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Predictors of Development of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Embolic Stroke Of Undetermined Source: An Analysis of the RE-SPECT ESUS Trial
Conclusions: Besides age as the most important variable, several other factors, including hypertension, higher body mass index, and lack of diabetes, are independent predictors of AF after ESUS. When baseline NT-proBNP was available, only older age and elevation of this biomarker were predictive of subsequent AF. Understanding who is at higher risk of developing AF will assist in identifying patients who may benefit from more intense, long-term cardiac monitoring.PMID:34649459 | DOI:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.055176
Source: Circulation - October 15, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Maria Cecilia Bahit Ralph L Sacco J Donald Easton Juliane Meyerhoff Lisa Cronin Eva Kleine Claudia Grauer Martina Brueckmann Hans-Christoph Diener Renato D Lopes Michael Brainin Philippe Lyrer Rolf Wachter Tomas Segura Christopher B Granger Source Type: research

A Case of Transient Global Amnesia: A Review and How It May Shed Further Insight into the Neurobiology of Delusions
Conclusion In closing, our patient’s episode of TGA combined with her emotional and perceptual response lends credence to the proposal of a “fear/paranoia” circuit in the genesis of paranoid delusions—a circuit incorporating amygdala, frontal, and parietal cortices. Here, neutral or irrelevant stimuli, thoughts, and percepts come to engender fear and anxiety, while dysfunction in frontoparietal circuitry engenders inappropriate social predictions and maladaptive inferences about the intentions of others.[54] Hippocampus relays information about contextual information based on past experiences and the current situat...
Source: Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience - April 1, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: ICN Online Editor Tags: Anxiety Disorders Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology Case Report Cognition Current Issue Dementia Medical Issues Neurologic Systems and Symptoms Psychiatry Schizophrenia delusions hippocampus neurobiology Transient global amnesia Source Type: research

Risk Stratification of Cardiovascular Events in Very Elderly Patients with Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease Who had Normal Single-photon Emission Computed Tomographic Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Findings.
Conclusion The MCV event rate was high in very elderly patients despite their normal SPECT MPI findings at baseline. Therefore, very elderly patients with multivariate risks should be carefully followed to avoid a poor prognosis. PMID: 31366795 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Internal Medicine - August 3, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Intern Med Source Type: research

Predictive Value of Coronary Blood Flow for Future Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with impaired coronary flow and diminished myocardial perfusion [1–3]. In a previous study, we demonstrated that patients with AF in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) have significantly higher Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) frame count (TFC) for all three coronary vessels compared to the control subjects without AF [1]. However, the clinical importance of the increased TFC in AF patients has not been fully elucidated, although TFC seems to be independently associated with mean platelet volume [4], an independent risk factor for future stroke and ...
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - August 22, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Chufan Luo, Lichun Wang, Chong Feng, Wangjian Zhang, Zhibin Huang, Yuantao Hao, Anli Tang, Xiuren Gao Source Type: research

Rare Phenomenon of Limb-shaking TIA, Resolved With Intracranial Wingspan Stenting
Conclusions: It is vitally important to differentiate LS-TIA from focal seizures. This is the first documented case report of complete resolution of LS-TIA symptoms following an intracranial Wingspan stenting.
Source: The Neurologist - December 27, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: Case Report/Case Series Source Type: research

Prognostic value of 99m Tc-ECD brain perfusion SPECT in patients with atrial fibrillation and dementia
ConclusionThis study demonstrated that decreased cerebral blood flow in the temporo-parieto-occipital lobe could be a potential prognostic value in patients with both AF and dementia.
Source: EJNMMI Research - January 9, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: research