Tag: Heart / Stroke-Related: Stroke

1993/4 to 2015 saw decrease in incidence in combined population, but incidence rate remained higher among Black adults

Cerebral small vessel disease also tied to risk for extracranial bleeding

Higher estimated risk for clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential seen for those with ischemic but not hemorrhagic stroke

Five-point higher BCS linked to lower risk for incident dementia, stroke in middle-aged and older adults

Findings seen among patients with mild ischemic stroke or high-risk transient ischemic attack of presumed atherosclerotic cause

Psychological distress commonly seen among family surrogates who made decisions about life-sustaining treatments

Black patients less likely to receive tissue plasminogen activator and endovascular thrombectomy than White patients

Ischemic stroke less often disabling or fatal with left atrial appendage closure than direct oral anticoagulant prophylaxis

Trend exists for both self-reported and definitively confirmed stroke incidence

Stroke patients in most materially deprived group less likely to be treated with thrombolysis, thrombectomy