stroke
stroke
05/20/2019
The American Stroke Association has updated its 2013 recommendations on improving the stroke systems of care based on improvements and innovations in the field. The review panel provided a comprehensive...
05/20/2019
What's the Take Home?
What's the Take Home?
05/13/2019
Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed a very small but definite area of ischemia in the left cerebral cortex.
05/13/2019
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial Fibrillation
04/16/2019
As atrial fibrillation becomes more common among patients undergoing dialysis, researchers evaluated 19 studies with 70,331 participants to determine the role of anticoagulation in patients with AF on...
04/16/2019
stroke
stroke
02/08/2019
Researchers evaluated whether mechanically removing a blood clot after the ideal treatment window for stroke or treating with drugs alone is more beneficial to a stroke survivor’s quality of life.
02/08/2019
Acute Ischemic Stroke
Acute Ischemic Stroke
12/20/2018
In response to the results of a recent randomized controlled trial exploring the use of DAPT in patients with acute ischemic stroke, new recommendations have been released for the use of DAPT in these...
12/20/2018
venous thromboembolism
venous thromboembolism
11/28/2018
The American Society of Hematology has released new guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of venous thromboembolism.
11/28/2018
venous thromboembolism
venous thromboembolism
11/19/2018
The authors of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study aimed to compare long-term venous thromboembolism risk among pediatric cancer survivors and their siblings.
11/19/2018
Vascular Disease
Vascular Disease
07/10/2018
Following a thorough review, the Society for Vascular Surgery has published 24 new recommendations for follow-up after numerous types of open and endovascular arterial procedures.
07/10/2018
Hypertension
Hypertension
05/08/2018
In a new study, researchers investigated whether platelet count and homocysteine levels affect the risk of first stroke in patients with hypertension, and how folic acid treatment could modify this risk. ...
05/08/2018
opioids
opioids
04/25/2018
In a study of more than 121,000 patients hospitalized for ischemic stroke, researchers compared outcomes among those with and without opioid dependence or abuse.
04/25/2018