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Researchers from Austria have studied studying carotid arteries with repeat US. Strange sentence but true.
The team first did ultrasound exams of the carotid arteries of 1,268 patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease because of multiple risk factors, such as smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or known blockages in other blood vessels such […]
This is of great importance. Realizing the signs and symptoms of a stroke can make the difference between life an death and between resolving symptoms and forever disabilities.
tPA is only administered if the symptoms are within a 3 hour window at most ER’s. What happens if you present saying your symptoms started yesterday? Well, first […]
Duke University bioengineers can compensate for the thickness of the skull to see in real-time the arteries within the brain that most often clog up and cause strokes using new 3-D ultrasound technology they designed. This is believed to be the first of its kind- to see past the skull and actually view the major […]
There is a great service offered by the American Heart Association, Heart Profilers.
You or a loved one can become more involved in your care by reviewing treatment options, possible side effects, success rates and questions to ask your healthcare provider. You also have access to medical journal articles and research studies written in […]
Big trouble again for the magic blood thinner Heparin. Health officials identified a contaminant in batches of the medication associated with 19 deaths and are trying to determine how the chemical got into the drug. The lots of heparin were recalled on the 28th of February and there has been no new deaths. The key […]
Restless leg syndrome increases ones risk for heart disease and stoke by two fold. The more severe your symptoms, the more frequent your symptoms, the greater the risk. This was the largest study of its kind and enrolled over 3500 participants.
The study found people with RLS were more than twice as likely to have cardiovascular […]
When you really stop and think about it, aren’t you more active in the summer months than the winter months? I think I am with the pool, walks in the evenings and running with the kids all day long. So this little tidbit of information shouldn’t come as a huge surprise.
A five-year study found people […]
An international trial has been stopped early! There were such significant reductions in the incidence of stroke and overall mortality in those receiving treatment that it has been given the red light.
The 3,845 patient Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET) is the largest ever clinical trial to look at the effects of lowering […]
Patent foramen ovale (PFO), an opening between the heart’s two upper (atrial) chambers, has been linked to strokes, decompression sickness, and migraines with auras. Devices that seal this hole in the heart may help severe migraine sufferers; some patients who receive the implant have a 37% reduction in migraine burden - number and length […]
More evidence that women are not the same as men, especially when it comes to surviving heart attacks and strokes. In a recent study based in Canada, researchers found that women who are hospitalized after a heart attack or stroke are 16 per cent more likely than men to die after a heart attack […]
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