Disparities in post-acute stroke care depend on insurance status
Jul 17, 2024
Uninsured patients had the lowest odds of facility versus home discharge and home healthcare discharge versus home without home healthcare.
Chronic loneliness linked to increased risk of stroke
Jun 28, 2024
Individuals with consistently high loneliness patterns over time had a significantly higher incident stroke risk.
Reteplase superior to alteplase within 4.5 hours of ischemic stroke
Jun 20, 2024
Reteplase was more likely to result in excellent functional outcome than alteplase for ischemic stroke within 4.5 hours of symptom onset.
Nonphysician-implemented multifaceted intervention beneficial in HTN
Jun 20, 2024
Significant reductions were seen in total cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality for those aged 60 years and older; significant reductions also were seen for those younger than 60 years.
Nurse case management boosts benefit of home BP telemonitoring
Jun 11, 2024
A greater reduction in systolic blood pressure was seen among predominantly low-income Black and Hispanic stroke survivors.
Endocrine Society, June 1-4
Jun 20, 2024
The conference highlighted recent advances in the diagnosis and management of obesity, endocrine disorders, diabetes, and growth hormone and thyroid diseases.
Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, diseases set to increase
Jun 06, 2024
The annual inflation-adjusted health care costs of cardiovascular risk factors is projected to triple between 2020 and 2050.
Fish oil beneficial for reducing risk for cardiovascular disease progression
May 22, 2024
However, supplements may be a risk factor for atrial fibrillation and stroke in the general population.
No decline in cardiovascular events seen with COVID-19 vaccine after acute coronary syndromes
Jun 03, 2024
Findings show no significant reduction in primary end point, MACE for those receiving vaccine after acute coronary syndromes
Infarct size does not affect treatment effect of early versus late DOAC
May 28, 2024
Numerically fewer primary outcome events were seen with early direct oral anticoagulant initiation for all infarct sizes, but the differences were not significant.