Circulation

JUNE 4, 2024

BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease and stroke are common and costly, and their prevalence is rising. We projected through 2050, overall and by age and race and ethnicity, accounting for changes in disease prevalence and demographics.RESULTS:We estimate that among adults, prevalence of hypertension will increase from 51.2%

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Circulation

JUNE 4, 2024

Stroke is projected to account for the largest absolute increase in costs. The human capital approach was used to estimate productivity losses from morbidity and premature mortality due to cardiovascular conditions.RESULTS:One in 3 US adults received care for a cardiovascular risk factor or condition in 2020.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AHUP20-AHUP20, February 1, 2024. There is a critical lack of data about early life stroke risk factors among Black women, a group with higher rates of hypertension compared to other racial groups. We included stroke-free participants younger than age 65 (46754 participants, mean age 42±9.6

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A101-A101, February 1, 2024. There is a critical lack of data about early life stroke risk factors among Black women, a group with higher rates of hypertension compared to other racial groups. We included stroke-free participants younger than age 65 (46754 participants, mean age 42±9.6

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DAIC

MARCH 26, 2025

2 Most are balancing multiple comorbidities, such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney disease (CKD). A Trial to Learn How Well Finerenone Works and How Safe it is in Adult Participants With Non-diabetic Chronic Kidney Disease (FIND-CKD). Diabetes Care. 4 Approximately 6.7 million adults in the U.S.

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DAIC

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Atrial fibrillation, a rapid, irregular heart beat that can lead to stroke or sudden death, is three times more common than previously thought, affecting nearly 5 percent of the population, or 10.5 Studies have shown that people with A-Fib are up to 5 times more likely to have a stroke. tim.hodson Wed, 09/11/2024 - 15:40 Sept.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

MARCH 21, 2025

We aimed to determine whether selfreported risk factors serve as reliable proxies and predict stroke and dementiarelated mortality.Methods and ResultsWe used crosssectional data from the NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) from 1999 to 2018 linked to National Death Index records.

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ADN Center of Excellence

OCTOBER 28, 2024

On October 29th, the global community observes World Stroke Day , an occasion dedicated to raising awareness about one of the most formidable threats to global health: stroke. Often called the "silent killer," stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide.

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CardiacWire

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Heart Disease in 2050 – The AHA warned of massive heart disease increases by 2050, spanning CVD (+60%), diabetes (+100%), obesity (+70%), hypertension (+44%), heart failure (+66%), and stroke (+100%). Add all that up and the cost of treating adult CVD and stroke patients will increase by 195% to $1.85

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

MAY 22, 2024

About a fifth of all ischemic strokes are attributed to embolization of ruptured atherosclerotic plaque from carotid arterial stenosis. But it has been difficult to predict which person with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis is likely to progress to symptomatic carotid disease and stroke.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP136-ATP136, February 1, 2025. Once these post-stroke patients have been identified, they are given a personalized monitoring plan depending on the individuals risk factors, the personalized care and rehabilitation plans are tracked and followed.

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American College of Cardiology

MARCH 25, 2025

Microplastic exposure is associated with a higher prevalence of chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) including hypertension, diabetes and stroke, according to a study presented at ACC.25 25 in Chicago.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP146-ATP146, February 1, 2025. Introduction:Differences in risk factors may contribute to disparities in stroke risk. Results:The prevalence of hypertension and diabetes were higher among NHBA than NHWA hospitalized with AIS across all age groups. vs. 82.6%, PR: 1.1).

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP334-ATP334, February 1, 2025. Introduction:Studies have reported racial disparities in acute stroke treatment and follow-up care in young patients which lead to less desirable outcomes for minorities. of young patients had 1 follow-ups at stroke clinic. male, covering 57.2%

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 21, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue 2 , Page 355-365, February 1, 2024. This comprehensive literature review focuses on acute stroke related to intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS), with an emphasis on ICAS-large vessel occlusion.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP236-ATP236, February 1, 2024. Introduction:A rising prevalence of stroke in young patients was noticed in recent years. Studies have reported racial disparities in young stroke patients and less desired outcomes of minorities. were male, and 60.4% vs. Hispanic 12.4%).

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Hypertension Journal

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Hypertension, Volume 80, Issue 12 , Page 2581-2590, December 1, 2023. BACKGROUND:This study aimed to develop a risk-scoring model for hypertension among Africans.METHODS:In this study, 4413 stroke-free controls were used to develop the risk-scoring model for hypertension. for the training set and 64.6% (95% CI, 61.0–68.0)

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP319-AWP319, February 1, 2025. Reliability of self-reported risk factors was high in overweight (F1 0.81) and diabetes (F1 0.71), moderate in hearing impairment (F1 0.59) and hypertension (F1 0.56) and low in hypercholesterolemia (F1 0.49) and kidney disease (F1 0.25).

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Stroke Journal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Stroke, Ahead of Print. The latest research on socioeconomic status (SES) and stroke continues to demonstrate that individuals with low SES are at a higher risk of stroke, receive lower-quality care, and experience poorer outcomes. Addressing stroke inequalities requires an interdisciplinary approach.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP325-ATP325, February 1, 2025. Strokes were self-reported and we exclude subjects who reported strokes at their first visit as well as those who did not report on their stroke status. Results:The cumulative incidence for strokes was 0.02 (87 out of 4692 subjects).

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP48-ATP48, February 1, 2025. Introduction:Vascular cognitive impairment and vascular dementia are diagnosed based on brain vascular changes related to strokes. Strokes were self-reported and we used mini-mental score test (MMSE) to asses for cognitive impairment at each visit.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

MARCH 21, 2025

Patients were stratified according to polygenic risk score tertiles and observed for the occurrence of ischemic stroke or systemic embolism, myocardial infarction, and heart failure hospitalization. P=0.011) for ischemic stroke or systemic embolism, 1.15 (95% CI, 0.821.61;P=0.422) During a median followup of 4.6

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ADP42-ADP42, February 1, 2025. Introduction:The transitional period from hospital discharge to the community for stroke survivors is a vulnerable time as patients navigate healthcare systems with their new impairments. The control group included patients not enrolled in the program.

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DAIC

APRIL 7, 2024

High blood pressure, or hypertension , is a leading cause of heart attacks, strokes and death. Approximately 1 in 4 patients had diabetes other than Type 1 in addition to high blood pressure. “In most cases, these differences persisted at six-month follow up despite the addition of other antihypertensive treatments.

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The British Journal of Cardiology

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Stroke is a major cause of mortality, morbidity and economic burden. Strokes can be thrombotic, embolic or haemorrhagic. The key risk factor for cardioembolic stroke is atrial fibrillation or flutter, and oral anticoagulation (OAC) is recommended in all but the lowest-risk patients with evidence of these arrhythmias.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP56-AWP56, February 1, 2025. The association remained significant after adjustment for age, race, gender, hypertension, diabetes, smoking status, education level and regular dental care use (Adjusted OR 0.61 The log WMH volume was higher (9.50.85

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP266-AWP266, February 1, 2025. Background:Sleep apnea symptoms, such as snoring and breathing pauses, often co-occur with depression in stroke survivors, adversely affecting recovery and quality of life. Clinically, 74.16% had hypertension, and 29.90% had diabetes.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP254-ATP254, February 1, 2024. Introduction:Clinical characteristics of patients with in-hospital onset stroke (IHOS) compared to those with out-of-hospital onset stroke are reported to be late detection of stroke onset, less use of rt-PA, presence of atrial fibrillation, and poor outcome.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP106-ATP106, February 1, 2025. Background:Post-stroke cognitive impairment is especially devastating for young adult patients, who are in their most productive years. Figure 1) of patients experienced post-stroke CogI with a mean follow-up time of 11.7 Overall, 35.9% (95% CI 27.2-45.5;

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP262-ATP262, February 1, 2024. Background:Obesity has been associated with an increase in the risk of stroke and poor outcomes. Meanwhile, Metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) trends are understudied in association with stroke. p<0.001) compared to the MHO+ve cohort.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP241-AWP241, February 1, 2024. Background:Migraine with aura is a risk factor for ischemic stroke. We refined the migraine with aura risk score (MARS) to create the migraine associated risk of stroke score (MARS Plus) making it applicable to migraine with and without aura.

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Circulation

OCTOBER 13, 2023

BACKGROUND:Apparent treatment-resistant hypertension (aTRH) is prevalent and associated with adverse outcomes in heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction. Nonresistant hypertension was defined as BP above threshold but not meeting aTRH criteria. per 100 patient-years) compared with nonresistant hypertension (2.7

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP319-ATP319, February 1, 2025. Census tract stroke prevalence was estimated using 2021 CDC PLACES data. Stroke prevalence was 1.59% (95% CI:1.50-1.69) Stroke prevalence was also higher in tracts with declining investment (1.40%; 95% CI: 1.18-1.63%)

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Cardiology Update

JULY 22, 2024

This multicenter open-label, blinded-outcome, randomized trial ( NCT04030234 ), offers new insights into hypertension management. The primary outcome measured was a composite of myocardial infarction, revascularisation, hospitalisation for heart failure, stroke, or cardiovascular death, assessed over a median follow-up of 3.4

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MIBHS

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Arrhythmias: Genetic mutations can also predispose individuals to irregular heart rhythms, such as atrial fibrillation or long QT syndrome, which may increase the risk of stroke or sudden cardiac arrest. Mutations in specific genes often cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP152-ATP152, February 1, 2025. Introduction:Effective care transition for ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke patients post-hospital discharge is critical. Early follow-up helps adjust treatment plans, reducing stroke recurrence.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP141-AWP141, February 1, 2025. Background:A recent prospective study reported that myocardial infarction (MI) was present in nearly half of ischemic stroke patients with substantially elevated troponin, with 1 in 5 having a type 1 MI. In suspected stroke patients, 26.1% (95% CI, 20.9-32.2%)

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