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MRI analysis of a subset of infants from the Total Body Hypothermia for Neonatal Encephalopathy (TOBY) trial showed that total body hypothermia decreases brain tissue injury in infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).
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Stroke is one of the topics most requested by Neurology Alert readers. With this issue, we begin a new feature that gives you a concise review of the most recent literature on stroke.
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Statin and niacin increase HDL-C, omeprazole reduces effectiveness of clopidogrel, darbe-poetin increases risk of stroke, statins decrease risk of gallstone disease, FDA Actions.
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Stenosis of the left main coronary artery has traditionally been an indication for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. However, recent studies have shown that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of unprotected left main (ULM) lesions can achieve similar short- and medium-term results to CABG.
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Statins have been used in an increasing number and variety of conditions. This large, 10-year cohort study from John Hopkins Neurology Department and Cardiac Surgery Group uses a post-hoc analysis to examine the issue of whether statin use prior to Coronary Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG) would decrease post-op morbidity, specifically stroke and encephalopathy, as well as cognitive decline.
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The preoperative use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) with coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is controversial. Thus, these investigators from the United Kingdom performed a retrospective, observational study of patients undergoing isolated CABG who did not have cardiogenic shock.
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In this paper, Packer et al report on the modes of death in patients in the Sudden Cardiac Death-Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT).
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The optimal duration for dual anti-platelet therapy (DAT) after drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation remains unknown.
