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A Risk Prediction Model for Determining Appropriateness of CEA in Patients With Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis
A scoring system based on the probability of long-term survival can be used to determine patients most likely to benefit from carotid endarterectomy (CEA). There is considerable controversy about which patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis, even high-grade asymptomatic carotid stenosis, are most likely to benefit from a prophylactic CEA. Indeed, there are those who believe that asymptomatic carotid stenosis may be best treated with carotid artery stenting and those who also contend that with modern medical therapy, asymptomatic carotid stenosis may be best treated with medical therapy alone. Although it seems intuit...
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - March 24, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: M.F. Conrad, J. Kang, S. Mukhopadhyay Tags: Abstracts Source Type: research
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery review
Patients see neurosurgeons as gods, but what is the reality? Henry Marsh has written a memoir of startling candourWe go to doctors for help and healing; we don't expect them to make us worse. Most people know the aphorism taught to medical students, attributed to the ancient Greek Hippocrates but timeless in its quiet sanity: "First, do no harm." But many medical treatments do cause harm: learning how to navigate the risks of drug therapies, as well as the catastrophic consequences of botched or inadvised surgical operations, is a big part of why training doctors takes so long. Even the simplest of therapies carries the ri...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 19, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Gavin Francis Tags: The Guardian Private healthcare Culture Society Reviews Books Neuroscience UK news Hospitals NHS Source Type: news
Novel nanotherapy breakthrough may help reduce recurrent heart attacks and stroke
(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) New report in Nature Communications by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai shows their new statin nanotherapy can target high-risk inflammation inside heart arteries that causes heart attacks or stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 20, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Saturated fat link with heart disease questioned
This article is one doctor's opinion based on his own knowledge, research and experience.
However, it is fair to say there is an ongoing debate about how far cholesterol is a risk factor for heart disease, especially in people who are otherwise healthy.
There is also a similar debate about the use of statins in people who have no evidence of cardiovascular disease. This is alongside ongoing research into the components of LDL and the different types of lipoproteins known to increase risk the most. None of this relevant new evidence is covered by the news reporting.
What should you eat?
There is no need to change curren...
Source: NHS News Feed - October 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Food/diet QA articles Source Type: news
Stroke severity and outcomes for octogenarians receiving statins
Abstract: Pre-exposure to 3-hydroxy-3-methylgutaryl-coenzyne A reductase inhibitors (statins) appears to improve outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Whether this extends to patients over 80 is not known. Patients ≥80 years of age with AIS were retrospectively reviewed from the stroke registry of a tertiary stroke center. Pre-admission statin use, demographics, vascular risk factors, and comorbid conditions were assessed. Primary outcomes were admission National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) scores and in-hospital mortality/discharge to hospice, and secondary outcomes included subsequent int...
Source: Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics - July 1, 2013 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Michael S. Phipps, Neer Zeevi, Ilene Staff, Gil Fortunato, George A. Kuchel, Louise D. McCullough Source Type: research
Progression of asymptomatic carotid stenosis despite optimal medical therapy
Background: Despite level 1 evidence in support of carotid endarterectomy vs medical therapy in selected asymptomatic patients, an alternative posture is that optimal medical therapy (OMT) has not been adequately studied and that such OMT has reduced stroke risk in asymptomatic patients to levels wherein carotid endarterectomy is no longer justified. The goal of this study was to determine the natural history of patients with asymptomatic moderate (50%-69%) carotid artery stenosis (AMCAS) in a contemporary cohort as a function of their associated medical therapy.Methods: Patients with AMCAS determined by duplex ultrasound ...
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - June 30, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: Mark F. Conrad, Valy Baloum, Shankha Mukhopadhyay, Ashu Garg, Virendra I. Patel, Richard P. Cambria Tags: Clinical research studies Source Type: research
Certain statins can raise risk of developing diabetes
Overall benefits of statins outweigh risks, say expertsRelated items from OnMedicaRegulators suspend Avandia over safety concernsIgnored cholesterol blamed for heart attacksPolypill could halve cardiovascular events Hospitals fail women with myocardial infarctionStatins halve heart attack and stroke risk in healthy adults
Source: OnMedica Latest News - May 24, 2013 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Cerebral Infarction in a Case of Parry-Romberg Syndrome
Our objective is to report a rare coexistence of Parry-Romberg disease and ischemic stroke. Here, we report the case of a 34-year-old woman with Parry-Romberg syndrome who developed cerebral infarction. This patient developed sudden left-sided weakness and was admitted to our hospital. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed acute cerebral infarction in the posterior limb of the right internal capsule. The patient had been diagnosed with Parry-Romberg syndrome at the age of 12, and she had a history of migraine without aura. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a patent foramen ovale, but no atrial septal aneurysm or deep...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 9, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Yuji Tomizawa, Ryota Tanaka, Kiyoshi Sekiguchi, Yutaka Oji, Yasutaka Tanaka, Kazuo Yamashiro, Nobutaka Hattori Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research
Aspirin Linked To Blinding Eye Disease
WebMD Medical News
By Brenda Goodman, MA
Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
Jan. 22, 2013 — Regular aspirin users are more likely to develop the “wet” form of age-related macular degeneration compared to people who rarely or never take the drug, a new study shows.
Aspirin is one of the most widely used drugs in the world. Millions of people with heart disease take a daily low dose of aspirin in hopes of preventing heart attacks and stroke. It’s also used to ease pain.
Macular degeneration is a leading cause of blindness in older adults, and it is on the rise. The “wet” form accounts for on...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mreal197 Tags: WebMD News Source Type: news
