Recent studies demonstrate screening is cost-effective as long as the prevalence exceeded 0.35%. 4 Age over 65 years, smoking, male sex, family history, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ...
Management strategies for unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) are controversial. This study aimed to identify surrogate parameters that highly predict the rupture risk of small (<5 mm) UIAs. This ...
Wake-up strokes (WUS) account for ≈20% to 30% of ischemic strokes. Studies have shown that increased autonomic instability as measured by blood pressure variability (BPV) is greater in stroke patients ...
Health disparities exact a heavy toll on individuals from the hardest-hit populations while simultaneously stressing the entire health care system and economic infrastructure of society. Given that ...
In the article by Otto et al, “2020 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart ...