Results of trial to determine how to prevent future strokes encouraging
(Medical Xpress)—The results of a major, multicenter clinical trial to determine the best treatment for younger patients who have strokes that are potentially due to a hole in the upper chambers of the heart has provided ...
Cardiology
Mar 21, 2013 |
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Lower blood pressure targets safe in reducing risk of recurrent stroke
Stroke patients who lowered their systolic blood pressure below 130 mm Hg were significantly less likely to have a recurrent stroke caused by a brain bleed compared with those who didn't lower their pressure ...
Cardiology
Feb 11, 2013 |
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Stroke survivors with PTSD more likely to avoid treatment
A new survey of stroke survivors has shown that those with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are less likely to adhere to treatment regimens that reduce the risk of an additional stroke. Researchers found that 65 percent ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 18, 2013 |
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Home blood pressure monitoring may not benefit patients with stroke and hypertension
Home blood pressure monitoring may help patients with hypertension and stroke but did not improve blood pressure control for patients who had normal blood pressure at the start or those with disabilities, according to a randomized ...
Health
Nov 05, 2012 |
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Stroke survivors who smoke raise risk of more strokes, heart attack, death
Stroke survivors who smoke put themselves at a greater risk of additional strokes, heart attack or death than those who never smoked, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Stroke.
Cardiology
Oct 25, 2012 |
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Results of the RESPECT trial presented at TCT 2012
A clinical trial indicates that using an investigational medical device to close a PFO, or "hole in the heart," may be superior to medical management alone in the prevention of a repeated stroke. Results of the RESPECT trial ...
Cardiology
Oct 25, 2012 |
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'Mini' stroke can cause major disability, may warrant clot-busters
A transient ischemic attack, TIA or a "mini stroke," can lead to serious disability, but is frequently deemed by doctors too mild to treat, according to a study in the American Heart Association journal Stroke.
Cardiology
Sep 13, 2012 |
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Specialized care by experienced teams cuts death and disability from bleeding brain aneurysms
People with bleeding brain aneurysms have the best chance of survival and full recovery if they receive aggressive emergency treatment from a specialized team at a hospital that treats a large number of patients like them ...
Cardiology
May 17, 2012 |
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Study finds expensive procedure no more effective than medical therapy to prevent strokes
A catheter procedure that closes a hole in patients' hearts was no more effective than medical therapy in preventing recurrent strokes, according to a new study published in the March 15 issue of the New England Journal of ...
Cardiology
Mar 14, 2012 |
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Doctors find new way to predict recurrent stroke
New research from the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) shows that using a CT (computerised tomography) scan, doctors can predict if patients who have had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke, ...
Cardiology
Feb 24, 2012 |
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Clopidogrel with aspirin doesn't prevent more small strokes, may increase risk of bleeding, death
The anti-blood clot regimen that adds the drug clopidogrel (Plavix) to aspirin treatment is unlikely to prevent recurrent strokes and may increase the risk of bleeding and death in patients with subcortical stroke according ...
Cardiology
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Study evaluates 'normal range' systolic bp levels after ischemic stroke and risk of recurrent stroke
Among patients who experienced an ischemic stroke, systolic blood pressure levels of less than 120 mm Hg, or higher than 140 mm Hg, were associated with an increased risk of subsequent stroke, according to a study appearing ...
Cardiology
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Acute Stroke Therapy at Crossroads, Researchers Write
(Medical Xpress) -- Acute stroke therapy is at a crossroads, a University of Cincinnati (UC) researcher writes in a national medical journal, with clinical practice increasingly using approaches that have not been proven ...
Cardiology
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Hospital team significantly reduced risk of further vascular events after 'mini strokes'
Patients who had a transient ischaemic attack (TIA), sometimes referred to as a "mini stroke", were much less likely to experience further vascular events in the first year if their care was co-ordinated by a special hospital ...
Neuroscience
Oct 27, 2011 |
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TARDIS trial seeks new dimension in stroke treatment
People who suffer from acute stroke or Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA, a mini stroke) could get better treatment in the future thanks to the expansion of a large clinical trial of a new combination of drugs led by researchers ...
Cardiology
Oct 17, 2011 |
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