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China stroke surveillance report 2021
AbstractSince 2015, stroke has become the leading cause of death and disability in China, posing a significant threat to the health of its citizens as a major chronic non-communicable disease. According to the China Stroke High-risk Population Screening and Intervention Program, an estimated 17.8 million [95% confidence interval (CI) 17.6 –18.0 million] adults in China had experienced a stroke in 2020, with 3.4 million (95% CI 3.3–3.5 million) experiencing their first-ever stroke and another 2.3 million (95% CI 2.2–2.4 million) dying as a result. Additionally, approximately 12.5% (95% CI 12.4–12.5%) of stroke survi...
Source: Military Medical Research - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The Racial Gap in U.S. Stroke Deaths Got Worse During the Pandemic
NEW YORK — The longstanding racial gap in U.S. stroke death rates widened dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, government researchers said Thursday.
Stroke death rates increased for both Black and white adults in 2020 and 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study. But the difference between the two groups grew about 22%, compared with the five years before the pandemic.
“Any health inequity that existed before seems to have been made larger during the pandemic,” said Dr. Bart Demaerschalk, a stroke researcher at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix who was not involved in the new...
Source: TIME: Health - April 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe/AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
How do brain cancer patients experience MRI exam follow-up?
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 3, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Straight from the heart: Mysterious lipids may predict cardiac problems better than cholesterol
Stephanie Blendermann, 65, had good reason to worry about heart disease. Three of her sisters died in their 40s or early 50s from heart attacks, and her father needed surgery to bypass clogged arteries. She also suffered from an autoimmune disorder that results in chronic inflammation and boosts the odds of developing cardiovascular illnesses. “I have an interesting medical chart,” says Blendermann, a real estate agent in Prior Lake, Minnesota.
Yet Blendermann’s routine lab results weren’t alarming. At checkups, her low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or “bad,” cholesterol hovered around the 100 milligrams-per-...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - March 16, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Morbid Obesity is Associated with Increased Procedural Complications and Worse In-Hospital Outcomes after Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device Implantation
Obesity has adverse effects on cardiovascular hemodynamics and is an independent risk factor for the induction and perpetuation of atrial fibrillation (AF) (1). Percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) has shown promising results in reducing stroke risk in select AF patients who cannot be managed with a conventional long-term oral anticoagulation strategy (2). In the landmark PROTECT-AF trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of percutaneous LAAO, patients receiving LAAO device had a mean BMI of 31.6 kg/m2 (2), however, no distinct assessment of outcomes were conducted based on body weight.
Source: Heart Rhythm - December 26, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Siddharth Agarwal, Zain Ul Abideen Asad, Muhammad Zia Khan, Lydia Fekadu Messele, Douglas Darden, Deepak Kumar Pasupula, Gagan D. Singh, Uma N. Srivatsa, Salman Zahid, Sudarshan Balla, Christopher V. DeSimone, Abhishek Deshmukh, Muhammad Bilal Munir Source Type: research
Association of body mass index with COVID-19-related neurologic sequelae: a retrospective cohort study
This study demonstrates the absence of an association between BMI and neurologic manifestations following acute COVID-19 illness. Prospective studies using standardized data collection tools and direct measures of body fat are warranted to obtain more valid effect estimates.
Source: Clinical and Experimental Medicine - December 16, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: research
Effects of statins on outcomes in Hispanic patients with COVID-19
The Hispanic population is regarded among those who are at greater risk of adverse prognoses due to higher rates of diabetes and obesity in the USA during the COVID-19 pandemic. Statin medications are speculated to help treat the infection by decreasing inflammation caused by COVID-19. In this retrospective, observational study, outcomes of statin use were assessed among Hispanic patients with COVID-19 by screening all patients hospitalized between March, 2020 and March, 2021 at a tertiary care hospital in El Paso, Texas, resulting in a total of 1039 patients. The patients were categorized into a group of either being on s...
Source: Journal of Investigative Medicine - December 1, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Khalafi, S., Evans, J., Lumbreras, T., Tiula, K., Helmsdoerfer, K., Dwivedi, A. K., Dihowm, F. Tags: COVID-19 Original research Source Type: research
Hospitalizations in OSA patients
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with cardiovascular comorbidities and other chronic diseases, accounting for long-term morbidity, with elevated symptomatic burden and hospitalizations. We aim to study the hospitalizations' causes in OSA patients and its relation to OSA severity and PAP therapy adhesion.This is a retrospective study including 281 hospitalizations corresponding to 200 OSA patients during 2019. Mean age 65 years, 67% were males, and 43,5% (n=87) had severe OSA; 85% patients under PAP; 60,4% (n=102) good adherent patients. Overlap with obesity hypoventilation syndrome (n=7) and COPD (n=48) was noti...
Source: European Respiratory Journal - December 1, 2022 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Cancela da Fonseca Ferreira Santos, G. S., Van Zeller, M., Carrico, F., Rodrigues, D., Torres Redondo, M., Drummond, M. Tags: 04.02 - Clinical and epidemiological respiratory sleep medicine Source Type: research
Does Bariatric Surgery Change the Risk of Acute Ischemic Stroke in Patients with History of Transient Ischemic Attack? A Nationwide Analysis
Academic Hospital, United States.
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - November 22, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Roberto J. Valera, Cristina Botero-Fonnegra, Vicente J. Cogollo, Mauricio Sarmiento-Cobos, Lisandro Montorfano, Carlos Rivera, Liang Hong, Emanuele Lo Menzo, Samuel Szomstein, Raul J. Rosenthal Tags: Original articles Source Type: research
Association of Epicardial and Pericardial Adipose Tissue Volumes with Coronary Artery Calcification
Int Heart J. 2022 Nov 12. doi: 10.1536/ihj.22-006. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTEpicardial adipose tissue (EAT) and pericardial adipose tissue (PAT) are anatomically close to the myocardium and may influence cardiovascular pathology. Thus, in this study, we aim to assess whether EAT and PAT volumes were associated with coronary artery calcification score (CCS) in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD), especially in overweight and obese individuals.We included consecutive patients with suspected CAD in whom EAT volume, PAT volume, and CCS were measured via computed tomography between September 2015 and June...
Source: International Heart Journal - November 13, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Jingyi Liu Wenjun Fan Yixiang Liu Haiwei Bu Jian Song Lixian Sun Source Type: research
