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Multilocus Genetic Risk Score Associates With Ischemic Stroke in Case-Control and Prospective Cohort Studies Clinical Sciences
Conclusions— A multilocus GRS based on common variants for established cardiovascular risk factors was significantly associated with IS both in clinic-based samples and in the general population. However, the improvement in clinical risk prediction was found to be small.
Source: Stroke - January 27, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Malik, R., Bevan, S., Nalls, M. A., Holliday, E. G., Devan, W. J., Cheng, Y.-C., Ibrahim-Verbaas, C. A., Verhaaren, B. F. J., Bis, J. C., Joon, A. Y., de Stefano, A. L., Fornage, M., Psaty, B. M., Ikram, M. A., Launer, L. J., van Duijn, C. M., Sharma, P., Tags: Genetics of Stroke Clinical Sciences Source Type: research

Acute Ischemic Stroke After Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical Sciences
Background and Purpose—Traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to nearly 300 000 annual US hospitalizations and increased lifetime risk of acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Occurrence of AIS immediately after TBI has not been well characterized. We evaluated AIS acutely after TBI and its impact on outcome.Methods—A prospective database of moderate to severe TBI survivors, admitted to inpatient rehabilitation at 22 Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems centers and their referring acute-care hospitals, was analyzed. Outcome measures were AIS incidence, duration of posttraumatic amnesia, Functional Independence Measure, and Disabi...
Source: Stroke - June 26, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Robert G. Kowalski, Juliet K. Haarbauer–Krupa, Jeneita M. Bell, John D. Corrigan, Flora M. Hammond, Michel T. Torbey, Melissa C. Hofmann, Kristen Dams–O’Connor, A. Cate Miller, Gale G. Whiteneck Tags: Hypertension, Computerized Tomography (CT), Prognosis, Ischemic Stroke Original Contributions Source Type: research

Types of stroke recurrence in patients with ischemic stroke: A substudy from the PRoFESS trial
ConclusionsRisk predictors for stroke recurrence and for brain hemorrhage differ by index ischemic stroke subtype, information that is important when initiating secondary prevention therapy.
Source: International Journal of Stroke - October 22, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Danilo Toni, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Maria Teresa Di Mascio, Richard Vinisko, Philip MW Bath, Tags: Research Source Type: research

Self-Report of Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack, or Stroke Symptoms and Risk of Future Stroke in the Reasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study Original Contributions
Conclusions— Results suggest a spectrum of risk from stroke symptoms to TIA, DS, and RS, and imply a need for establishing these categories in health screenings to manage risk for future stroke, reinforcing the clinical importance of stroke history including the presence of stroke symptoms.
Source: Stroke - December 24, 2012 Category: Neurology Authors: Judd, S. E., Kleindorfer, D. O., McClure, L. A., Rhodes, J. D., Howard, G., Cushman, M., Howard, V. J. Tags: Epidemiology Original Contributions Source Type: research

Is There a Stroke Belt in China and Why? Clinical Sciences
Conclusions— A stroke belt of high stroke incidence exists in 9 provincial regions of north and west China. The stroke belt may be caused, at least in part, by a higher population prevalence of hypertension and excess body weight. Lowering blood pressure and body weight in the stroke belt may reduce the geographic disparity in stroke risk and incidence in China.
Source: Stroke - June 24, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Xu, G., Ma, M., Liu, X., Hankey, G. J. Tags: Epidemiology Clinical Sciences Source Type: research

Correlation of NIH Stroke Scale Change and Vascular Risk Factors in Acute Stroke Patients (P7.164)
Conclusion:In this small sample, change in NIH stroke scale admission through discharge may be a useful quality outcome measure in acute stroke. Tobacco use was harmful in this sample. Presence of hypertension and absence of diabetes showed benefit in select acute stroke outcomes. Investigating the special cause improvements in this population may help identify ways to improve outcomes. Shewhart control charts may provide useful information when examining quality that might be missed on routine statistical methods.Disclosure: Dr. Krishnamohan has nothing to disclose. Dr. Dobbs has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Krishnamohan, P., Dobbs, M. Tags: Cerebrovascular Disease and Interventional Neurology: Post-Stroke Function Source Type: research

Patient characteristics affecting stroke recognition by emergency medical service providers in Kings County Hospital Center (P1.270)
Conclusions:More than half of actual stroke patients were missed in the field in our study. Our study identifies potential patient characteristics affecting stroke recognition by EMS.Disclosure: Dr. Cuascut Lassus has nothing to disclose. Dr. Law has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - April 17, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Lassus, F. C., Law, S. Tags: Pre-Hospital Stroke, Tele-Stroke, and mHealth Source Type: research

Resource use and quality of care in an urban stroke unit
Conclusion Better outcome measures in ASU could be attributed to the differences between the groups of stroke patients. Prompt therapist input and frequent nursing observations have long been considered to be imperative in the success of ASU; our findings wholly support this and highlight the importance of the multidisciplinary approach. The snapshot data revealed that bed capacity on ASU was sufficient for the number of stroke patients. However capacity was not being utilised efficiently as non–stroke medical boarders occupied beds consistently whilst stroke patients were boarded out to other wards.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - October 9, 2013 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Boyle, J., Casey, H., Doyle, C., Walters, M. Tags: Coma and raised intracranial pressure, Stroke, Hypertension Association of British Neurologists (ABN) joint meeting with the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), London, 23-24 October 2013 Source Type: research

Cause-specific Mortality after Stroke: Relation to Age, Sex, Stroke Severity, and Risk Factors in a 10-Year Follow-up Study
We investigated cause-specific mortality in relation to age, sex, stroke severity, and cardiovascular risk factor profile in the Copenhagen Stroke Study cohort with 10 years of follow-up. In a Copenhagen community, all patients admitted to the hospital with stroke during 1992-1993 (n = 988) were registered on admission. Evaluation included stroke severity, computed tomography scan, and a cardiovascular risk profile. Cause of death within 10 years according to death certificate information was classified as stroke, heart/arterial disease, or nonvascular disease. Competing-risks analyses were performed by cause-specific Co...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 14, 2012 Category: Neurology Authors: Ulla Brasch Mogensen, Tom Skyhøj Olsen, Klaus Kaae Andersen, Thomas Alexander Gerds Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Predictors of Acute Stroke Mimics in 8187 Patients Referred to a Stroke Service
Conclusions: One third of the patients seen by a stroke team over 10 years had a stroke mimic. Factors associated with a stroke mimic may be ascertained by an emergency physician before calling the stroke team.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 15, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: José G. Merino, Marie Luby, Richard T. Benson, Lisa A. Davis, Amie W. Hsia, Lawrence L. Latour, John K. Lynch, Steven Warach Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Stroke in the Young: Etiologies and Risk Factors (P7.124)
CONCLUSIONS: Stroke in the young shares many of the same common modifiable risk factors as stroke in the elderly including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and tobacco abuse. Other unique disease processes also contribute to stroke in this age group, often less modifiable. Given the devastating morbidity and mortality of stroke in this age group, a larger public health effort for primary and secondary prevention of stroke in the young should be aggressively pursued.Disclosure: Dr. Govind has nothing to disclose. Dr. Ahad has nothing to disclose. Dr. Iftekhar has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - April 8, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Govind, P., Ahad, R., Iftekhar, A. Tags: Cerebrovascular Disease and Interventional Neurology: Stroke in Young Source Type: research

An Association between Diabetes and Late Hospital Arrival among low-income Hispanic Stroke Patients (P7.144)
CONCLUSIONS: The presence of diabetes may be associated with delayed hospital arrival for acute stroke among low-income Hispanic stroke patients. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings.Disclosure: Dr. Ellyn has nothing to disclose. Dr. Williams has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - April 8, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Ellyn, L.-H., Williams, O. Tags: Cerebrovascular Disease and Interventional Neurology: Race, Ethnicity, and Stroke Source Type: research

Risk factors for ischemic stroke and its subtypes in Chinese vs. Caucasians: Systematic review and meta‐analysis
ConclusionOur study showed a lower prevalence of atrial fibrillation, ischemic heart disease and hypercholesterolemia in Chinese, and mostly similar risk factor associations in Chinese and Caucasian ischemic stroke patients. Further analyses of individual patient data to allow adjustment for confounders are needed to confirm and extend these findings.
Source: International Journal of Stroke - April 23, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Chung‐Fen Tsai, Niall Anderson, Brenda Thomas, Cathie L. M. Sudlow Tags: Systematic Review Source Type: research

Special MRI scan could identify stroke risk in people with atrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation is a heart rhythm disorder that affects millions of people. It can make you feel lousy. Even worse, it can cause potentially disabling or deadly strokes. A special MRI scan may — I stress the “may” — help identify people with atrial fibrillation who are at high risk of having a stroke. This could help many people with this condition to avoid taking warfarin or other clot-preventing medications for life. A normal heartbeat starts in a cluster of cells called the pacemaker. It sits in the heart’s upper right chamber (the right atrium). These cells generate a pulse of electricity that...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - April 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Howard LeWine, M.D. Tags: Heart Health atrial fibrillation MRI prevention special MRI scan Stroke Stroke Risk Source Type: news

Recurrent stroke in childhood cancer survivors
Conclusion: Survivors of childhood cancer, particularly those previously treated with high-dose cranial radiation, have a high risk of recurrent stroke for decades after a first stroke. Although these strokes are mostly occurring in young adulthood, hypertension, an established atherosclerotic risk factor, independently predicts recurrent stroke in this population.
Source: Neurology - September 21, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Fullerton, H. J., Stratton, K., Mueller, S., Leisenring, W. W., Armstrong, G. T., Weathers, R. E., Stovall, M., Sklar, C. A., Goldsby, R. E., Robison, L. L., Krull, K. R. Tags: Childhood stroke, Stroke in young adults, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, Primary brain tumor ARTICLE Source Type: research