Tag: ischaemic stroke

Early anticoagulation after ischaemic stroke “reasonable” and “unlikely to cause harm”

An international clinical trial presented today at the European Stroke Organisation Conference (...
cardiovascular disease

Increased air pollution associated with a rise in deaths from cardiovascular disease

Deaths from cardiovascular disease are elevated on polluted days and for two days afterwards, accord...

Consider patients’ risk of ischaemic stroke when choosing antiplatelet therapies after PCI

New data from ADAPT-DES, published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, indicate that higher p...

ACC 2017: TAVI Linked with bleeding in the brain and neurological impairment

Of 84 older patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantationt (TAVI), nearly a quarte...