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Detection of atrial fibrillation in real world setting in patients with cryptogenic stroke and an implantable loop recorder
ConclusionCompared to CRYSTAL-AF, the AF detection rate in our cohort is similar, but this cohort includes a higher proportion of female and African American patients. Most patients with recurrent strokes after ILR implant did not have AF during 36 months of monitoring.
Source: Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE - June 16, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Seulgi Erica Kim, Muzamil Khawaja, Jitae Alex Kim, Payam Safavi ‐Naeini, June Pickett, Joanna Molina‐Razavi, Mohammad Saeed, Mehdi Razavi, Abdi Rasekh, Mihail Chelu Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Aortic arch repair: lessons learned over three decades at Baylor College of Medicine
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2022 May 27. doi: 10.23736/S0021-9509.22.12376-1. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe treatment of complex aortic arch disease continues to be among the most demanding cardiovascular operations, with a considerable risk of death and stroke. Since January 1990, our single-practice service has performed over 3,000 repairs of the aortic arch. Our aim is to describe the progression of our technical approach to open aortic arch repair. Our center's surgical technique has evolved considerably over the last three decades. When it comes to initial arterial cannulation, we have shifted away from femoral ar...
Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - May 27, 2022 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Arsalan Amin Ginger M Etheridge Hiruni S Amarasekara Susan Y Green Joseph S Coselli Source Type: research

Analyzing patients shortly after stroke can help link brain regions to speech functions
(Rice University) New research from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine shows analyzing the brains of stroke victims just days after the stroke allows researchers to link various speech functions to different parts of the brain, an important breakthrough that may lead to better treatment and recovery.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Blood proteins help predict risk of developing heart failure
(Baylor College of Medicine) Two blood proteins help predict more accurately the risk for heart attack, stroke and heart failure hospitalization.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - May 21, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Anti-inflammatory drug may help prevent heart attacks
Conclusion This well-conducted study shows promising signs that canakinumab may reduce the risk of future heart attacks and other cardiovascular events in people who've had them in the past. But before any changes are made to the current licensing of this drug, further research is needed to confirm the beneficial effects and the optimal dose. Most importantly, researchers will need to focus on the observation that the drug lowered white blood cell counts and increased the risk of fatal infection. They estimated around 1 in every 300 people taking canakinumab would die of a fatal infection. This number, while low, is sti...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 30, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Source Type: news

Lasting Impact of an Ephemeral Organ: The Role of the Placenta in Fetal Programming
Recent advances in molecular and imaging technologies, “omics” fields, and data sciences are offering researchers an unprecedented look at the placenta, the master regulator of the fetal environment.© EPA/National Geographic Channel/Alamy Studies of infants conceived during the Dutch “Hunger Winter” provided some of the earliest clues that prenatal stress could affect health much later in life.© Nationaal Archief  © Evan Oto/Science Source In one study, the placental microbiome had a similar taxonomic profile as the oral microbiome, illustrated here by...
Source: EHP Research - July 1, 2016 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Web Admin Tags: Featured Focus News July 2016 Source Type: research

An Aspirin a Day: Is the Benefit Worth the Risk?
Studies have shown that aspirin, the age old remedy for pain and fever, also thins the blood. Because of this property, it can also help to lower the chances of a heart attack or a stroke caused by a blood clot in the brain. And, although research has found that it only works in certain people (specifically, those with a history of heart attack or stroke) many Americans are inappropriately taking daily, low doses of aspirin as a preventative measure. In fact, researchers have found that about 12 percent of the of nearly 69,000 U.S. adults taking aspirin on a long-term basis should not have received the prescription in the ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Over one in 10 patients taking aspirin 'inappropriately' increasing stroke risk
A study by Baylor College of Medicine found that 11 per cent of those taking the drugs in the US were doing so 'inappropriately', putting them at risk of thinning of the blood, which can cause excessive bleeding or stroke.
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news