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.

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

The corona radiata may be injured by a stroke involving small branches of blood vessels. Strokes that can affect the corona radiata are called lacunar strokes or "small vessel strokes" because the ...

Having high blood glucose levels can harm blood vessels over time. A damaged blood vessel in the brain may become blocked or break, which causes a stroke. A stroke is an emergency condition that can ...

Flossing was not significantly associated with thrombotic stroke (adjusted HR, 0.91; 95% CI, 0.63-1.32) or lacunar stroke (adjusted HR, 1.14; 95% CI, 0.54-1.88). There was a significant dose ...

Whether the large effect size of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for stroke due to large-vessel occlusion applies to stroke due to medium-vessel occlusion is unclear. In a multicenter, prospective ...

163.com Background Endovascular therapy administered within 24 hours has been shown to improve outcomes for patients with acute ischemic stroke with large infarction, but the data on its ...

For the patients, stroke location was hemispheric in 82%, brainstem in 8% and cerebellar in 10%, and the NINDS classification was atheroembolic in 51%, cardioembolic in 19% and lacunar in 30%. The ...

Given the increased risk of subsequent stroke in patients with incidental lacunar infarcts, it could be argued that antiplatelet therapy should be initiated for prevention. However, evidence from ...

Although there are some reports of late improvement up to 12 months after lacunar stroke,23 we expect that chronic stroke patients, who are often several years after their stroke, will not change ...

Share on Pinterest Flossing may be a simple way to lower your risk of certain forms of cardiovascular disease, including stroke. DZ FILM/Getty Images Cardiovascular disease, including stroke ...

duke-nus.edu.sg Despite prompt reperfusion by primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI), the mortality and morbidity of patients presenting with an acute ST-segment elevation myocardial ...