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Secondary Versus Primary Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: Insights From the Darlington Atrial Fibrillation Registry Clinical Sciences
The objective of this study is to compare clinical outcomes of AF patients with versus without previous stroke in relation to guideline-adherent antithrombotic treatment in a contemporary primary care population.Methods—Community cohort of 105 000 patients from 11 general practices in Darlington, England, was used to assess AF stroke prevention strategies against 2014 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines.Results—Overall, 2259 (2.15%) patients with AF were identified, of which 18.9% constituted a secondary prevention cohort. For secondary prevention, antithrombotic treatment was guideline adher...
Source: Stroke - July 24, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Michał Mazurek, Eduard Shantsila, Deirdre A. Lane, Andreas Wolff, Marco Proietti, Gregory Y.H. Lip Tags: Catheter Ablation and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator, Secondary Prevention, Mortality/Survival, Statements and Guidelines, Ischemic Stroke Original Contributions Source Type: research

The Stroke Impact Scale: Validation in a UK Setting and Development of a SIS Short Form and SIS Index Clinical Sciences
Conclusions— The SIS covers aspects of health, which are of importance to stroke patients, and the dimensions were found to have high levels of internal consistency in the UK context. The amount of incomplete data suggests that the length of the questionnaire may present a substantial patient burden. In comparison to the parent form the SF-SIS can accurately provide the disability score and overall index score with considerable brevity.
Source: Stroke - August 26, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Jenkinson, C., Fitzpatrick, R., Crocker, H., Peters, M. Tags: Health policy and outcome research, Behavioral/psychosocial - stroke Clinical Sciences Source Type: research

Community-Based Intervention to Improve Cardiometabolic Targets in Patients With Stroke Clinical Sciences
Conclusions—The intervention in this largely negative trial only had a detectable effect on attaining target for lipids but not for other factors at 12 months or any factor at 24 months. This limited effect may be attributable to inadequate uptake of behavioral/lifestyle interventions, highlighting the need for new or better approaches to achieve meaningful behavioral change.Clinical Trial Registration—URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: ACTRN12608000166370.
Source: Stroke - August 28, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Muideen T. Olaiya, Dominique A. Cadilhac, Joosup Kim, Mark R. Nelson, Velandai K. Srikanth, Richard P. Gerraty, Christopher F. Bladin, Sharyn M. Fitzgerald, Thanh Phan, Judith Frayne, Amanda G. Thrift Tags: Lifestyle, Risk Factors, Secondary Prevention, Treatment, Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke Original Contributions Source Type: research

Effect of Long-Term Vascular Care on Progression of Cerebrovascular Lesions Clinical Sciences
Conclusions—Nurse-led vascular care in hypertensive community-dwelling older persons did not diminish WMH accumulation over 3 years. However, our results do suggest this type of intervention could be effective in persons with high WMH volumes. There was no effect on lacunar infarcts incidence but numbers were low.Clinical Trial Information—URL: http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN29711771. Unique identifier: ISRCTN29711771.
Source: Stroke - June 26, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Jan Willem van Dalen, Eric P. Moll van Charante, Matthan W.A. Caan, Philip Scheltens, Charles B.L.M. Majoie, Aart J. Nederveen, Willem A. van Gool, Edo Richard Tags: Aging, Primary Prevention, Hypertension, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke Original Contributions Source Type: research