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Use of a stroke alarm clock demanding active feedback significantly improves management metrics for acute stroke

Stroke ‘Alarm Clock’ Improves Acute Stroke Management Metrics

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Time from door to completion of diagnostic work-up improved with feedback-demanding clock
Exposure to air pollution may increase the risk for ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation

Air Pollution May Raise Stroke Risk With Atrial Fibrillation

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Findings account for neighborhood-specific pollution data, sociodemographic factors
Admissions for stroke and transient ischemic attack have decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic

Admissions for Stroke, TIA Down Early in COVID-19 Pandemic

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Emergency department stroke alerts decreased, and stroke severity as measured by NIHSS increased
In a scientific statement issued by the American Heart Association and published online Aug. 26 in Circulation

AHA Details How to Lower Stroke Risk During, After Heart Surgery

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Preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative strategies can help prevent perioperative stroke
COVID-19 is associated with large vessel occlusion strokes

COVID-19 Tied to Higher Risk for Large Vessel Occlusion Strokes

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However, no association seen between COVID-19 and small vessel occlusion stroke
The median number of weekly consults seen through a telestroke network decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic

Telestroke Consultations Down During COVID-19 Pandemic

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From March through April 2020, Black patients were significantly less likely to present with stroke
For hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Risk for Acute Cerebrovascular Events Low in COVID-19 Patients

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In hospitalized patients with COVID-19, 2.4 percent had confirmed ischemic stroke, 0.9 percent had ICH
More than one-third of stroke survivors have uncontrolled hypertension

More Than One in Three Stroke Survivors Have Uncontrolled HTN

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80.4 percent of stroke survivors take antihypertensive medications, most commonly ACEi, ARB
Patients with COVID-19 appear to have a heightened risk for acute ischemic stroke compared with patients with influenza

Acute Ischemic Stroke Risk Higher With COVID-19 Than Influenza

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Higher risk remains even when adjusting for demographic and clinical features
Among patients with unruptured brain arteriovenous malformation

Medical Management Alone Better for Brain AV Malformations

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Risk of stroke or death up with medical management plus interventional therapy for unruptured AVM