Stroke
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Early thrombolysis benefits moderate and mild stroke patients
Major finding: When treated with early thrombolysis, patients with mild stroke symptoms were 51% more likely to have a 3-month modified Rankin...
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Percent insula infarction may help predict stroke treatment response
Major finding: The percent anterior insula infarct at admission was the only predictor of infarct growth in both univariate and multivariate...
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Hypertensive retinopathy predicts stroke risk
Major finding: Patients with hypertensive retinopathy were at significantly increased stroke risk (adjusted hazard ratio, 2.37).Data source: An...
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Early surgery for intracerebral bleeds may benefit a select few
Major finding: A favorable outcome at 6 months was seen in 41% of the early surgery group and 38% of the conservative treatment group (P = .367...
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New risk scheme to predict stroke in AF
Major Finding: With the new stroke prediction scheme, 46% of AF patients were classified as having an extremely low (less than 1%) annual risk of...
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Exercise frequency matters for reducing stroke risk, at least for men
Major finding: Moderate to vigorous physical activity four or more times per week in men was associated with a lower stroke risk, compared with...
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Stroke outcomes poorer when criteria precluded endovascular therapy
Major finding: Acute ischemic stroke patients excluded from endovascular intervention because they failed to meet perfusion imaging criteria were...
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Decompression for malignant stroke in elderly lowers death, disability
Major finding: At 1 year, 57% of surgically managed versus 24% of conservatively managed patients were alive (P less than .001).Data source:...
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Fungal meningitis can masquerade as ischemic stroke
Major finding: Of three patients with fungal meningitis, one was diagnosed quickly enough after a series of what appeared to be strokes to be...
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Poststroke prevention strategies cut dementia risk in half
Major finding: The relative risk for cognitive dysfunction was 0.8-0.9 with the use of recommended antihypertensive, antithrombotic, and lipid-...
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COPD may boost risk of cerebral microbleeds
Major finding: Patients with COPD had a significantly higher prevalence of cerebral microbleeds, compared with patients with normal lung function...