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<乌鸦传媒>Wake-up Drug for Stroke Fatigue; Bike to Work; T2D Complications

Cardiovascular Daily wraps up the top cardiology news of the week

<乌鸦传媒>Pearls from: Andrei Alexandrov, MD

Pioneering the mobile stroke unit

<乌鸦传媒>Beauty Parlor Stroke Syndrome: Rare but Real (The Atlantic)

Technically, it's vertebral artery dissection from hyperextension of the neck

<乌鸦传媒>Early Statin Start After Stroke No Better for Outcomes

Pleiotropic effects didn't pan out acutely in small randomized trial

<乌鸦传媒>Hydrogel Beats Standard Platinum for Coiling Aneurysms

European study shows lower rate of composite adverse events with second-generation coil

<乌鸦传媒>After Brain Bleed, Anticoagulant Restart May Help Regardless of Subtype

Lobar and nonlobar cases both had better outcomes in meta-analysis

<乌鸦传媒>Triple Prevention Not Better After Stroke

TARDIS trial shows no advantage on recurrence but more bleeding

<乌鸦传媒>TCT: Amulet LAA Occluder Hot on the Heels of Watchman

Another LAA closure device shows favorable results in trial

<乌鸦传媒>TCT: Embolic Protection Flops for TAVR

New brain lesions or clinical strokes unaffected in SENTINEL trial

<乌鸦传媒>ESC: Savaysa Safe for Afib Cardioversion

ENSURE-AF trial finds similarity to standard anticoagulant regimen

<乌鸦传媒>ESC: NOAC Reversal Agent Effective in Study

But results may not sway FDA

<乌鸦传媒>Afib: Poor Short-Term Outcomes More Common After Stenting

But where is that expected link between Afib and stroke?

<乌鸦传媒>Home-Based DVD May Motivate Seniors With MS to Exercise

Patients reported improvements in physical fitness, self-confidence

<乌鸦传媒>Compression Stockings; Stroke Prevention; Stents and Meds

Cardiovascular Daily wraps up the top cardiology news of the week

<乌鸦传媒>EuroPCR: TAVR Embolic Deflector May Cut Stroke Risk

Fewer, smaller CNS infarctions by some measures in pooled analysis

<乌鸦传媒>EuroPCR: Watchman Safe in Real World Conditions

Inexperienced centers not less safe overall, international registry says

<乌鸦传媒>Atypical Afib Cases Have Poorer Prognosis

Stroke and mortality linked to type of initial presentation

<乌鸦传媒>Wrap-Up: Experts Discuss Stroke Meeting Highlights

Stroke physicians share their thoughts on CREST, ACT I, IRIS, and more

<乌鸦传媒>Clot-Buster Is a Bust in IVH Study

The study failed but the patients lived. What next?

<乌鸦传媒>Clot-Buster Is Price Buster Too

In 10 years, the price of tPA increased by 111%

<乌鸦传媒>Stroke Rounds: Nonstenosing Carotid Plaque Linked to Stroke

Implications for secondary prevention, study authors say

<乌鸦传媒>Medicare Covers Watchman Device, Drops Some Proposed Limits

Agency apparently moved by objections to draft coverage decision

<乌鸦传媒>Registry Underway for Watchman CMS Coverage

But who to include and how to follow them are still fluid issues

<乌鸦传媒>Stroke Rounds: Passing Out from Brain Bleed Is a Bad Sign

Losing consciousness in subarachnoid hemorrhage predicts poor outcome

<乌鸦传媒>High Strain Job Increases Stroke Risk

All work no say particularly harmful for women

<乌鸦传媒>Stroke Rounds: Seizures More Common in Afib

Stroke prediction score also predicts seizure risk in afib patients

<乌鸦传媒>Slippery Slope: Does Convenience Trump Safety With NOACs?

Celebrities tout ease of new anticoagulants, but is there real benefit?

<乌鸦传媒>Slippery Slope: FDA Reviewer Questions Eliquis Mortality Claim

Trial data from more than 300 patients is missing

<乌鸦传媒>Impact Slides: MR CLEAN to SWIFT-PRIME With Patrick Lyden, MD

Lyden reviews the 'field changing' results of endovascular stroke tx trials

<乌鸦传媒>Testosterone Shots: Riskier Than Gels or Patches?

Spike in T levels from bolus injections may explain higher adverse outcome rates.

<乌鸦传媒>'Brain Code' Speeds Meds to Neuro Patients

Algorithm plus medication distribution system reverses herniation, lowers intracranial pressure.

<乌鸦传媒>ACC: Folate Supplements Cut Strokes in Hypertension

Hypertensive patients with low blood folate levels gain big benefit.

<乌鸦传媒>Mixed Results for Low-Dose Statin in Second Stroke

Pravastatin didn't reduce incidence of recurrent stroke, but did offer other benefits.

<乌鸦传媒>Stroke Survivors May Face Greater Cancer Risk

Ischemic stroke increased likelihood of cancer within 2 years of the event.

<乌鸦传媒>Hard Drinking in Middle Age Linked to Stroke

F. Perry Wilson, MD, critiques an interesting new study in 150 seconds.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Panel Torn on Watchman Device

Calls the device safe, but splits on its efficacy.

<乌鸦传媒>ESC: Xarelto Safe for Cardioverting Afib

BARCELONA -- Switching atrial fibrillation patients awaiting elective cardioversion to rivaroxaban (Xarelto) was as safe as warfarin in that setting.

<乌鸦传媒>More Brain Bleeds With Stroke Drug in 'Real World鈥�

BOSTON -- Intracerebral hemorrhage was more common among patients receiving tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) in the real world compared with those in a clinical trial, a small, single-center study showed.

<乌鸦传媒>Humans Beat Stroke Scales for ICH Prognosis

PHILADELPHIA -- Physicians and nurses in stroke units more accurately predicted outcomes in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) compared with common prognostic scales, a researcher reported here.

<乌鸦传媒>Stroke Rounds: Early Surgery Looks Safe After tPA

Performing carotid endarterectomy or stenting in patients who were recently treated with thrombolytic therapy for an acute stroke appeared to be safe, an observational study showed.

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