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Severity of Intracranial Arterial Calcification on Computed Tomography and Risk of Dementia in Patients With Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: A Population‐Based Study

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Coronary arterial calcification predicts coronary events, but although intracranial arterial calcification on CT (CT‐IAC) is a frequent finding in older individuals, few longitudinal studies have assessed whether its severity or site predict ...
Ke Li (李可), Davide Simonato, Peter M. Rothwell   +2 more
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2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association

Circulation
BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular risk factors, including core health behaviors ...
Seth S. Martin, Aaron W. Aday, Zaid I Almarzooq, Cheryl A M Anderson, Pankaj Arora, Christy L Avery, C. Baker-Smith, B. Barone Gibbs, Andrea Z Beaton, Amelia K Boehme, Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, Maria E Currie, Mitchell S. V. Elkind, K. Evenson, Giuliano Generoso, Debra G Heard, Swapnil Hiremath, Michelle C. Johansen, Rizwan Kalani, Dhruv S. Kazi, Darae Ko, Junxiu Liu, Jared W. Magnani, E. Michos, M. Mussolino, S. Navaneethan, N. Parikh, Sarah M. Perman, Remy Poudel, M. Rezk‐Hanna, G. Roth, N. Shah, M. St-Onge, Evan L. Thacker, C. Tsao, Sarah M. Urbut, H. V. Van Spall, Jenifer H. Voeks, Nae-Yuh Wang, Nathan D. Wong, Sally S Wong, Kristine Yaffe, Latha P. Palaniappan   +42 more
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Stroke Risk Factors, Genetics, and Prevention

Circulation Research, 2017
Stroke is a heterogeneous syndrome, and determining risk factors and treatment depends on the specific pathogenesis of stroke. Risk factors for stroke can be categorized as modifiable and nonmodifiable. Age, sex, and race/ethnicity are nonmodifiable risk
A. Boehme, Charles C. Esenwa, M. Elkind
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Potential of earlier primary care health checks for prevention of cardiovascular events in younger age groups: population-based study in the United Kingdom

BMC Medicine
Background Incidence of stroke and certain cancers is increasing at younger ages in many high-income countries, prompting healthcare systems to consider how best to improve prevention, such as earlier primary care health checks.
Catherine A. Scott, Linxin Li, Peter M. Rothwell   +2 more
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Using routinely acquired electronic patients records (EPRs) and brain imaging to study novel risk factors for vascular dementia in older hospital patients

Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior
Introduction: Delirium and infection are risk factors for dementia, with infection more strongly linked to vascular than Alzheimer's-type dementia. It is unclear whether regional atrophy and white matter changes (WMC) of vascular origin modify these ...
Emma Colbourne, Emily Boucher, Taylor Hanayik, Katerina Wartolowska, Sarah T Pendlebury   +4 more
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Health Care Use and Expenditures Associated With Cardiac Rehabilitation Among Eligible Medicare Fee‐for‐Service Beneficiaries

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) can improve cardiovascular health. We identified whether CR participation was associated with fewer subsequent inpatient hospitalizations and emergency department visits and less Medicare and out‐of‐pocket ...
Lisa M. Pollack, Anping Chang, Jun Soo Lee, Thomas Shaffer, Hilary K. Wall, Clinton A. Brawner, Michael P. Thompson, Steven J. Keteyian, Devraj Sukul, Feijun Luo, Sandra L. Jackson   +10 more
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Stroke Prevention

Acta clinica Croatica, 2010
Prevention is still the best approach to stroke. Th e goal of prevention is to reduce stroke risk by reducing it’s risk factors. Th e most common risk factors include hypertension, elevated serum lipids, myocardial infarction, atrial fi brillation and carotid stenosis, diabetes, smoking and alcohol consumption, inappropriate diet and inadequate ...
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Diet for stroke prevention [PDF]

Stroke and Vascular Neurology, 2018
Lifestyle is far more important than most physicians suppose. Dietary changes in China that have resulted from increased prosperity are probably responsible for a marked rise in coronary risk in the past several decades, accelerating in recent years.
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Relationship between fitness and arterial stiffness according to hypertensive state

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 2019
Background: There is a well-established relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and arterial stiffness. However, it is unclear whether this relationship differs significantly between hypertensive and non-hypertensive patients.
Jidong Sung, Soo Jin Cho, Kyong Pyo Hong
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A wearable hip-assist robot reduces the cardiopulmonary metabolic energy expenditure during stair ascent in elderly adults: a pilot cross-sectional study

BMC Geriatrics, 2018
Background Stair ascent is one of the most important and challenging activities of daily living to maintain mobility and independence in elderly adults.
Dong-Seok Kim, Hwang-Jae Lee, Su-Hyun Lee, Won Hyuk Chang, Junwon Jang, Byung-Ok Choi, Gyu-Ha Ryu, Yun-Hee Kim   +7 more
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