Researchers from Northwestern University developed an easy-to-calculate, four-factor score which identified 92.2 percent of true strokes among 330 inpatients who triggered stroke alerts. This could prove a useful tool, they said,…

A team of Chicago researchers has identified four genetic variants specific to people of African ancestry which may help explain their increased incidence of warfarin-associated bleeding events.

All four single-…

Aspirin alone may be sufficient to balance the risks of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and bleeding following total knee replacement surgery, according to a study published online in …

Recreational marijuana use is linked to an increase in stroke prevalence in the U.S. population, according to a study presented this week at the 11th World Stroke Congress in Montreal. Results of the study were released just two days after Canada…

Avinger announced Oct. 18 its Pantheris SV atherectomy device has gained CE mark approval, allowing it to be sold commercially in Europe. The system extends the plaque-removing technique for peripheral artery disease to smaller vessels with…

Patients who resume oral anticoagulation treatment (OAT) following intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are almost twice as likely to achieve functional recovery, according to a…

The FDA has approved rivaroxaban to reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events including stroke, myocardial infarction and cardiovascular death for people with chronic peripheral or coronary artery disease (PAD/CAD). Rivaroxaban, which…

Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), regardless of brand or type, increase risk of stroke in seniors diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), according to research published in the…

Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) can cut the short-term risk of thromboembolic events in half for patients who have undergone cardioversion of atrial fibrillation (AFib), suggests a …

When cardiologists get involved in the treatment of patients with a history of cancer and newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation (AFib), those people see a subsequent 11 percent reduction in the risk of stroke, according to a new…

Patients who experience ischemic stroke in the posterior circulation are at greater risk of impaired functional outcomes compared to those with anterior circulation stroke (ACS)—particularly if their time to hospital arrival exceeds 4.5…

Half of women and a third of men will be diagnosed with stroke, dementia or parkinsonism in their lifetime, according to a nearly three-decades-long study of neurological disease in the Dutch population. Up to 50 percent of those cases, though,…

About 72 percent of active smokers with peripheral artery disease (PAD) continued to smoke a year after visiting a specialty vascular clinic for new or worsening claudication, according to a new…

Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and a history of lower extremity revascularization (LER) face an increased risk of both cardiac and limb ischemic events and subsequent revascularization, according to…

A Russian study that analyzed the process of blood coagulation in humans at different life stages has found hemostasis in newborn babies is particularly delicate—something that,…

A Hillsborough County Fire Rescue paramedic has been fired and three others suspended without pay after a 10-week investigation concluded they failed to adequately care for a stroke patient who later died, the Tampa Bay Times reported this week…

Targeted plasticity therapy (TPT)—a novel approach to stroke treatment that involves stimulating the vagus nerve to accelerate plasticity in the brain—can double stroke patients’ rates of upper limb recovery, according to…

Stem cells in the embryo, previously thought to mature into only red blood or immune system cells, have another function, according to new research out of University College London. Findings suggest they can differentiate into endothelial cells,…

The Eluvia drug-eluting vascular stent system has been approved by the FDA, device maker Boston Scientific …

Height—and the genes that influence it—are important predictors for the development of varicose veins, according to a study out of Stanford University.

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Atrial fibrillation patients are acutely aware of their five-fold increased risk of stroke, new research from StopAfib.org suggests—and 38 percent report feeling “trapped” between their fear of having a stroke and the major bleeding risks…