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Twenty-Five-Year (1986-2011) Trends in the Incidence and Death Rates of Stroke Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction
The occurrence of a stroke after an acute myocardial infarction is associated with increased morbidity and mortality rates. However, limited data are available, particularly from a population-based perspective, about recent trends in the incidence and mortality rates associated with stroke complicating an acute myocardial infarction.The purpose of this study was to examine 25-year trends (1986-2011) in the incidence and in-hospital mortality rates of initial episodes of stroke complicating acute myocardial infarction.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - May 3, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Essa Hariri, Mayra Tisminetzky, Darleen Lessard, Jorge Yarzebski, Joel Gore, Robert Goldberg Tags: Clinical Research Study Source Type: research
Twenty-five year (1986-2011) trends in the incidence and death rates of stroke complicating acute myocardial infarction
: The occurrence of a stroke after an acute myocardial infarction is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. However, limited data are available, particularly from a population-based perspective, about recent trends in the incidence and death rates associated with stroke complicating an acute myocardial infarction.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - May 3, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Essa Hariri, Mayra Tisminetzky, Darleen Lassard, Jorge Yarzebski, Joel Gore, Robert Goldberg Source Type: research
Diet Redux: Which Food Type Leads to Heart Attacks?
No topic has been more hotly debated over recent decades than the role of various foods in the development of atherosclerosis. The earliest animal experiments demonstrated that diets rich in fat and cholesterol produced arterial lesions that resembled atherosclerosis in humans1. Over subsequent decades, a great deal of animal and human research has been performed exploring the concept that dietary composition is related to the development of atherosclerosis. The earliest theories followed the direction of the early animal experiments mentioned above: These investigations demonstrated that diets containing large amounts of ...
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - April 20, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Joseph S. Alpert Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
Prescription of Statins to Women Poses New Clinical Challenges
In women and men, cardiovascular disease is and will remain the leading avoidable cause of premature death in the United States and is rapidly becoming so worldwide. (1) While many women fear breast cancer more than cardiovascular disease, 1 in 8 will develop and 1 in 25 will die from this disease whereas over 1 in 3 will die from coronary heart disease and 1 in 6 from stroke. (2)
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - April 18, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Madeline Pung, Janet Robishaw, Marc A. Pfeffer, Charles H. Hennekens Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
Gender Differences in Antithrombotic Treatment for Newly Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation: the GLORIA-AF Registry Program
• Effective stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation requires oral anticoagulation.• Globally, similar proportions of women and men were prescribed oral anticoagulation.• The decision to prescribe oral anticoagulation does not seem to be gender-dependant.• Other non-gender risk factors play a predominant role in anticoagulation decision making.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - April 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Micha ł Mazurek, Menno V. Huisman, Kenneth J. Rothman, Miney Paquette, Christine Teutsch, Hans-Christoph Diener, Sergio J. Dubner, Jonathan L. Halperin, Kristina Zint, Lionel Riou França, Shihai Lu, Gregory Y.H. Lip, GLORIA-AF Investigators Tags: Clinical Research Study Source Type: research
Comparative Trends in Heart Disease, Stroke, and All-Cause Mortality in the United States and a Large Integrated Healthcare Delivery System
We examined whether differences in recent trends in heart disease, stroke, and total mortality exist in the United States and Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC), a large integrated healthcare delivery system.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - April 2, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Stephen Sidney, Michael E. Sorel, Charles P. Quesenberry, Marc G. Jaffe, Matthew D. Solomon, Mai N. Nguyen-Huynh, Alan S. Go, Jamal S. Rana Tags: Clinical Research Study Source Type: research
Hemorrhagic Brain Metastases as a Diagnosis of Exclusion: A Diagnostic Dilemma
We have read with great interest the study published in The American Journal of Medicine by Juan et al.1 The authors presented a patient with symptoms of left hemiparesis and left facial palsy for whom computed tomography of the brain showed a single hemorrhagic lesion in the right basal ganglia. They also reported that the patient had a medical history of adenocarcinoma of the lung and hyperten sion. They presented a diagnostic dilemma, with hemorrhagic stroke or hemorrhagic brain metastasis as the cause of the hemorrhagic lesion.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - February 15, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Athanasios Konstantelias, Sofia Mourgela Tags: Letter Source Type: research
Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on Cognitive Function, Psychological Distress, Quality of Life, and Impulsiveness
Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and a known risk factor for cerebrovascular stroke. Atrial fibrillation and longstanding hypertension may produce ischemic lesions leading to progressive cognitive impairment. The impact of atrial fibrillation alone on cognitive impairment has not been evaluated. Our objective was to compare cognitive function, quality of life, psychological distress, and impulsiveness in people with atrial fibrillation and a matched control group.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - February 4, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Rokas Serpytis, Aurelija Navickaite, Emilija Serpytiene, Jurate Barysiene, Germanas Marinskis, Dalius Jatuzis, Zaneta Petrulioniene, Aleksandras Laucevicius, Pranas Serpytis Tags: Clinical Research Study Source Type: research
Intracranial Calcification Due to Hypoparathyroidism
A 70-year-old Japanese man with a history of idiopathic hypoparathyroidism presented to the Emergency Department of our hospital owing to weakness in his right leg. Although his primary care doctor had prescribed activated vitamin D analogues, his serum calcium level was slightly low at 8.0 mg/dL. Owing to suspicions of stroke, he underwent radiographic imaging of the head. Computed tomography revealed bilateral and symmetrical calcifications in the basal ganglia, cerebellum, and at the gray-white junction in the axial image and the sagittal image (Figure).
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - January 16, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ko Harada, Tatsuya Fujikawa Tags: Clinical Communication to the Editor Source Type: research
A Review of Women's Neurology
The concern about what is best practice when caring for women with neurologic disease is a common clinical scenario. Therefore, knowledge about women's health issues and their intersection with neurologic disorders is imperative. This review will discuss the appropriate gender based considerations in epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, migraine, autoimmune disease, sleep, stroke and paraneoplastic disorders.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - December 27, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: M. Angela O'Neal Tags: Review Source Type: research
