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Blood Pressure Complexity Discriminates Pathological Beat‐to‐Beat Variability as a Marker of Vascular Aging

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022
Background Beat‐to‐beat blood pressure variability (BPV) is associated with an increased risk of stroke but can be driven by both healthy physiological processes and failure of compensatory mechanisms.
Yun‐Kai Lee, Sara Mazzucco, Peter M. Rothwell, Stephen J. Payne, Alastair J. S. Webb   +4 more
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Stroke Prevention [PDF]

Stroke, 2020
In 44 years of practicing stroke prevention, I have learned many lessons; in this article, I hope to impart some of them. Three areas of my research are discussed. Controlling resistant hypertension is markedly improved by physiologically individualized therapy based on renin/aldosterone phenotyping; this is particularly important in black patients ...
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The Cost of Stroke Prevention [PDF]

Stroke, 2009
To the Editor: Statin trials have consistently shown a robust (20% to 25%)1,2 reduction in major vascular events (myocardial infarction, stroke, vascular death), although a previous trial of simvastatin demonstrated no reduction in stroke rate for the subgroup of patients with preexisting cerebrovascular disease.2 Until recently, the use of statins ...
Rodney M, Samuelson, Elad I, Levy, Adnan H, Siddiqui, L Nelson, Hopkins   +3 more
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Stroke-induced immunosuppression: implications for the prevention and prediction of post-stroke infections

Journal of Neuroinflammation, 2021
Stroke produces a powerful inflammatory cascade in the brain, but also a suppression of the peripheral immune system, which is also called stroke-induced immunosuppression (SIIS).
Júlia Faura, A. Bustamante, F. Miró-Mur, J. Montaner   +3 more
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Treatment of posterior circulation stroke: Acute management and secondary prevention

International Journal of Stroke, 2022
One-fifth of strokes occur in the territory of the posterior circulation, but their management, particularly acute reperfusion therapy and neurointervention procedures for secondary prevention, has received much less attention than similar interventions ...
H. Markus, P. Michel
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Antihypertensive Medication Adherence and Medical Costs, Health Care Use, and Labor Productivity Among People With Hypertension

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Hypertension affects nearly half of US adults yet remains inadequately controlled in over three‐quarters of these cases. This study aimed to assess the association between adherence to antihypertensive medications and total medical costs ...
Jun Soo Lee, Raul Segura Escano, Nicole L. Therrien, Ashutosh Kumar, Ami Bhatt, Lisa M. Pollack, Sandra L. Jackson, Feijun Luo   +7 more
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Insurance Status Among Adults With Hypertension—The Impact of Underinsurance

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2016
Background Hypertension is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Health insurance coverage affects hypertension treatment and control, but limited information is available for US adults with hypertension who are classified as underinsured ...
Jing Fang, Guixiang Zhao, Guijing Wang, Carma Ayala, Fleetwood Loustalot   +4 more
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Practice advisory update summary: Patent foramen ovale and secondary stroke prevention

Neurology, 2020
Objective To update the 2016 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) practice advisory for patients with stroke and patent foramen ovale (PFO). Methods The guideline panel followed the AAN 2017 guideline development process to systematically review studies ...
S. Messé, G. Gronseth, D. Kent, J. Kizer, S. Homma, Lee Rosterman, J. Carroll, Koto Ishida, N. Sangha, S. Kasner   +9 more
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Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations: Secondary Prevention of Stroke Update 2020

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, 2021
The 2020 update of the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations (CSBPR) for the Secondary Prevention of Stroke includes current evidence-based recommendations and expert opinions intended for use by clinicians across a broad range of settings.
D. Gladstone, M. Lindsay, J. Douketis, Eric E. Smith, D. Dowlatshahi, T. Wein, Aline Bourgoin, J. Cox, John B. Falconer, B.R. Graham, M. Labrie, Lena McDonald, J. Mandzia, D. Ngui, P. Pageau, Amanda Rodgerson, W. Semchuk, T. Tebbutt, C. Tuchak, S. Gaal, K. Villaluna, N. Foley, S. Coutts, Anita Mountain, G. Gubitz, J. Udell, R. McGuff, M. Heran, P. Lavoie, A. Poppe   +29 more
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Association of Birthplace and Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Among US Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2006 to 2014

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2018
BackgroundThe proportion of foreign‐born US adults has almost tripled since 1970. However, less is known about the cardiovascular morbidity by birthplace among adults residing in the United States.
Jing Fang, Keming Yuan, Renee M. Gindi, Brian W. Ward, Carma Ayala, Fleetwood Loustalot   +5 more
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