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DAIC
MAY 7, 2024
A stroke often leads to motor impairment, which is traditionally linked to the extent of damage to the corticospinal tract (CST), a crucial brain pathway for motor control. However, stroke recovery outcomes aren't fully predicted by damage to the CST, suggesting other factors are at play.
Circulation
JANUARY 24, 2024
METHODS:The AHA, through its Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee, continuously monitors and evaluates sources of data on heart disease and stroke in the United States and globally to provide the most current information available in the annual Statistical Update with review of published literature through the year before writing.
Stroke Journal
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWMP21-AWMP21, February 1, 2024. Background:Mounting evidence points to a connection between cardiovascular risk during middle age and brain health later in life. We excluded participants with stroke, dementia, or late-life depression (LLD) at baseline.
CardiacWire
JANUARY 31, 2025
Every year, the AHA reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular risk factors. In 2010, the AHA released a 2020 goal to improve the CV health of all Americans by 20%, while reducing CVD and stroke deaths by 20%. Excluding hypertension (CHD, HF, and stroke only), just 9.9%
Cardiology Update
JANUARY 24, 2024
Metabolic risks, including high systolic blood pressure, high LDL cholesterol, high BMI, high fasting plasma glucose, and kidney dysfunction, contribute substantially to age-standardized CVD disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). The findings have significant implications for clinical and public health practice and research.
DAIC
JANUARY 30, 2024
Clinicians currently use two separate risk models to assess patients’ chances of having heart attacks , strokes , and other major cardiovascular events. The ARIC participants included some cases with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and some without.
DAIC
MAY 16, 2024
A new joint guideline from the American Heart Association (AHA), the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and nine other medical societies reports early diagnosis and treatment of peripheral artery disease is essential to improve outcomes and reduce amputation risk, heart attack, stroke and death for people with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD).
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