Stroke is the leading cause of disability and thesecond leading cause of death worldwide.
With the global population aged 65 and over growing faster than all other age groups, the …

Stroke is ranked as the second leading cause of death worldwide with an annual mortality
rate of about 5.5 million. Not only does the burden of stroke lie in the high mortality but the …

Stroke has multiple etiologies, but the underlying genes and pathways are largely unknown.
We conducted a multiancestry genome-wide-association meta-analysis in 521,612 …

Background and Purpose: With recent advances in secondary prevention management,
stroke recurrence rates may have changed substantially. We aim to estimate risks and …

Background Cocoa extract is a source of flavanols that favorably influence vascular risk
factors in small and short-term trials, yet effects on clinical cardiovascular events are …

Atherosclerosis is a leading cause of vascular disease worldwide. Its major clinical
manifestations include ischemic heart disease, ischemic stroke, and peripheral arterial …

Importance The relative rates of detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutter from
evaluating patients with prolonged electrocardiographic monitoring with an external loop …

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to analyze the impact of ischemic stroke on health-
related quality of life (QoL) and associate this event with individuals' clinical and …

Background Atrial fibrillation is a leading preventable cause of recurrent stroke for which
early detection and treatment are critical. However, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation is often …

Objectives: In this cross-sectional study, we tested the construct validity of a “total SVD
score,” which combines individual MRI features of small-vessel disease (SVD) in one …