A multidisciplinary writing group organized by the AHA Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science Subcommittee released recommendations to improve the quality of adult and pediatric neurologic prognostication studies for survivors of cardiac arrest.
Elevated lipoprotein(a) and corresponding LPA genotypes are also associated with an increased risk for ischemic stroke, although the incremental risk is less pronounced.
Low-dose aspirin use for primary prevention of cardiovascular events in people without symptomatic cardiovascular disease was associated with an increased risk for intracranial hemorrhage.
Compared with tricuspid aortic stenosis, patients who underwent TAVR for bicuspid aortic stenosis had no significant difference in mortality, but had increased 30-day risk of stroke.
In patients with prior myocardial infarction (MI)/ischemic stroke, treatment with alirocumab is associated with a reduction in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), as well as reductions in lipoprotein(a), apolipoprotein B, and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C), according to study results published in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology. In addition, efficacy and safety results were similar in patients…
The FDA has sent an untitled letter to R3 Stem Cell, LLC of Scottsdale, Arizona for marketing unapproved stem cell products to treat a variety of diseases and conditions.
For patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, those who start antiplatelet therapy do not have an increased risk for recurrence, including those with cerebral microbleeds.
