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WBC count predicts heart failure in diabetes and coronary artery disease patients: a retrospective cohort study
ConclusionsA higher WBC count is a predictor of hospitalization for HF, all-cause death and AMI but not for stroke in patients with concurrent Type 2 diabetes mellitus and established CAD.
Source: ESC Heart Failure - July 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Atsuhiko Kawabe, Takanori Yasu, Takeshi Morimoto, Akihiro Tokushige, Shin ‐ichi Momomura, Kenichi Sakakura, Koichi Node, Taku Inoue, Shinichiro Ueda, The CHD Collaborative Investigators Tags: Original Research Article Source Type: research

Reduction in the doses of direct oral anticoagulants and risk of ischemic stroke events: A hospital survey.
Abstract Inappropriately reduced doses (IRDs) of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are common in clinical practice. We performed a retrospective review using electronic medical records of St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital (a 1200-bed teaching hospital in Japan) to address the prevalence of IRDs and patient-related factors that result in IRDs. We also surveyed DOAC-treated patients who were hospitalized due to a stroke during the 5-year study period to analyze the association between stroke events and IRDs. We found that one in five patients who were newly prescribed a DOAC was treated with IRDs....
Source: Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin - May 11, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Ueda A, Toki S, Kitayama C, Akazawa M Tags: Biol Pharm Bull Source Type: research

Study: Drinking Tea May Help You Live Longer, Especially If It ’ s Green
This study strengthens the body of evidence that habitual tea drinking is associated with lower rates of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, though it cannot prove that it’s definitely the tea that’s responsible,” Dr. Jenna Macciochi, a lecturer in immunology at the University of Sussex, told the SMC. However, she noted that “a body of evidence in nutrition suggests that whole diet patterns are more informative of diet-disease relationships than any isolated food or nutrient.” Dr. Duane Mellor, a registered dietitian and senior teaching fellow at Aston Medical School, Aston University, sai...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 10, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News Syndicated CBSN Boston CNN Green Tea Source Type: news

Teaching NeuroImages: Artery of Percheron aneurysm masquerading as ICH spot sign
A 50-year-old Japanese woman presented with left thalamic intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). CT angiography demonstrated an ICH spot sign and intracranial vasculopathy consistent with Moyamoya disease (figure 1). Conventional angiography demonstrated that the spot sign was actually a pseudoaneurysm arising from the artery of Percheron (figure 2). Intracranial aneurysms may complicate Moyamoya disease and occur at the circle of Willis, distal peripheral arteries, or Moyamoya vessels at a ratio of 3:1:1.1 Aneurysms in thalamo-perforating arteries are rare2 and an artery of Percheron aneurysm in Moyamoya disease has not been rep...
Source: Neurology - August 7, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Moughamian, A. J., Morshed, R. A., Colorado, R. A., Liner, Z., Cooke, D., Hemphill, J. C. Tags: All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, Intracerebral hemorrhage RESIDENT AND FELLOW SECTION Source Type: research