Tag: stroke
ESC 2024: Mass AF screening via ECG plus heart failure biomarker...
Mass screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) using electrocardiography (ECG) together with a heart failure biomarker does not prevent ischaemic stroke or systemic in older...
Append Medical raises US$4.35 million in initial closing of extended series...
Append Medical has raised US$4.35 million as part of an extended series A round, which will be used to support the company's first-in-human trials of Appligator.
Investors include...
Talking therapy associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease
Effective management of depression through psychological therapy is associated with a lower likelihood of heart disease and stroke, according to research published today in...
Basketballer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joins campaign to raise awareness of atrial fibrillation
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is working with Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer to raise awareness of atrial fibrillation (AF) and its symptoms as part of the...
Measurement of left atrial mechanical function found to improve stroke prediction
A cohort study of more than 4,500 persons without a history of atrial fibrillation (AF) or stroke has found that measuring left atrial mechanical...
Same-day discharge for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation deemed safe and...
A recent systematic review and meta-analysis, published in the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, has deemed same-day discharge following catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation...
Alternative timing method for direct oral anticoagulants following ischaemic stroke with...
A new timely practice—known as the “1-2-3-4-day” rule—for the administration of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in patients after acute ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic...
Patients with both atrial fibrillation and diabetes less likely to notice...
Adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes and atrial fibrillation (AF) are less likely to notice irregular heartbeat symptoms, more likely to have...
Left atrial appendage closure associated with a decreased stroke risk in...
Left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) via implanted device was associated with a decreased risk of admission for stroke, compared with the expected risk without...
iRhythm and Verily to collaborate on health management solutions for atrial...
iRhythm Technologies has announced a collaboration with Verily to develop solutions aimed at improving the screening, diagnosis, and management of patients with atrial fibrillation...
New technology improves atrial fibrillation detection after stroke
A new method of evaluating irregular heartbeats outperformed the approach that is currently used widely in stroke units to detect instances of atrial fibrillation.
The...
Diagnosing AF with ICMs leads to short- and long-term changes in...
Using insertable cardiac monitors (ICMs) to identify atrial fibrillation (AF) in a population at high risk for stroke guides both immediate and long-term patient...
New Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science established
The Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science, an alliance between academia and the NHS, was established to advance cardiovascular and stroke research and innovation locally,...
Patients with atrial fibrillation who are frail or have cognitive impairment...
Malini Madhavan (Department of Cardiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA) and others reported the results of a study in American Heart Journal that found...
New AHA treatment guidelines for use of blood thinners with atrial...
A newer type of blood-thinning medications, non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs), is now recommended as the preferred alternative to warfarin for reducing the risk...
First AI-driven wearable heart monitor that prevents heart disease and stroke...
Cambridge Heartwear is announcing the launch of their company and release of their Heartsense monitor in 2019. In the US, strokes are among the...
AI-based solution to screen atrial fibrillation to improve stroke prevention
Maisense, a start-up company specialising in stroke prevention, has recently introduced an AI-based solution that can screen stroke through early detection of atrial fibrillation...
African Americans with atrial fibrillation at significantly higher risk of stroke
African Americans with atrial fibrillation (AF) have a significantly higher risk of stroke than Caucasians with the condition, according to new research published in HeartRhythm by...
85% of uninsured patients hospitalised for acute MI face catastrophic costs
Acute myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke patients without medical insurance in the USA face “devastating” and catastrophic health expenses that can bankrupt them, new...
Low-risk AF for stroke identified with CHA2DS2-VASc Score
A Korean nationwide cohort study by Tae-Hoon Kim et al has shown that truly low-risk Asian patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) for stroke can...
Europace 2017: Stroke history higher in asymptomatic versus symptomatic atrial fibrillation...
Newly diagnosed asymptomatic atrial fibrillation patients have a higher rate of previous stroke than those with symptoms, according to results from the GLORIA-AF registry...
Breastfeeding may reduce a mother’s heart attack and stroke risk
Breastfeeding may reduce a mother’s risk of having a heart attack or stroke later in life, according to new research published in of the...
Surgical left atrial appendage occlusion reduces thromboembolic stroke and mortality in...
Surgical left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) is associated with a reduction of thromboembolism and all-cause mortality among older atrial fibrillation (AF) patients undergoing cardiac...
Medtronic ENDURANCE Supplemental trial of HVAD fails to meet primary endpoint
Medtronic’s ENDURANCE Supplemental trial of the company’s HVAD ventricular assist device has failed to meet its primary endpoint of all neurological events at 12...
Janssen and Premier to initiate stroke risk management study among AF...
Janssen Pharmaceuticals has collaborated with Premier on the first and largest study of its kind to address an unmet medical need for hospitalised patients...
ACC 2017: Anticoagulant treatment may be unnecessary for stroke prevention following...
For patients with persistent atrial fibrillation or those who are at high risk for recurring atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation is recommended, followed most often...
Charity believes NHS programme will leave hundreds of atrial fibrillation patients...
Arrhythmia Alliance, the UK-based heart rhythm charity, is calling on NHS England to reconsider a programme that it says will mean the “hundreds” of...
Commissioning through evaluation for LAAO in England
Dhiraj Gupta (Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK) discusses NHS England's commissioning through evaluation for left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO). This programme is...
Patent foramen ovale closure is more effective than medical management in...
Final results from the RESPECT trial found that percutaneously closing a patent foramen ovale (PFO) using the Amplatzer PFO Occluder (St Jude Medical) was...
Short episodes of atrial fibrillation may not increase risk of stroke
People with pacemakers or defibrillators who experience only short episodes of atrial fibrillation have a very low risk of stroke, suggesting that anticoagulants in...
World Heart Federation launches global Roadmap to tackle atrial fibrillation
With the aim to help prevent atrial fibrillation (AF) and to improve its management worldwide— particularly in low- and middle-income countries—the World Heart Federation...
ESC 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines describe benefits of cryoballoon ablation and...
Cryoballoon ablation for patients with diagnosed atrial fibrillation, and long-term cardiac monitoring for survivors of stroke who do not have an established diagnosis of atrial...
St Jude Medical launches trial of Amplatzer Amulet left atrial appendage...
The St Jude Medical Amplatzer Amulet Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) trial, which will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the company’s Amplatzer Amulet left...
ESC 2016: Edoxaban is safe and effective in AF patients undergoing...
ENSURE-AF, the largest prospective, randomised clinical trial to date of anticoagulation for electrical cardioversion in non-valvular atrial fibrillation, has shown that edoxaban is an...
Daiichi Sankyo PREFER in AF registry suggests increased stroke risk among...
Daiichi Sankyo has announced data from new sub-analyses of the Prevention of thromboembolic events—European Registry in Atrial Fibrillation (PREFER in AF) patient registry, which...
American Academy of Neurology advises not to routinely offer percutaneous PFO...
A practice advisory update from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) suggests that percutaneous patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure to patients with cryptogenic ischaemic...