17.07.20151869
Patients undergoing primary PCI are three times more likely to experience ischemic stroke than hemorrhagic stroke, according to recent findings.
16.07.20151461
Men and women experienced different effects on aggression from treatment with statins, with men exhibiting a decrease and women an increase in aggression, according to results from the UCSD Statin Study.
15.07.20151501
Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants do not increase the likelihood of cerebral microbleeds in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation, according to study results published in the Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases.
14.07.20151468
Patients with heart failure in sinus rhythm are at an increased risk of thromboembolic complications.
13.07.20151531
Hypercholesterolemia, especially elevated levels of LDL-cholesterol, is a well-known risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD).
10.07.20151428
The risk of recurrence following an initial episode of venous thromboembolism is highest in the first 3 months, but remains high for up to 3 years, according to findings from a population-based study involving 2,989 adults.
09.07.20151626
The Clopidogrel in High-risk patients with Acute Non-disabling Cerebrovascular Events (CHANCE) trial showed that the combined treatment of clopidogrel and aspirin decreases the 90-day risk of stroke without increasing hemorrhage in comparison with aspirin alone, but provided insufficient data to establish whether the benefit persisted over a longer period of time beyond the trial termination.