Stroke Reports
Friday, December 18th, 2015
Stroke, 24 November 2015 Background and Purpose—The association between socioeconomic status in adulthood and the risk of stroke is well established; however, the independent effects of socioeconomic conditions in different life phases are less understood. … Conclusions—This study supports the hypothesis that unfavorable childhood socioeconomic conditions are related to ischemic stroke risk, independent of established risk […]
Stroke Reports
Friday, December 18th, 2015
BMC Neurology, 12 November 2015 Background Several studies suggest that perceived psychosocial stress is associated with increased risk of stroke; however results are inconsistent with regard to definitions and measurement of perceived stress, features of individual study design, study conduct and conclusions drawn and no meta-analysis has yet been published. We performed a systematic review […]
Stroke Reports
Friday, December 18th, 2015
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes, November 2015 Background—National guidelines endorse recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (r-tPA) in eligible patients with acute ischemic stroke to improve patients’ functional recovery. However, 23% to 40% of ideal candidates with acute ischemic stroke for reperfusion are not treated, perhaps because of the difficulty in explaining the benefits and risks of r-tPA […]
Stroke Reports
Friday, December 18th, 2015
Stroke, 29 October 2015 Although it is encouraging that during the past decade there has been a notable decline in the incidence of stroke in several countries around the world, further reductions in stroke occurrence will require even better treatment of conventional risk factors, as well as the identification and treatment of nontraditional risk factors. […]
Stroke Reports
Friday, December 18th, 2015
J Am Heart Assoc, 14 October 2015
