Thursday, April 17th, 2014
BMC Public Health: March 26, 2014 Background Stroke is the leading cause of disability among adults in the United States. The association of patients’ pre-event socioeconomic status (SES) with post-stroke disability is not well understood. We examined the association of three indicators of SES—educational attainment, working status, and perceived adequacy of household income—with disability 3-months following […]
Stroke Reports
Thursday, April 17th, 2014
CIRCULATIONAHA: February 12, 2014 Background—Infections may trigger acute cardiovascular events, but the risk after community-acquired bacteremia is unknown. We assessed the risk for acute myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke within 1 year of community-acquired bacteremia. Methods and Results—This population-based cohort study was conducted in Northern Denmark. We included 4389 hospitalized medical patients with positive blood cultures […]
Stroke Reports
Thursday, April 17th, 2014
Neurology: February 7, 2014 Objective: It is unknown whether racial differences in exposure to acute precipitants of stroke, specifically infection, contribute to racial disparities in stroke mortality. Methods: Among participants in the nationally representative Health and Retirement Study with linked Medicare data (1991–2007), we conducted a case-crossover study employing within-person comparisons to study racial/ethnic differences in the risks […]
Stroke Reports
Thursday, April 17th, 2014
Neurology:Z 2/7/14 Objective: We aimed to compare quality of life (QOL) in women and men after ischemic stroke or TIA, and to determine the incremental impact of demographic, socioeconomic, clinical, and stroke-specific effects on longitudinal QOL. Methods: We assessed QOL in patients with ischemic stroke or TIA at 3 and 12 months postdischarge in the Adherence eValuation After […]
Stroke Reports
Thursday, April 3rd, 2014
NIH: March 20, 2014 NIH-funded findings point to new potential strategies for disease prevention, treatment Scientists studying the genomes of nearly 5,000 people have pinpointed a genetic variant tied to an increased risk for stroke, and have also uncovered new details about an important metabolic pathway that plays a major role in several common diseases. […]
Stroke Reports
Thursday, April 3rd, 2014
MAR 18, 2014 Conflict of interest: Dr. Conrado J. Estol and Ms. Renee Hebert Martin have nothing to disclose. Dr. Philip M. W. Bath received consulting fees from Boehringer Ingelheim. Dr. Philip B. Gorelick received consulting fees from AstraZenica/Quintiles, Bayer, Janssen, Takeda, Roche/Parexel, Shire, Brainsgate, and D-Pharm, and lecture fees from Boehringer Ingelheim. Mr. Daniel […]
Stroke Reports
Thursday, April 3rd, 2014
STROKEAHA: March 13, 2014 Background and Purpose—Our objective was to compare neurological, functional, and cognitive stroke outcomes in Mexican Americans (MAs) and non-Hispanic whites using data from a population-based study. Methods—Ischemic strokes (2008–2012) were identified from the Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi (BASIC) Project. Data were collected from patient or proxy interviews (conducted at […]
Stroke Reports
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014
STROKEAHA: March 4, 2014 Background and Purpose—We sought to assess outcomes after endovascular treatment/therapy of acute ischemic stroke, overall and by subgroups, and looked for predictors of outcome. Methods—We used data from a mandatory, population-based registry that includes external monitoring of completeness, which assesses reperfusion therapies for consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke since 2011. We […]
Stroke Reports
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014
Neurology: January 31, 2014 Objective: We compared clinical characteristics of seizures at ischemic stroke presentation (SSP) to seizures during hospitalization post ischemic stroke (SDH), and their impacts on stroke outcome, using the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network (RCSN) database. Methods: This cohort study included consecutive patients from the RCSN who had an acute ischemic stroke between July […]
