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Disparities in Race and Ethnicity Reporting and Representation for Clinical Trials in Stroke: 2010 to 2020

Journal of the American Heart Association

BackgroundRacial and ethnic minority groups are at a higher stroke risk and have poor poststroke outcomes. Trials conducted in the United States, related to stroke and enrolling participants ≥18 years, were considered eligible. fold increase in reporting between 2010 and 2020. Overall, 60.1% White patients represented 65.0%

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Burden of Stroke in Europe: An Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study Findings From 2010 to 2019

Stroke Journal

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue 2 , Page 432-442, February 1, 2024. BACKGROUND:While most European Regions perform well in global comparisons, large discrepancies within stroke epidemiological parameters exist across Europe. CONCLUSIONS:EU-53 showed a 2% increase in incident strokes, while they remained stable in EU-28.

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Atrial Fibrillation’s Downstream Consequences

CardiacWire

A BMJ study out of Denmark provided alarming new insights into atrial fibrillation’s impact on patients’ future cardiovascular health, while highlighting the need to improve post-AFib heart failure and stroke prevention. in 2000-2010 to 30.9% The researchers analyzed 2000-2022 data from 3.5M overall, increasing from 24.2% in 2011-2022.

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Utilization and Reporting of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Randomized Clinical Trials of Acute Stroke (2010–2020)

Stroke Journal

Stroke, Ahead of Print. There is growing interest in incorporating PROMs into clinical trials, but the extent that such measures are used in contemporary stroke trials is uncertain. Eligible studies were phase 2 or 3 trials that tested therapeutic interventions within 1 month of stroke onset.

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Trends in prognosis and use of SGLT2i and GLP-1 RA in patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Research design and methods All patients with diabetes and CAD undergoing a coronary angiography between 2010 and 2021 according to the Swedish Angiography and Angioplasty Registry were included. Trend analyses for the years 2010–2019 revealed improved one-year MACE in patients with diabetes and CAD (year 2019 vs. 2010; 0.90; 0.81-1.00,

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Genetic Susceptibility Modifies Relationships Between Air Pollutants and Stroke Risk: A Large Cohort Study

Stroke Journal

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue 1 , Page 113-121, January 1, 2024. BACKGROUND:The extent to which genetic susceptibility modifies the associations between air pollutants and the risk of incident stroke is still unclear. These participants were followed up from the enrollment until the occurrence of stroke events or censoring of data.

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Does Fish Oil Supplement Increase Risk of Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation?

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

They were using data from the UK Biobank participants dated 2006 to 2010 and follow UP till the end of March 2021. There was also mild harmful effect on transition from healthy state to stroke.