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American Heart Association Urges Improvement in Stroke Care
In a scientific statement, the group offered tactics to eliminate the racial and ethnic inequities that exist in stroke incidence, prevalence, treatment, and outcomes.
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Stroke and a Wide QRS
The ECG in the figure is from an older man who presented with an acute stroke. He denied chest pain. Why is there QRS widening? What might be the clinical implications?
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Emergency Department Evaluation of Vertigo and Dizziness
Vertigo can be a complicated complaint for emergency medicine physicians to manage. The differential for this is broad, ranging from benign processes, such as BPPV, to more devastating causes, such as posterior strokes.
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Does the Completeness of Coronary Revascularization Affect the Outcome of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement?
In this study of data from the REVASC TAVI registry, completeness of myocardial revascularization did not significantly affect the risk of all-cause mortality or the combined endpoint of death, stroke, myocardial infarction, or heart failure hospitalization at two years.
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Is Screening for Atrial Fibrillation Cost Effective?
Self-screening for atrial fibrillation in elderly individuals could lead to lower stroke rates, prevent bleeding-related hospitalizations, and save money.
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Evaluation and Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke
The primary goal of acute stroke care is to salvage as much brain tissue as possible by identifying patients likely to benefit from IV thrombolysis and/or endovascular thrombectomy and delivering treatment safely and promptly.
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Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
This article reviews the typical and atypical presentations of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage and its complications. It also will discuss management of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage and its complications, with a focus on treatment in the emergency setting.
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Long-Term Statin Use Associated with Lower Stroke Risk
A cohort of Danish patients who were taking the cholesterol control medication were less likely to experience an intracerebral hemorrhage.
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Persistent Asthma Patients Show More Plaque Buildup, Inflammation
Pulmonary ailment could speed carotid artery damage, create more inflammatory biomarkers.
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Long-Term Outcomes in Intracerebral, Intraventricular Hemorrhage
It is important to avoid giving a poor prognosis early in the clinical course, and to continue supportive care until the long-term outcome truly is understood.