| |  A large study has found that commencing treatment for sleep apnea as soon as possible after a stroke or a mini-stroke significantly improves speech impairment and other neurological symptoms as well as walking and other physical functioning. | |
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| |  Kessler Foundation has been awarded a $50,000 grant by the Charles and Ann Serraino Foundation, Inc. The two-year grant will advance the Foundation's practice-based stroke rehabilitation research to advance the diagnosis and treatment of spatial neglect, a hidden disability that complicates recovery after brain injury, especially right brain stroke. | |
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| |  Differences in the DNA within the mitochondria, the energy-producing structures within cells, can determine the severity and progression of heart disease caused by a nuclear DNA mutation. | |
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| |  Resistant hypertension affects 12 percent to15 percent of patients treated for high blood pressure according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association. | |
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| |  Infants often aren't screened for sleep apnea, but a new study suggests the disorder may be tied to an increased risk of death in infants with congenital heart disease. | |
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| |  Coronary angiography after cardiac arrest is important to ascertain potential treatable causes of cardiac arrest, salvage myocardium, and potentially increase long-term survival. The cause of adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is typically myocardial ischemia. | |
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| |  Common practice dictates the performance of percutaneous coronary intervention under conventional angiographic guidance. | |
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| |  One of the commonest diet fads these days is choosing low fat dairy over whole fat milk and milk products. A new large study however, has now shown that full-fat dairy and dairy products may be more beneficial for the heart. The results of the study appeared in the latest issue of the journal The Lancet. | |
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| |  Bioabsorbable scaffolds may be considered the new threshold in endovascular treatment. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) report that the most frequent form of heart disease is coronary artery disease (CAD). | |
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| |  Blood pumps are increasingly a bridge-to-transplant for patients with end-stage heart disease or heart failure, but blood clots and strokes can put patients in peril before they receive a donor heart. | |
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| |  A program that offered financial incentives to both patients and their physicians to control low-density lipoproteins cholesterol could be a cost-effective intervention for patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. | |
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| |  In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume3,Number 2, 2018, pp. 215-226(12); DOI: Chang-Sheng Ma from the Department of Cardiology, Beijing AnZhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China considers the use of direct oral anticoagulants for prevention of stroke and systemic embolic events in East Asian patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. | |
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| |  A molecule produced during fasting or calorie restriction has anti-aging effects on the vascular system, which could reduce the occurrence and severity of human diseases related to blood vessels, such as cardiovascular disease, according to a study led by Georgia State University. | |
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| |  Myocardial infarction - commonly known as a heart attack - is still one of the main causes of death. According to the Federal Statistical Office, more than 49,00 people died of its consequences. | |
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| |  There are two main treatments for stroke caused by a clot in a blood vessel in the brain. One treatment, mechanical thrombectomy, involves pulling the clot out with a specialized catheter that is inserted into the artery in the groin and guided by imaging to the clot. | |
