Sentences with phrase «for ischemic stroke»

Therefore, postmenopausal women at the age of 55 — 74 years were at higher risk for ischemic stroke than men of comparable age.

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).

Bed position is among the complex issues that Flaster and colleagues address in their article, which summarizes the latest research on caring for ischemic stroke patients.

He arrived too late to receive tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), the only treatment for ischemic strokes.

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.

The treatment options for an ischemic stroke have been improved in recent years.

«Beating the clock for ischemic stroke sufferers.»

The American Heart Association / American Stroke Association guidelines for ischemic stroke recommend giving eligible patients rtPA within 60 minutes of hospital arrival (known as door - to - needle time).

«Mobile stroke treatment units may greatly improve survival rates, chance of recovery for ischemic stroke patients.»

The risk - adjusted 30 - day mortality rate for ischemic strokes fell from 15.9 % in 1988 to 12.7 % in 2008.

The results of the Endovascular Therapy Following Imaging Evaluation for the Ischemic Stroke (DEFUSE 3) trial, presented at the International Stroke Conference 2018 in Los Angeles and published on Jan. 24 in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrated that physically removing brain clots up to 16 hours after symptom onset in selected patients led to improved outcomes compared to standard medical therapy.

When looking at specific kinds of stroke, researchers again found that the rate declined for men but not for women for ischemic stroke, resulting from a lack of blood flow to the brain caused by clots or blocked arteries.

Host: Dr. Liisa Galea Speaker: Dr. Farida Sohrabji, Texas A&M Title: Neuroprotection for Ischemic Stroke in the aging brain: Role of microRNA

Meta - Analysis of Preclinical Studies of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for Ischemic Stroke (April 8, 2014) in Neurology.

The investigators then compared just over 3,000 people who'd been hospitalized for an ischemic stroke during the week after a daylight saving transition with nearly 12,000 people who'd suffered a stroke in the two weeks before or after a transition week.

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.

«Under the agreement, Merck will set up two funds, a $ 4 billion one for claims of myocardial infarction and a $ 850 million one for ischemic stroke claims,» the WSJ explains.

There is very little opportunity for an individual interventionalist to increase his patient volume independently (at least for ischemic stroke).

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a strong independent risk factor for ischemic stroke.

Atrial fibrillation increases odds of stroke, but because these patients had few additional risk factors, they were considered at low risk for ischemic stroke (blocked blood flow to the brain).