Stroke

Triple Low-Dose BP-Lowering Pill Reduces Recurrent Stroke After Intracerebral Hemorrhage

In patients with prior intracerebral hemorrhage, adding a single pill combining three low-dose antihypertensive agents to standard care significantly reduced…

3 weeks ago

Elevated Aldosterone-Renin Ratio Tied to Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke in Older Adults

A prospective US cohort study leveraging data from 3,477 participants (mean age 74.8 years; 61.5% female) in the Atherosclerosis Risk…

2 months ago

Carotid-Artery Stenting Beneficial for Carotid Stenosis

Adding carotid-artery stenting—but not carotid endarterectomy—to intensive medical management reduced the risk of stroke or death in patients with high-grade…

6 months ago

Age on the Association of Risk Factors and Stroke

An international case–control study suggested that vascular risk factors influence stroke risk differently across age groups. The study enrolled age-…

10 months ago

Early DOACs Post Ischemic Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation Beneficial

A systematic review and prospective individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials supports early direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) initiation…

11 months ago

Global Study of Stroke Risk Factors

A study revealed that stroke remains a major global health challenge, influenced by numerous risk factors that vary across regions…

11 months ago

Salt Substitution May Reduce Recurrent Stroke and Death

A prespecified subgroup analysis of a Chinese randomized clinical trial suggested that salt substitution significantly reduced the risks of stroke…

1 year ago

Sublingual Edaravone Dexborneol Effective for Acute Ischemic Stroke

A double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter, parallel-group, phase 3 randomized clinical trial in China revealed that sublingual edaravone dexborneol improved functional outcome…

2 years ago

<strong>More Intensive Differential BP–Lowering Beneficial</strong>

A meta-analysis and a meta-regression of randomized clinical trials suggested that more intensive differential blood pressure (BP)–lowering may be beneficial…

3 years ago

<strong>Thrombectomy Benefits Extended to Large Ischemic Stroke</strong>

Three trials have shown remarkable benefits of thrombectomy in patients with large ischemic strokes in countries with different medical systems.…

3 years ago

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