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Secondary prevention of stroke: Using the experiences of patients and carers to inform the development of an educational resource [PDF]

, 2008
Copyright @ The Author 2008. This article is available open access through the publisher’s website at the link below.Background. Patients who have had one stroke are at increased risk of another.
Bak, Banet, C. Kilbride, Evans, J. L Campbell, Lopez, Mant, P. H Evans, R. Allison   +8 more
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Prevalence and outcomes of frailty in unplanned hospital admissions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of hospital-wide and general (internal) medicine cohortsResearch in context

EClinicalMedicine, 2023
Summary: Background: Guidelines recommend routine frailty screening for all hospitalised older adults to inform care decisions, based mainly on studies in elective or speciality-specific settings.
Emily L. Boucher, Jasmine M. Gan, Peter M. Rothwell, Sasha Shepperd, Sarah T. Pendlebury   +4 more
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Use of Cilostazol for Secondary Stroke Prevention: An Old Dog with New Tricks? [PDF]

, 2012
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of cilostazol for secondary prevention of non-cardioembolic ischemic stroke. DATA SOURCES: PubMed and MEDLINE searches were performed (January 1970-September 2011) using the key words cilostazol ...
Ansara, Alex J., Shiltz, Dane L., Slavens, Jennifer B.   +2 more
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Cerebral Microbleeds in a Stroke Prevention Clinic. [PDF]

, 2019
The objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a stroke clinic in stroke prevention and progression of cerebral microbleeds (CMB). We conducted a retrospective observational study of patients who visited a stroke clinic between January ...
Chang, Peter, Cho, A-Hyun, Chow, Daniel, Fisher, Mark, Floriolli, David, Paganini-Hill, Annlia, Shah, Krunal, Wadi, Lara   +7 more
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A Retrospective Cohort Study Comparing Stroke Recurrence Rate in Ischemic Stroke Patients With and Without Acupuncture Treatment. [PDF]

, 2015
Little was known about the effects of acupuncture on stroke recurrence. The aim of this study is to investigate whether ischemic stroke patients receiving acupuncture treatment have a decreased risk of stroke recurrence.
Hsu, Chung Y, Liao, Chien-Chang, Lin, Jaung-Geng, Morisky, Donald E, Shih, Chun-Chuan, Su, Yi-Chang, Sun, Mao-Feng, Sung, Fung-Chang, Wen, Chi-Pang   +8 more
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Systolic Blood Pressure and Longitudinal Progression of Arterial Stiffness: A Quantitative Meta‐Analysis

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020
Background Arterial stiffness predicts the risk of cardiovascular events and all‐cause mortality and is associated with age and hypertension. However, the magnitude of the relationship between blood pressure (BP) and progression of arterial stiffness is ...
Jack Wilson, Alastair John Stewart Webb
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Abstract 1122‐000146: A Survey of Current Status and Roles of Interventional Neurologists in Japan

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, 2021
Introduction: In Japan, there are more board‐certified neurosurgeons than board‐certified neurologists, and a significant part of stroke practice is provided by neurosurgeons.
Mikito Hayakawa, Nobuyuki Ohara, Hiroshi Yamagami, Nobuyuki Sakai, Yuji Matsumaru   +4 more
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Practice patterns for acute ischemic stroke workup: A longitudinal population‐based study [PDF]

, 2017
Background We examined practice patterns of inpatient testing to identify stroke etiologies and treatable risk factors for acute ischemic stroke recurrence. Methods and Results
Adeoye, Opeolu, Alwell, Kathleen, Broderick, Joseph P, Ferioli, Simona, Flaherty, Matthew L, Khatri, Pooja, Khoury, Jane C, Kissela, Brett M, Kleindorfer, Dawn O, Loftspring, Matthew C, Moomaw, Charles J, Woo, Daniel   +11 more
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Correlation between cardiopulmonary metabolic energy cost and lower-limb muscle activity during inclined treadmill gait in older adults

BMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background Inclined walking requires more cardiopulmonary metabolic energy and muscle strength than flat-level walking. This study sought to investigate changes in lower-limb muscle activity and cardiopulmonary metabolic energy cost during treadmill ...
Jihye Kim, Hwang-Jae Lee, Su-Hyun Lee, Jungsoo Lee, Won Hyuk Chang, Gyu-Ha Ryu, Yun-Hee Kim   +6 more
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Natriuretic peptides and integrated risk assessment for cardiovascular disease. an individual-participant-data meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Guidelines for primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases focus on prediction of coronary heart disease and stroke. We assessed whether or not measurement of N-terminal-pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentration could enable ...
Adam S, Butterworth, Andreas, Luchner, Angela M, Wood, Brendan, M. Everett, Børge G, Nordestgaard, Caroline, N. Kistorp, Christie M, Ballantyne, Christopher, Defilippi, Daniel F, Freitag, Daniel, Levy, Demosthenes, B. Panagiotakos, DI ANGELANTONIO, EMANUELE, Frank, Kee, Goya Wannamethee, S, James A, de Lemos, Jari A. Laukkanen, Maryam Kavousi, Jens, Rosenberg, Johan, Ärnlöv, John, Danesh, Jonas, Andersson, Jorge R, Kizer, Juan Pablo, Casas, Jukka, T. Salonen, Jussi, Kauhanen, Lars, Lind, Lisa, Pennells, Lori B, Daniels, Mary, Cushman, Michael, Hecht Olsen, Michael, Sweeting, Nancy, R. Cook, Naveed, Sattar, Olle, Melander, Oscar, H. Franco, Paul M, Ridker, Pei, Gao, Peter, Willeit, Rajiv, Chowdhury, RUBATTU, Speranza Donatella, Rudolf, A. de Boer, Sarah, A. Spackman, Simon G, Thompson, Stefan, Kiechl, Stella, Trompet, Stephen Kaptoge, Paul Welsh, Stephen, Burgess, Suzanne, Judd, Thomas, Mueller, Torben, Jørgensen, Toshiharu, Ninomiya, Veikko, Salomaa, Vijay, Nambi, Vilmundur, Gudnason, Wayne, D. Rosamond   +53 more
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