Stroke

A cohort study in South Africa finds a high proportion of young patients, many with vasculitis, among those with both HIV infection and stroke.

This systematic review implicates prior stroke or TIA, increasing age, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus.

Monitoring stroke patients for nonfatal cardiac events might enable intervention to prevent cardiac deaths.

Uncertainty persists about the migraine subgroups affected and the magnitude and clinical implications of stroke risk.

Withholding statins after acute stroke substantially increased the likelihood of death or disability.

Cognitive deficits soon after stroke are most often associated with hemorrhagic, cortical, and left-hemispheric strokes.

Increased cholesterol levels were associated with increased ischemic stroke rates in a large cohort from the Women’s Health Study.

In this prospective cohort study of older men, high serum levels of estradiol were associated with increased risk for stroke, but whether estradiol is causal or a marker for increased risk remains unknown.

Recurrent stroke in the opposite hemisphere from the first stroke can worsen the original hemiparesis, providing insights about poststroke brain reorganization.

Additional data support the value of the ABCD score for predicting the risk for early stroke.

In a placebo-controlled trial, this snake-venom derivative was administered within 6 hours after onset of stroke symptoms.

PFO is more common in patients who have migraine with aura than in migraine patients without aura or in young patients with stroke.

New evidence links levels of certain blood lipids to ischemic stroke risk.

Secondary prevention efforts are inadequate despite the high risk for secondary cardiovascular events among survivors of either myocardial infarction or stroke.

Updated guidelines from the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association

AMD’s status as a stroke risk factor remains uncertain, although the two conditions clearly are associated.

A brief, registry-based report poses important questions — but provides few answers — about stroke and chest pain in young migraineurs.

Applying the Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score to these data may provide useful prognostic information.

This study highlights the high risk for stroke after myocardial infarction and emphasizes the need for aggressive strategies to prevent both stroke and MI.

New evidence suggests a reduction in certain subtypes of ischemic stroke.