Sentences with phrase «studies ischemic stroke»

This study was a collaboration between the laboratories of Wang, who studies alcohol use disorders, and Sohrabji, who studies ischemic stroke, and funded by a seed grant from the Texas A&M University Health Science Center Division of Research.

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The study showed that 1 in 100 patients in the study experienced an ischemic stroke within 90 days of a retinal infarction.

The study involved 1,195 people who had an ischemic stroke, or a stroke where blood flow to part of the brain is blocked.

James Mitchell, who studies stress resistance at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, was especially interested in ischemic reperfusion injury, a problem that often occurs with heart attacks and strokes, and sometimes even from heart and vascular surgery.

The study, which appears in the journal Lancet Neurology, may help researchers better understand, treat and prevent ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, and perhaps Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

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).

«This study, carried out using laboratory rats modeling stroke, demonstrated that ischemic stroke — in both its subacute and chronic stages — damages the BSCB in a variety of ways, creating a toxic environment in the spinal cord that can lead to further disability and exacerbate disease pathology,» said study lead author Dr. Svitlana Garbuzova - Davis, associate professor in USF's Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair, Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair.

The study identified novel genetic risk factors for all major subtypes of ischemic stroke.

The Loyola researchers retrospectively studied 125 ischemic stroke patients who received rtPA.

The study included 226 women who had a heart attack (average age 42), 160 women who had ischemic stroke (average age 40) and 782 women (average age 48) in the comparison group with no history of arterial thrombosis (blood clot in an artery).

This study included 71,169 patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with tPA from 1,030 participating hospitals.

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.

This study was conducted by the same researchers who recently discovered that the use of cholesterol - lowering statins can improve survival in victims of ischemic stroke.

A study called Stroke Warning Information and Faster Treatment (SWIFT) compared interactive intervention with enhanced educational materials on recurrent stroke arrival times in patients with mild stroke or transient ischemic attack Stroke Warning Information and Faster Treatment (SWIFT) compared interactive intervention with enhanced educational materials on recurrent stroke arrival times in patients with mild stroke or transient ischemic attack stroke arrival times in patients with mild stroke or transient ischemic attack stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA).

The study involved 310 people who had an ischemic stroke, which involves blood clotting, and had been taking aspirin for at least seven days before the first stroke symptoms.

This study was presented at the Featured Clinical Research Session I: Two - year Outcomes of Surgical Treatment of Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: A Randomized Clinical Trial from The Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network The Moderate Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation trial was supported by a cooperative agreement (U01 HL088942) funded by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, the National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

In a study that included 1.7 million patients undergoing inpatient surgery, experiencing atrial fibrillation while hospitalized was associated with an increased long - term risk of ischemic stroke, especially following noncardiac surgery, according to a study in the August 13 issue of JAMA.

Gino Gialdini, M.D., of Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, and colleagues conducted a study to determine the long - term risk of ischemic stroke after perioperative AF of patients undergoing surgery, using administrative claims data from California acute care hospitals between 2007 and 2011.

If the compound identified in this study successfully reduces tissue death and improves recovery in further experiments, it could lead to new approaches for preserving brain cells after an ischemic stroke,» said Francesca Bosetti, Ph.D., Pharm.D., program director at the NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (Nstroke,» said Francesca Bosetti, Ph.D., Pharm.D., program director at the NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NStroke (NINDS).

Many studies show an elevated risk over time, although most have included patients with complications in the early 90 - day high - risk period and not survivors without complications in the period following stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA).

The current study combines data from five clinical trials involving a total of 1,287 people, including the SWIFT PRIME trial led by Saver, that show these devices improved outcomes for people with acute ischemic strokes due to large vessel blockage.

Probable migraine with visual aura and risk of ischemic stroke: the stroke prevention in young women study.

Cannabis use, ischemic stroke, and multifocal intracranial vasoconstriction: A prospective study in 48 consecutive young patients

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 study demonstrates that variations in the PDE4D gene are significantly associated with ischemic stroke.

He studies the processes that regulate blood vessel function and response to injury, with emphasis on the role of lipid - lowering medications in preventing ischemic stroke, coronary artery disease, and heart failure.

An Italian register study found that diabetes increased the risk of first ever ischemic stroke by more than 50 % in both men and women (299).

Real world effectiveness of warfarin among ischemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation: observational analysis from Patient - Centered Research into Outcomes Stroke Patients Prefer and Effectiveness Research (PROSPER) stroke patients with atrial fibrillation: observational analysis from Patient - Centered Research into Outcomes Stroke Patients Prefer and Effectiveness Research (PROSPER) Stroke Patients Prefer and Effectiveness Research (PROSPER) study.

Proton - pump inhibitor use and the risk of first - time ischemic stroke in the general population: A nationwide population - based study.

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.

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.

A study reveals greater ischemic stroke risk in women that consume higher quantities of trans fatty acids, generally found in fried foods, baked goods and packaged foods.

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.

A nice little study recently published in the African Journal of Biotechnology compared endogenous (made in the body) hormone levels in women and men who had an ischemic stroke (blockage of an artery in the brain).

The study found that aged garlic extract is able to stop blood platelets from sticking together when taken at high doses, which makes it useful in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases including ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction.

Steffen LM, Jacobs DRJ, Stevens J. Associations of whole - grain, refined - grain, and fruit and vegetable consumption with risks of all - cause mortality and incident coronary artery disease and ischemic stroke: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.

«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.

Over five years, the baseline risk of ischemic stroke which is the leading type of stroke for all study participants was 4.3 percent; 2.7 percent for those who did moderate - to - high intensity exercise and 4.6 percent for those who didn't exercise.

For example, in a study of adults enrolled in Kaiser Permanente, a large California health maintenance organization, questionnaire responses to items assessing abuse and dysfunction in the early family environment predicted multiple health disorders in adulthood in dose — response fashion, including ischemic heart disease, any cancer, depression, and stroke (14).