All Entries in the "News" Category
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Risk factors for ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke: A global view
On behalf of the Interstroke investigators, Martin J O’Donnell et al have published their results of the study about the risk factors for stroke in 22 countries around the glob (The Lancet, 2010;376,9735:112-123). They aimed to establish the association of known and emerging risk factors with stroke and its primary subtypes, assess the contribution of [...]
Thrombolysing stroke patients works up to 4.5 hours after the brain attack
Professor K. Lees and his team have published recently (The Lancet 2010;375:1695-1703) the results of their pooled analysis of the data from the stroke thrombolysis trails. Early administration of intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) after ischaemic stroke improves outcome. Previous analysis of combined data from individual patients suggested potential benefit beyond 3 h [...]
Intravenous Alteplase in Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion
Intravenous Alteplase in Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion: Japan Alteplase Clinical Trial II (J-ACT II) A team from Tohoku University in Japan has published recently the result of a study about the effects of 0.6mg/kg intravenous Alteplase on the clinical outcome following an occlusion in the middle cerebral artery (Stroke. 2010; 41:46). This study is part [...]
Incidence of Stroke in Iran
A team of Physicians from Mashhad university of Medical Science in Iran and from Monash University in Melbourne in Australia has published in January issue of Stroke the first epidemiological study about the incidence of Stroke in Iran (Stroke; 2010;41). The published results are based on the evidences from the Mashhad Stroke Incidence Study or [...]
XIX. European Stroke Conference
XIX. European Stroke Conference Barcelona, Spain 25 – 28 May 2010 The next European Stroke Conference is going to be held in Barcelona, Spain for the period 25th-28th May 2010. The Chair of the conference Angel Chamorro mentioned that the 19th European stroke conference is to offer a first class stroke programme that will fulfil [...]
