A total of 3353 recurrent cases were identified from a cohort of 56,642 women with a first-time stroke and were matched with 3353 controls. HealthDay News — For women with a history of ischemic stroke ...

Despite secondary prevention with oral anticoagulation (OAC), the risk for recurrent ischemic stroke (IS) and mortality is high in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). However, OAC discontinuation ...

In Danish women with a history of ischemic stroke, use of vaginal estradiol tablets was not associated with an increased rate of recurrent ischemic stroke. Results suggest these women may not be so ...

Additionally, during more than 5 years of follow-up, risk for stroke-related death also reduced. (HealthDay News) — Salt substitution is safe and reduces the risk for stroke recurrence and death among ...

Potassium supplements in salt were associated with reduced rates of recurrent stroke and mortality in a large-scale cluster randomized clinical trial involving patients in rural northern China.

In a large, long-term trial, cilostazol was as effective as aspirin at preventing recurrent stroke and was associated with fewer hemorrhages. Antiplatelet drugs have an established role in secondary ...

Heart-rending cases like that of Steven Spence — a 68-year-old man who suffered a second stroke in his home only hours after being treated for his first one in a hospital — underscore the urgent need ...

In the univariate analysis, those on an SGLT-2i/GLP-1 RA had a reduced risk for mortality, incident MI, and composite. (HealthDay News) — For patients with ischemic stroke, sodium-glucose ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Apixaban did not reduce recurrent stroke risk in patients with atrial cardiopathy without AF. The ARCADIA trial ...

Cryptogenic stroke survivors who went on to get an insertable cardiac monitor (ICM) had a similar risk of recurrent stroke whether or not any atrial fibrillation (Afib, AF) ever turned up on ...

A study was conducted to determine the relationship between transportation noise exposure and stroke severity, recurrence, and mortality.

Exposure to vaginal estradiol not linked to increased rate of recurrent ischemic stroke when adjusted for comorbidity, medications, income, education. (HealthDay News) — For women with a history of ...