Archive for 2010
Eye blood vessels and the risk of stroke
The pathological changes in the walls of the retinal blood vessels can be an indicative of other cardiovascular diseases. The narrowed arteriolar calibres in the retina for example are associated with the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Including 5518 patients from the prospective population-based Rotterdam Study, the research team from Erasmus University Medical Centre in the [...]
World Stroke Day 29th October 2010: One in six: Act Now
Stroke is common and it is not only affecting the patients themselves but it can affect the families as well. Several studies showed that almost 40% of the stroke carers suffer psychological distress year after a stroke. Preventing stroke disease is always better than the cure. Every other second someone suffers a stroke and every [...]
Early and Delayed Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy: Excite Trial
Dr. Amer Jafar/Aneurin Bevan Health Board/Gwent, Wales continues reviewing the monthly ‘Stroke’ Journal. Stroke October 2010
New Guidelines for Managing TIA in Gwent/Wales
Aneurin Bevan Health Board has published recently the guidelines for managing TIA patients in Gwent/Wales. Dr. Yaqoob Bhat, Consultant Stroke Physician in the Health Board has supervised the process of producing the guidelines. Guidelines_-_Royal_Gwent_for_TIA
Symptomatic carotid stenosis: Stenting versus endarterectomy
The conclusion of this preplanned meta- analysis of individual patient data from three randomised controlled trials was not surprising. It showed that stenting procedure for symptomatic carotid stenosis should be avoided in older patients (age ≥70 years), but might be as safe as endarterectomy in younger patients (The Lancet 2010; 376, 9746:1062-1073). Data from all [...]
Haemodynamic stroke: Management and Prognosis
Compromising the haemodynamic status due for example to heart failure and hypotension can lead to signs and symptoms of a stroke. A new review article by the Lancet Neurology was published on line of the October 2010 issue of the Journal (The Lancet Neurology 9;10: 1008-1017). Severe obstruction of the carotid or vertebral arteries was [...]
New ‘STROKE’ issue: Alcohol consumption and stroke..
In this powerpoint presentation, Dr Amer Jafar, Aneurin Bevan Health Board in Wales is summarising the main research articles that were published in September 2010 issue of the ‘Stroke’ Journal. STROKE September 2010
National Sentinel Stroke Audit 2010: an organisational audit/UK
The Royal College of Physicians London has published on line the full public report of the 7th round of the sentinel stroke audit which is prepared on behalf of the intercollegiate stroke working party and commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP). The main focus of this audit is the organisational structure for stroke [...]
How effective are B Vitamins in reducing the risk of stroke? VITATOPS trial: Not much!
The long awaited non commercial drug trial of VITATOPS or Vitamins to prevent stroke was published in the most recent issue of the Lancet Neurology (The Lancet Neurology 2010; 9:855-865). Its hypothes is based on the information that high level of homocysteine is a risk factor for stroke, cardiovascular diseases and TIA. The research team [...]
Weekly Stroke Care Videoconference in Wales/UK
This presentation is part of the activity of Gwent Stroke Team to participate in the videoconference weekly stroke care meetings. These meetings were started 6 months ago and aiming to exchange clinical experience in acute stroke management between stroke physicians from all over Wales. In this presentation Dr Amer Jafar, is reviewing the August [...]
