Stroke
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New Trial Proposed for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis
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Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms Pose Management Dilemma
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Risk Assessment Tool Improves VTE Prophylaxis Hospital-Wide
Major Finding: VTE prophylaxis improved from 71% to 98% with implementation of risk assessment tool.Data Source: A random sampling of 503 patients...
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Statin Cuts Recurrent Stroke Risk Similarly in Diabetic, Nondiabetic Patients
Major Finding: The rate of recurrent stroke was 18% in patients with type 2 diabetes, 11% in patients with metabolic syndrome, and 11% in patients...
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Maximizing Stroke Risk Reduction in Elderly Hypertensives
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Extended Rivaroxaban Edges Out Enoxaparin in VTE Prevention
Major Finding: The primary composite efficacy end point occurred in 2.7% of patients treated with rivaroxaban or with enoxaparin.Data Source:...
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Twin Study: Carotid IMT Thicker in Antidepressant Users
ajor Finding: Antidepressant use was associated with an IMT increase of 37 microns, which represents about a 5% increase from the mean IMT value...