Tag: stroke risk
High blood pressure, atrial fibrillation and smoking among risk factors for...
People with conditions or habits like high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation and smoking not only have a higher risk of stroke, but may also...
Stroke risk linked to climate, financial and medical vulnerability in US...
Worsening air quality and temperature extremes are linked to increased stroke burden, according to a study presented at this year’s Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery...
Higher income reduces stroke mortality risk by a third, new study...
New research, presented today at the 10th European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC 2024; 15–17 May, Basel, Switzerland), has revealed that high-income individuals have a...
Measuring plaque inflammation via SCAIL scores may improve carotid stenosis risk...
The use of a relatively novel scoring system, referred to as Symptomatic carotid atheroma inflammation lumen-stenosis (SCAIL), has produced favourable predictive qualities versus the...
No relationship found between DW-MRI lesions and long-term stroke risk following...
A secondary analysis of existing clinical trial data has indicated that new ischaemic brain lesions detected via diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) following carotid...
Research shows “direct mechanistic link” between COVID-19 infection and heart attack,...
A new study has shed fresh light on the potential connection between pre-existing heart issues and symptoms of ‘long-COVID’. According to researchers from New...
Black patients nearly 50% less likely to receive revascularisation for PAD
A new study from Keck Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC; Los Angeles, USA) has uncovered “significant racial disparities” in the diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of...
Incomplete imaging of transient ischaemic attack increases subsequent stroke risk
Transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs) encountered with incomplete neurovascular imaging in emergency departments (EDs) have been associated with higher odds of subsequent stroke within 90...
More research needed but lithotripsy plus TCAR ‘an answer’ in certain...
Earlier this year, researchers debuted single-centre experiences indicating that intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) may be able to expand transcarotid artery revascularisation (TCAR) into patients with...
Researchers identify novel protein linked to ischaemic stroke risk in older...
By identifying plasma proteomic determinants of incident cardioembolic and non-cardioembolic ischaemic stroke, researchers in the USA have found a novel protein believed to be...
“Sonolysis is back” after safely reducing endarterectomy stroke risk in randomised...
Positive results from a clinical trial involving a novel therapeutic procedure known as sonolysis—deployed during a carotid endarterectomy (CEA)—were presented at the recent European...
ESOC 2022: New study links gut microbiota strains with more severe...
A new study has identified strains of gut microbiota that are associated with more severe strokes and worse post-stroke recovery, revealing that the gut...
Dedicated primary care can reduce stroke risk in seniors by more...
ChenMed has announced results from a three-year study of nearly 60,000 patients, showing 22% lower incidence of primary stroke among those having benefitted from...
