Two similarly controlled landmark trials provide conflicting results regarding the clinical guidelines for management of acute hypertension in individuals with intracerebral hemorrhage. However, focusing exclusively on blood pressure targets may obscure a critical finding.
Endovascular thrombectomy in the 6- to 16-hour time window after onset of ischemic stroke was found to be associated with reduced hospital stay, more home-time, and more desirable living situations in the 90 days after stroke.
Epilepsy and refractory epilepsy is less likely to be associated with stroke in older adult survivors and more likely to be associated with younger age and other factors.
This updated meta-analysis supports a target BP of less than 130/80 for secondary stroke prevention.
An asthma exacerbation resulting in hospitalization greatly increases the risk for acute myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke in adults with poorly controlled asthma.
Intensive blood pressure lowering nonsignificantly reduces the risk for recurrence among patients with a history of stroke compared with a standard BP-lowering regimen.
Pediatric cardiac disease is associated with an increased risk for arterial ischemic stroke following cardiac procedures.
Shorter time to endovascular-reperfusion therapy is associated with improved outcomes among patients with acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion.
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.
Findings reinforce the importance of primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in people living with HIV.
