Sentences with phrase «as ischemic»

Most strokes — about 85 % — occur when a clot or some other obstruction blocks blood flow to (or within) the brain; these are known as ischemic strokes.

Inadequate blood flow in the heart can develop over time, often caused by blockages in the coronary arteries — a condition known as ischemic heart disease.

The paper, published in The Lancet Global Health, also finds that chronic diseases, such as ischemic heart disease and diabetes, cause a greater burden to health in the region overall than communicable diseases like diarrheal diseases and tuberculosis.

Dr Andersen said the study was important because, although there have been other studies looking at the effects of endurance exercise on various cardiovascular problems such as ischemic heart disease and stroke, there have been only a few, smaller studies of its effect on heart rhythm disturbances, and they have tended to look at people who are less physically active, or compared very sedentary people with those who were very active.

The physical mechanism of platelet - driven clot contraction they observed is already informing new ways to think about diagnosing and treating conditions such as ischemic stroke, deep vein thrombosis, and heart attacks.

Through shortened patient examination times, higher patient throughput, and lower cost per MRI examination, EPI may become a powerful tool for early diagnosis of some common and potentially treatable diseases such as ischemic heart disease, stroke, and cancer.

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As pharmacologists, our interest is primarily in the mechanisms and therapeutics of ischemic heart diseases, and we have been working on the cardiovascular effects of herbs according to modern scientific criteria.

Immediate applications for the oxygen - sensing bandage include monitoring patients with a risk of developing ischemic (restricted blood supply) conditions, postoperative monitoring of skin grafts or flaps, and burn - depth determination as a guide for surgical debridement — the removal of dead or damaged tissue from the body.

Previous studies have looked mainly at genes causing atherosclerosis and genes affecting the function of platelets and clotting processes as risk factors for ischemic stroke (clot obstructing blood flow to the brain).

Global life expectancy has risen by more than six years since 1990 as healthy life expectancy grows; ischemic heart disease, lower respiratory infections, and stroke cause the most health loss around the world.

Use of the novel anticoagulant otamixaban did not reduce ischemic events compared with unfractionated heparin plus eptifibatide but increased bleeding among patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes undergoing a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI; procedures such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement used to open narrowed coronary arteries), according to a study published by JAMA.

The Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network (CTSN) is reporting results for the first time from a clinical trial of patients who have a complication of coronary heart disease known as moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR).

This study was presented as the Late - Breaking Clinical Trial (Abstract 49403): The Surgical Treatment of Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: A Randomized Clinical Trial From The Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network.

The study found that women diagnosed with GDM were over 20 times more likely to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes later in life, over two and a half times more likely to develop ischemic heart disease and almost twice as likely to develop hypertension.

The current study found that mice meant to serve as a model of ischemic human heart failure (weaker blood flow after a heart attack) had higher levels of activated, pro-inflammatory macrophages, monocytes, dendritic cells and T cells trafficking between their hearts and spleens than did control mice with healthy hearts.

The trial involved 5,170 people who were hospitalized after suffering minor ischemic strokes or stroke - like events known as transient ischemic attacks, or TIAs, in which blood flow to the brain is briefly blocked.

«People also may experience more subtle signs, such as numbness and tingling, which may indicate what is commonly called a mini-stroke, or transient ischemic attack (TIA),» said Henry Woo, MD, Professor of Neurological Surgery and Radiology, Stony Brook University School of Medicine and endovascular neurosurgeon.

However, the study did reveal a statistically significant 15 percent reduction in heart injury occurring within the first 72 hours after surgery in the remote ischemic preconditioning group as compared to the control.

They have joined forces with CHS Pharma, Inc., a South Florida - based biotechnology development company that has an intellectual property portfolio for potential treatments related to ischemic stroke, dry macular degeneration as well as other age - related disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, to further develop and commercialize this promising technology.

As this is the first report on this PTH therapy for ischemic stroke for the demonstration of the efficacy and feasibility, PTH treatment was initiated at 1 hr after stroke followed by repeated administrations for 6 days.

In the $ 1.47 million, four - year grant called â $ œBiomarkers of Ischemic Outcomes in Intracranial Stenosisâ $ (BIOSIS), Emory researchers are analyzing blood samples from 451 patients from around the country who were enrolled in a study known as SAMMPRIS (Stenting and Aggressive Medical Management for Preventing Recurrent stroke in Intracranial Stenosis), the first randomized, multicenter clinical trial designed to test whether stenting intracranial arteries would prevent recurrent stroke.

The primary outcome is in - hospital mortality, and secondary outcomes include the complications of BSI such as septic shock, acute kidney injury (AKI), acute lung injury (ALI) / acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), ischemic liver injury, and a collapsed dependent variable of «poor clinical outcome» that is defined as the presence of any of the above complications.

This included ischemic stroke, in which blood clots block the extra - or intracranial vessels and which accounts for 80 - 90 % of all stroke; hemorrhagic stroke, or rupture of intracranial vessels; and generally less serious clotting events known as transient ischemic attacks.

He found 10 percent of the African - American patients suffered from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease — defined as a heart attack, ischemic heart disease, angina, coronary artery disease or atherosclerotic disease of any artery.

The major outcome of ischemic damage is aggravation of the heart muscle function, known as cardiomyopathy.

Endovascular rescue therapy, also known as neurointerventional therapy, is a relatively new treatment available for eligible patients experiencing acute ischemic stroke — a stroke caused by a blood clot in the brain.

The treatment of common bile duct (CBD) disorders, such as biliary atresia or ischemic strictures, is restricted by the lack of biliary tissue from healthy donors suitable for surgical reconstruction.

The generation of bioengineered biliary tissue could contribute to the management of some of the most impactful cholangiopathies associated with liver transplantation, such as biliary atresia or ischemic cholangiopathy.

Women who consume high amounts of the flavonoids found in oranges and grapefruits have a 19 % lower risk of ischemic stroke (caused by a clot) than women who don't get as much of these compounds, a 2012 study found.

Transient ischemic attacks, or TIAs, are more accurately known as a «warning stroke,» and are often a precursor to a more severe stroke, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

While as little as a weekly serving of fish lowers risk of ischemic stroke, enjoying a daily serving omega -3-rich fish, such as scallops, provides significantly greater reduction in the risk of coronary heart disease than eating fish even as frequently as a couple of times a week, show the findings of a study published in the January 17, 2006 issue of Circulation, the journal of the American Heart Association.

These changes are very concerning as they show that a transient ischemic attack is likely not a transient event.

Transient ischemic attacks are however warning signs of a future stroke, and every transient ischemic attack is treated as though it will result in a stroke, although not everyone goes on to experience a stroke.

1,680 strokes were documented: 1,310 ischemic strokes / cerebral infarctions (due to blockages), 79 subarachnoid hemorrhages (due to bleeding on the brain surface), 154 intracerebral hemorrhages (due to bleeding in the brain), as well as 137 unspecified strokes.

A transient ischemic attack is defined as a temporary episode of blood loss to the brain, resulting in symptoms like temporary loss of vision, tingling or numbness, weakness on one side of the body or difficulty speaking.

In addition, tingling sensation in head may be caused by some other medical conditions such as stroke, carpal tunnel syndrome, seizures, underactive thyroid, transient ischemic attack, and a lack of vitamin B12.

Ginger is most effective in treating inflammation caused by oxidative stress - an imbalance between the production of free radicals and the body's antioxidant defenses, which has been linked to conditions such as atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cancer, and ischemic diseases.

In many studies, eating whole grains, such as buckwheat, has been linked to protection against atherosclerosis, ischemic stroke, diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, and premature death.

In 1978, Sri Lankan's were consuming coconut oil as their main dietary fat and had the lowest death rate from ischemic heart disease in the world.26 «All available population studies show that dietary coconut oil does not lead to high serum cholesterol nor to high coronary heart disease mortality or morbidity rate,» concluded American and Filipino researchers in 1992.27

Endurance athletes frequently report gastrointestinal impairment during competition, which can include dangerous and debilitating conditions such as nausea, bloating, pain, vomiting, abdominal angina, bloody diarrhea, endotoxemia, hemorrhagic gastritis, and ischemic colitis.28, 29 Causes of gut distress are considered multifactorial, with gastrointestinal ischemia being important, along with mechanical position (e.g. runners versus cyclists) and nutrition.

What this means for ischemic stroke victims (related to clot obstructions in the vessels supplying blood to the brain, a condition known as antherosclerosis) is that the epicatechin in dark chocolate may actually protect the brain.

«Even though these patients are classified as low - risk, the incidence of ischemic stroke in our study population is neither negligible nor ignorable and it carries a relatively high mortality,» Al - Khalili said in a society news release.

The following document is a bit technical but worth the read because localized, and even generalized ischemic skin disease is becoming increasingly common as dogs are exposed to and assaulted by an ever - increasing range of unnatural substances.

He was later diagnosed as having an ischemic stroke, which resulted in significant damage to his brain stem.

It involved a three year old child who fractured his distal humorous in a fall, and was taken to the hospital and every one of the nurses and doctors were aware of «compartment syndrome» developing in the child and it causing harm, yet they failed to act thereby a condition known as «Volkmann's ischemic contracture».

This condition is so dangerous that it often causes the death of either the mother or the baby, or severe developmental issues such as cerebral palsy or hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.

Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE), brain damage that can result from the cutting off of oxygen to the brain as a whole

Raising a child with a hypoxia - related birth injury (such as hypoxic - ischemic encephalopathy) can cost a small fortune.

A milder form of a stroke called a Trans Ischemic Attack or TIA is generally not as difficult to insure as the symptoms usually go away within 24 - 48 hours.

Stroke survivors and those who have experienced transient ischemic attacks — also known as TIAs or mini-strokes — are at high risk of stroke if they have peripheral artery disease according to the scientists.