Nontraditional risk factors linked to stroke in adults under 50
Adults younger than 50 years of age had more than double the risk of having a stroke from migraine or ...
Tag: Ischemic Stroke
Elevated FGF-23 predicts reduced LAAev and stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation
Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Current AF management guidelines have introduced the CARE treatment ...
Study finds divergent relationship between different sugar sources and cardiovascular disease risk
A little of what you fancy does you good… unless it's a fizzy drink. Scientists studying the impact of sugar ...
Cryoablation for PFO closure in AF patients undergoing PVI
New research shows that cryoablation is a safe and effective approach to close congenital patent foramen ovale (PFO, a small ...
Novel molecule could inform new therapies for stroke-related brain injury
A newly developed molecule, LK-2, could inform new therapies for stroke-related brain injury, finds scientists at The Hospital for Sick ...
Waist-to-height ratio surpasses conventional metrics in predicting cardiovascular disease risk
In a recent study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers investigated the independent associations of body fat ...
Risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease for cardiovascular disease and all cause death in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
In a recent study published in the British Medical Journal, researchers investigated the link between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) ...
Flat positioning may give stroke patients an edge before surgery
Positioning patients with large vessel ischemic (clot-caused) stroke with their heads flat (0-degrees) before surgery to remove the blood clot ...
Parkinson's disease a potential pathogenetic factor for coronary artery disease and stroke, study suggests
In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers performed a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to explore causal associations ...
Novel geometric deep learning model improves stroke lesion segmentation
Ischemic stroke, which occurs when a blood vessel in the brain gets blocked by a clot, is among the leading ...