Tag: Heart / Stroke-Related: Stroke

Symmetric collaterals on CTA common in patients with large vessel occlusion stroke, highly specific for small 24-hour ischemic core volume

Prevalence of e-cigarette use higher than traditional smoking for women, Mexican Americans, other Hispanics

Dietary intake of vegetable, polyunsaturated fat linked to lower stroke risk; dietary intake of nondairy animal fat linked to higher stroke risk

Risk for composite vascular events increased at threshold of 6.8 to 7.0 percent for patients with ischemic stroke, diabetes

Those with lowest insulin resistance, as measured by highest estimated glucose disposal rate, had lowest risk for stroke, death

Authors say low-field portable magnetic resonance imaging may be useful in resource-limited settings

Vivistim System is a prescription therapy for ischemic stroke patients who have moderate-to-severe difficulty moving their arms and hands

Stroke risk increased with sedentary time of at least eight hours a day for those younger than 60 years with low physical activity

After adjustment for multiple variables, widespread pain appeared to increase subsequent risk

Dose-response relationship seen; most of the risk reduction occurred between 0 and 20 metabolic equivalent hours/week