Author Archive for amer
Long term Statin treatment
Practicing evidence based medicine means that you initiate statin treatment for the patients with cardiovascular diseases or TIA/Stroke if the level of the total cholesterol is >3.5 mmol/L. The clinical question arise all the time about the duration of the treatment with statin itself and if there is any side effect of this treatment. We [...]
The variation in stroke care: Why?
Dr. Amer Jafar writes: Stroke can be a devastating disease as it might lead to death in third of the patients and disability in another third. Stroke causes over 4.3 million deaths world-wide annually. The focus on preventing stroke is important in any health care strategy. However; it remains a challenge to meet the standard [...]
STICH II Trial: Which treatment is the best for brain haemorhage?
The STICH II Trial is a surgical trial in sponatenous lobar Intracerebral Haemorrhage or ICH. The Trial has a target of 600 patients to reach before 31st May 2012. Currently over 100 hospitals worldwide are participating, including 18 in the UK. If you are registered and would like some promotional material to distribute to your [...]
How to prevent 1 million strokes in 5 years?
The US Department of Health and Human Services is palnning to prevent 1 millioon heart attacks and strokes by 2017. The focus of the new startegy is on the ( ABCS) or the aspirin, blood pressure, choelsterol and smoking. The epidemiological studies showed that currently only 46% of people in the USA at increased risk of [...]
Augmentation of collateral circulation to the brain:potential therapy for stroke
In the October issue of the “Lancet Neurology”, Suhaib A et al discussed the potential benefit of augmenting or maintaining the cerebral collateral circulation in case of ischaemic stroke. The article which was published on line today mentioned that “Imaging of the brain and vessels has shown that collateral flow can sustain brain tissue for [...]
Acute Stroke care team in Wales Awarded
The acute stroke care team in Aneurin Bevan Health Board in Wales, UK was awarded the prestigious Chief Executive Award in a very well organised ceremony in Gwent, South Wales. The team was awarded for the good progress that was achieved in Gwent stroke service. The daily TIA clinic in Newport City has managed to [...]
Preventing stroke in intracranial stenotic arteries patients
So far using the aggressive medical treatment to prevent recurrent stroke after atherosclerotic intracranial arterial stenosis, is the best approach to deal with the condition which is causing the ischaemic stroke. In this week New England Journal Of Medicine, a study was published comparing percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting (PTAS) with the aggressive medical treatment [...]
New Book: Neurological Disorders in Famous Artists
The study of how a neurological disorder can change the artistic activity and behavior of creative people is a largely unexplored field. This publication looks closer at famous painters, writers, composers and philosophers of the 18th to the 20th centuries who suffered from neurological diseases such as stroke, epilepsy, brain trauma and dementia. The diseases [...]
European Stroke research activity: Annual Stroke Conference 2011
This is the presentation by the Editor, Dr. Amer Jafar, regarding the European stroke research activity based on the papers and posters presented in the European Stroke Conference which was held in Hamburg, Germany in May 2011. ESC 2011 – Copy
20th European Stroke Conference 2011
For a busy three days of 24-27th May 2011, the 20th European stroke conference discussed hundreds of research papers and stroke Trials from almost 3000 delegates worldwide. Professor Hennerici, the Chairman of the European stroke conference mentioned in his press conference on 24th May 2011 that the organisers received 1300 abstracts from 64 countries. He [...]
