Stroke Risk

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 34 days ago
Reuters - Age should not preclude people who have suffered a Stroke or TIA (transient ischemic attack) from being treated with a "statin" drug to lower the Risk of a recurrence, US and European investigators report. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 34 days ago
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Taking a cholesterol-lowering drug after a Stroke or mini-Stroke reduces an older person's Risk of another Stroke much as it does in younger patients, according to a U.S. study. ...

Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov --- 31 days ago
Related Articles Stroke Risk in the elderly: it's not all about visible clot. Heart. 2008 Sep;94(9):1109-10 Authors: Kanagaratnam P PMID: 18703685 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] ...

Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov --- 3 days ago
Related Articles [Quality assurance indicators for Risk management in the follow-up of medical care received by acute ischemic Stroke patients] Sante Publique. 2008 May-Jun;20(3):225-37 Authors: Le Barbier M, Deltour S, Crozier S, Léger A, Pires C, Rufat P, Samson Y, Bourdillon F Although recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of Stroke are available, the aim of this study was to identify indicators of quality and Risk management for acute ischemic Stroke hospital patients. We conducted a descriptive study of Stroke patients who were diagnosed less than 12 hours before admission to the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital's neurology and Stroke unit. Data were collected using a literature review and from existing recommendation. During the study period (August 2003 through April 2005) 310 eligible patients were identified. In 87.5% of the cases, patients suffered from a cerebral infarction and in 10.3% from an intracranial haemorrhage. The initial deficit was mild to severe. The average time between the first symptoms and admission in the Stroke unit was 212 +/- 130 minutes. Forty percent of patients who underwent a thrombolysis did so within the first 3 hours. The average length of stay in the Stroke unit was 17.5 days. Thirty-one percent of the patients were discharged to go home, 47% to a rehabilitation unit and 8% died. Ten indicators of quality and Risk management are proposed, taking in account the events before admission, hospital c ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 8 days ago
The study looked at 471 ACS patients. Of the patients, 199 were seen before 2003; 272 were seen after January 1, 2003. Results show microemboli in 12.6 percent of patients before 2003, but in only 3.7 percent since 2003. ...

Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov --- 30 days ago
Related Articles Most patients at Risk of Stroke fail to get adequate anticoagulation. BMJ. 2008;337:a1529 Authors: Tanne JH PMID: 18772184 [PubMed - in process] ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 33 days ago
Elderly people who have had a Stroke or mini-Stroke benefit from cholesterol-lowering drugs just as much as younger people in the same situation, according to a new research led by an Indian-origin scientist. ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 30 days ago
Elderly people who take a cholesterol drug after a Stroke or mini-Stroke lower their Risk of having another Stroke just as much as younger people in the same situation, according to research published in the ... ...

Source: www.thestar.com --- 21 days ago
Researchers are testing an advanced form of MRI to see if it could prevent Stroke by detecting a specific type of dangerous plaque in the major arteries that send blood to the brain. ...

Source: www.medscape.com --- 33 days ago
The post hoc finding, which was relative to placebo, is unusual for an antiarrhythmic agent. The investigational drug is envisioned as a potentially safer alternative to amiodarone. Heartwire ...

Source: www.ctv.ca --- 35 days ago
More than half of high-Risk patients were either not taking any or the right amount of blood-thinning medication at the time of their Stroke, the study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association said. ...

Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com --- 26 days ago
The University of Illinois at Chicago has been awarded a five-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to lead a multi-center study to assess blood flow and Stroke Risk. Ischemic strokes -- the type caused by clots rather than bleeds in the brain -- account for 80 percent of all strokes and represent a major source of death and disability. ...

Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com --- 24 days ago
Dr Peter Coleman, Deputy Director of Research at The Stroke Association comments: "Atrial Fibrillation is an important Risk factor for Stroke and is responsible for around 15% of all strokes. The use of an anti-arrhythmic drug, such as dronedarone opens up exciting possibilities, highlighted by this new analysis. It is very encouraging that dronedarone appears to be effective in reducing Stroke Risk in patients with Atrial Fibrillation." Notes 1. ...

Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com --- 30 days ago
Elderly people who take a cholesterol drug after a Stroke or mini-Stroke lower their Risk of having another Stroke just as much as younger people in the same situation, according to research published in the September 3, 2008, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. ...

Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com --- 33 days ago
The results of a post-hoc analysis of the data from the ATHENA study were presented today at the clinical trial update session of the European Society of Cardiology congress 2008, in Munich, Germany. Previous results from the landmark ATHENA study have shown that the investigational medicine dronedarone on top of standard therapy decreased the combined primary endpoint of the Risk of cardiovascular hospitalisations or death from any cause by a statistically significant 24% (p=0. ...

Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com --- 18 days ago
Scientists at The University of Nottingham are to investigate whether giving recovering Stroke patients a triple cocktail of medicines could reduce their chances of a further attack. Pioneering research has already shown that giving patients two medicines aspirin and dipyridamole can lower the Risk of further Stroke by thinning the blood to prevent the clots that can block blood flow to the brain. ...

Source: www.physorg.com --- 1 day ago
Small, clinically silent areas of bleeding in the brain appear to be more common in black versus white Stroke patients hospitalized for new brain bleeds, say researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center. These findings may help explain the higher Risk of hemorrhagic Stroke among the black population, especially in those who are medically underserved. ...

Source: health.families.com --- 16 days ago
A Stroke can strike at any age -- it isn't just a problem for senior citizens. Women between the ages of forty-five and fifty-four are at especially high Risk of a Stroke. What can you do to protect yourself? Here are some tips from the American Stroke Association. Manage blood pressure. ...

Source: www.healthcentral.com --- 28 days ago
Heavy snoring is associated with plaque build-up or "atherosclerosis" in the carotid arteries in the neck that supply blood to the brain and, therefore, may be a Risk factor for Stroke, according to findings in the journal Sleep. ...

Source: www.healthcentral.com --- 34 days ago
Age should not preclude people who have suffered a Stroke or TIA (transient ischemic attack) from being treated with a "statin" drug to lower the Risk of a recurrence, US and European investigators report. ...