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Lower the CT to check the heart for embolic sources in acute stroke
LOS ANGELES – Enlarge the field of CT angiography to include the heart in acute ischemic stroke patients; you’ll quickly identify sources of cardiogenic emboli and other problems that will otherwise...
Source: Hospitalist News - March 12, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research

AF and stroke may be temporally related
CHICAGO – One-third of a large cohort of patients with an implantable cardiac device in place at the time of an ischemic stroke had one or more episodes of atrial fibrillation within the prior 30...
Source: Hospitalist News - May 4, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research

Sharp blood pressure rise spikes stroke risk
Individuals whose blood pressure rose sharply over time had a significantly increased risk of stroke and death from nonstroke causes, compared with other blood pressure trajectories in a study of...
Source: Hospitalist News - May 9, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research

LAA occlusion studied for stroke prevention in atrial fib with prior intracerebral hemorrhage
PARIS – Transcatheter left atrial appendage occlusion shows promise in providing a far better stroke prevention strategy than does standard medical management in patients with atrial fibrillation who...
Source: Hospitalist News - June 9, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research

Let ’s Raise a Glass to, Well, What’s in the Glass: The Benefits of Alcohol in Stroke Risk
Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption was associated with a lower risk of stroke in women.
Source: BWH News - March 9, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Ticagrelor slashes first stroke risk after MI
ROME – Adding ticagrelor at 60 mg twice daily in patients on low-dose aspirin due to a prior MI reduced their risk of a first stroke by 25% in a secondary analysis of the landmark PEGASUS-TIMI 54...
Source: Hospitalist News - September 9, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research

Stroke Risk Factors Unique to Women Identified
Investigators highlight unique contributors to risk of stroke among women, identify areas where more research is needed.
Source: BWH News - February 8, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Edoxaban Effective in Preventing Stroke, Reducing Bleeding and Cardiovascular Death in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
New study demonstrates that high- and low-dose edoxaban were at least as effective in preventing stroke or systemic embolism (blood clot), while significantly reducing bleeding and cardiovascular death, compared to warfarin.
Source: BWH News - November 19, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Let ’s Raise a Glass to, Well, What’s in the Glass: The Benefits of Alcohol in Stroke Risk
Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption was associated with a lower risk of stroke in women.
Source: BWH News - March 9, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

An Orange a Day May Keep Stroke at Bay
A new study by BWH researchers found that citrus fruits may reduce the risk of stroke in women.
Source: BWH News - February 23, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Rivaroxaban Reduces Heart Attack, Stroke and Death in Patients With ACS
The ATLAS ACS 2-TIMI 51 study found that, when added to standard medical treatment, rivaroxaban reduced the risk of heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death in patients recently diagnosed with ACS.
Source: BWH News - November 13, 2011 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Bhatt Honored on AHA ’s Top Heart Disease and Stroke Research Advances of 2021
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, executive director of Interventional Cardiovascular Programs, was recognized twice on the American Heart Association ’s 2021 list of top heart disease and stroke research advances. This list recognizes the most consequential
Source: BWH News - March 15, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Mayo Clinic research finds AI-enabled ECGs may identify patients at greater risk of stroke, cognitive decline
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Atrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac rhythm abnormality, has been linked to one-third of ischemic strokes, the most common type of stroke. But atrial fibrillation is underdiagnosed, partly because many patients are asymptomatic. Artificial intelligence-enabled electrocardiography (ECG) w as recently shown to identify the presence of brief episodes of atrial fibrillation, and the ability of an AI-enabled ECG algorithm to predict atrial fibrillation up to 10 years before clinical diagnosis has been confirmed…
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - May 2, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Sean Bretz reflects on overcoming stroke, becoming a dad
Sean Bretz remembers little from the day he had a stroke in 2011. "One morning, I woke up, and that was it," says Sean. "I just hit the floor and had no idea what happened." He was 23 years old and serving in the Coast Guard in Jacksonville, Florida, at the time. Sean was taken to nearby Mayo Clinic, where doctors found a blood vessel on the surface of his brain had burst, causing blood…
Source: Mayo Clinic Florida News - September 19, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Can I use DOAC in a patient with renal disease?
Case A 76-year-old man is diagnosed with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. His comorbid conditions are hypertension, diabetes complicated by neuropathy, and chronic kidney disease stage 3. His current medications include metformin, lisinopril, gabapentin, and aspirin. His most recent laboratories showed a creatinine 1.8, creatinine clearance (CrCl) 35 mL/min, hemoglobin 11g/dL, and international normalized ratio 1.0. His congestive heart failure, hypertension, age, diabetes, stroke, vascular disease, and sex (CHADSVASc) score is 4. Which medication should we use to prevent stroke in this patient?  Brief overview of the is...
Source: The Hospitalist - February 3, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Ronda Whitaker Tags: Renal & Genitourinary Source Type: research