A large study of patients with acute stroke suggests that the substantial proportion who have acute lacunar stroke could have an underlying non-atherothrombic, occlusive, small-vessel disease ...

A new analysis from the Framingham Heart Study has revealed that individuals with a parent who experienced a stroke before the age of 65 years are almost three times more likely to have a stroke ...

Although short-term dual antiplatelet therapy may eventually prove to benefit specific populations with very high stroke risk, the SPS3 trial definitively establishes that lacunar stroke alone is ...

Dental flossing is associated with a lower risk for ischemic and cardioembolic stroke and atrial fibrillation.

Laura Williamson American Heart Association News Flossing regularly may lower the risk of some strokes as well as a type of irregular heart rhythm that can increase stroke risk, new research suggests.

Regular dental flossing is linked to a lower risk for ischemic stroke ... 102 cardioembolic, and 95 lacunar subtypes. Researchers controlled for a number of factors including age, gender, race ...

and lacunar strokes, clots that occur in small arteries deep in the brain. Compared to non-flossers, people who flossed experienced a 22% lower risk of an ischemic stroke, a 44% lower risk of a ...

Flossers had significantly lower rates of vascular risk factors ... cardioembolic stroke subtype, and AF, but not thrombotic or lacunar stroke. A significant dose-effect was observed between ...