Stroke/Cerebrovascular Disease News

• Alert COVID-19 Anticoagulation Trials 'Paused' for Futility, Safety The REMAP-CAP, ACTIV-4 and ATTACC studies evaluating increased levels of anticoagulation in hospitalized COVID-19 patients have paused enrollment of patients treated in the ICU, the NHLBI confirms.
  Medscape Medical News, December 22, 2020
• Famous Medical Researcher Dies After Receiving Wrong Drug; More A 'tragic circus of errors' led to an untimely death, says wife's attorney; will this ob/gyn be sentenced to life in prison?; suit settled in the death of a bone marrow donor.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, December 22, 2020
• COVID Has Southern California ICU Capacity at Zero ICU capacity dipped to zero in Southern California's 11 counties on Thursday as COVID cases continued to climb. Officials warn the worst is yet to come.
  WebMD Health News, December 18, 2020
• High Blood Pressure at Any Age Speeds Cognitive Decline The onset of hypertension in middle age is associated with declining memory, and onset at later ages is associated with decreases in both memory and global cognition, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, December 16, 2020
• Urgent Recall for Penumbra JET 7 Xtra Flex Reperfusion Catheters The FDA has received over 200 medical device reports regarding the Penumbra JET 7 Xtra Flex catheter, including reports of deaths, serious injuries, and malfunctions.
  News Alerts, December 16, 2020
• Tranexamic Acid Linked to Increased Mortality Risk in Severe TBI Patients with isolated severe TBI often receive tranexamic acid before hospitalization to mitigate bleeding risk, but new results suggest the agent is linked to an increased mortality risk.
  Medscape Medical News, December 16, 2020
• AES 2020 Psychogenic Seizures Tied to Sexual Assault, Stroke Individuals who have experienced sexual trauma have more than a tenfold increased risk of developing psychogenic nonepileptic seizures and are also more likely to suffer a stroke, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, December 15, 2020
• LDL Not the Primary Culprit in ASCVD? LDL cholesterol has been seen as the main offender in ASCVD, but new studies implicate other lipids, including so-called "remnant" cholesterol. An editorial, however, urges caution in interpretation.
  Medscape Medical News, December 14, 2020
• Ambulatory BP Monitoring Reliability Questioned for HTN Diagnosis Data suggest home BP monitoring is actually more reliable and more closely tied to left ventricular mass index, but experts say outside confirmation is needed.
  Medscape Medical News, December 14, 2020
• COVID-19 Neurologic Fallout Not Limited to the Severely Ill COVID-19 may lead to stroke, seizures, and other neurologic complications even in patients with more moderate illness, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, December 14, 2020
• PFO Closure Beneficial in Stroke Patients With Thrombophilia Results from what is said to be the largest prospective study on recurrent events in hypercoagulable patients with PFO-associated embolism suggest that PFO closure is to be recommended in this group.
  Medscape Medical News, December 07, 2020
• Family Doctor's License Suspended After Refusal to Wear Mask Steven LaTulippe, MD, says neither he nor his staff wear masks at their Oregon clinic, and he urged patients not to wear them, either.
  Medscape Medical News, December 07, 2020
• AES 2020 SUDEP May Explain 3% of All Sudden Deaths in Kids Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) may explain 3% of all sudden deaths in children – a prevalence rate that is at least three times greater than previously reported estimates.
  Medscape Medical News, December 07, 2020
• Racial Disparities in Atrial Cardiopathy Among Ischemic Stroke Patients Differences in left atrial structure and pathophysiology between Black and white ischemic stroke patients may help explain racial disparities in stroke risk, a U.S. study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, December 03, 2020
• More, Larger Brain Lesions on MRI After Bicuspid TAVR The significance of these silent lesions, however, is unclear, observers say, as studies suggest they can be detected in most, if not all, TAVR patients.
  Medscape Medical News, December 03, 2020
• Which Prehospital Scale Best Flags Large Vessel Stroke? A new study compares seven different scales used by paramedics to identify patients most suitable for direct transport to a comprehensive stroke center.
  Medscape Medical News, December 03, 2020
• Several COVID-19 Advisers Make Grim Predictions 'We expect that in a week or two after Thanksgiving, we will see an increase in cases, a week or two later, an increase in hospitalizations, and a week or two later, an increase in deaths.'
  WebMD Health News, December 01, 2020
• COVID-19 and Risk of Clotting: 'Be Proactive About Prevention' How best to manage the increased risk of arterial and venous thrombosis in COVID-19 patients is the subject of a new review article.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2020
• ESO-WSO 2020 Incidence of Stroke, But Not MI, Increasing in Young People The incidence of stroke increased among younger adults in a retrospective study, while acute myocardial infarction, despite sharing many cardiovascular risk factors with stroke, did not change.
  Medscape Medical News, November 26, 2020
• ESO-WSO 2020 High Systolic BP After EVT for Stroke Tied to Poor Outcomes Greater disability and increased risk of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage are more likely if a patient has high blood pressure during the first 6 hours after undergoing endovascular therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, November 26, 2020