Stroke
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Aspirin Reduces Risk of Recurrent Blood Clots
Major Finding: In a population of patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism who had completed 6-12 months of oral anticoagulant treatment,...
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LDL Cholesterol, Systolic Blood Pressure Predict Different CV Events
Major Finding: For each 10-mm Hg increase on baseline systolic blood pressure, the risk of a fatal or nonfatal stroke increased by 16%, and each...
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Coronary Disease, Stroke to Drop Below Cancer as Top Killer
Major Finding: In 2008, the combined rate of deaths caused by coronary disease and stroke fell for the first time below the rate of deaths caused...
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Bypass Proves No Better Than Drugs in Preventing Stroke
Major Finding: Even though EC-IC bypass surgery improved cerebral hemodynamics, the 2-year rate of recurrent ischemic stroke was not significantly...
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FDA Approves Rivaroxaban for Some Stroke Prevention
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Screen Carotids After Head and Neck Radiation
Major Finding: The estimated risk for stenosis of the carotid arteries 3 years after irradiation for head and neck cancer was 18%.Data Source:...
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Stroke Risk Surges After 10 Years in Diabetes Patients
Major Finding: Study participants with at least a 10-year history of diabetes had more than three times greater risk for stroke than did...
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Cardiac Rehab Program Helps Stroke Patients
Major Finding: One year after participating in a 3-month cardiac rehabilitation program, 60 patients with a recent history of nondisabling stroke...
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New Trial Proposed for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis
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Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms Pose Management Dilemma
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Risk Assessment Tool Improves VTE Prophylaxis Hospital-Wide
Major Finding: VTE prophylaxis improved from 71% to 98% with implementation of risk assessment tool.Data Source: A random sampling of 503 patients...