Optimizing Transitions of Care and Long-Term Management,’ our experts delve into the following critical questions: What are the different classes of therapies that are currently used to prevent ...

Approximately 10.5 million Americans have atrial fibrillation (AFib), a condition that causes an irregular, often too fast, heartbeat. AFib increases the risk of stroke four to five times more than ...

Giving a P2Y12 inhibitor anti-clotting drug to patients with coronary artery disease is associated with lower rates of cardiovascular death, heart attack and stroke compared with traditional aspirin, ...

Bottom Line: Mount Sinai researchers developed an AI model to make individualized treatment recommendations for atrial fibrillation (AF) patients—helping clinicians accurately decide whether or not to ...

In-hospital strokes — defined as those occurring during hospitalization for another diagnosis — are relatively common, affecting between 35,000 and 75,000 patients each year in the US. While the ...

Improving hospital arrival times for AIS in patients with T2D is cost-effective, but primary prevention yields greater benefits.

May is Stroke Awareness Month, and neurologists want patients to understand that most stroke cases may be prevented. One in ...

Innovations in stroke diagnostics and treatment techniques are saving brains — and lives — and making it possible to reverse disability from stroke. Since most strokes are “ischemic,” or caused by a ...

When we hear the word ‘stroke,’ chills run down our spine and for all the right reasons. A stroke is a terrible medical emergency, in which blood supply to the brain is cut off, resulting in damage to ...