Deaths due to bleeding strokes can be prevented if a procedure combining clot-busting drug and a catheter to drain blood from the brain is used, suggests a new study.
Diagnosing Strokes is Complicated by 'Mimics' and 'Chameleons': Study
Stroke mimics are medical conditions that look like strokes, while chameleons are strokes that look like other conditions.
Stroke mimics are medical conditions that look like strokes, while chameleons are strokes that look like other conditions.
‘By draining blood from the bleeding brain tissue using a catheter, and by thinning the blood using a clot-busting drug, the survival chances of patients can be increased.
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Hemorrhagic stroke, a weakening of the blood vessel wall that causes blood to leak into the brain tissue, was responsible for 3.3 million deaths in 2015. And there are no proven therapies to treat it, according to the American Heart Association. Researchers in this phase 3 trial studied treating hemorrhagic stroke using the minimally invasive surgery plus alteplase for intracerebral hemorrhage evacuation (MISTIE) procedure, in which a catheter is surgically placed into the blood clot in the brain tissue and the drug alteplase is administered to more efficiently drain blood from the brain.
"We know from human and animal research that intracerebral (within the brain) hemorrhage blood clots are toxic to brain tissue. The toxicity of blood causes swelling in the brain that, together with the initial bleed, contributes toward poor outcomes, such as speech problems, difficulty walking and even paralysis," said W. Andrew Mould, M.P.H., study author and research program manager at the Division of Brain Injury Outcomes at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
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They confirmed results from their earlier phase 2 MISTIE study showing that the more blood removed, the larger the reduction in swelling, regardless of the size of the initial bleed. MISTIE patients had a larger decrease in brain tissue swelling than patients in the medical group. The researchers reported that with every 10 milliliters of increased swelling volume, patients were 25 percent more likely to die at 30 days and 15 percent more likely to die 180 days after stroke.
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Weight Loss Surgery Reduces Heart Attacks, Strokes in Obese People With Diabetes
People with diabetes and severe obesity who had bariatric surgery were 40 percent less likely to have a heart attack or stroke within 5 years than those who had usual medical care for their diabetes.
People with diabetes and severe obesity who had bariatric surgery were 40 percent less likely to have a heart attack or stroke within 5 years than those who had usual medical care for their diabetes.
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Thanks to Physicians, Nearly 7,000 Strokes Have Been Prevented in the UK
Nearly 7,000 Strokes have been prevented in the year 2000 to 2016, because of general physicians who have prescribed the eligible atrial fibrillation (A-Fib) patients with blood thinning drugs.
Nearly 7,000 Strokes have been prevented in the year 2000 to 2016, because of general physicians who have prescribed the eligible atrial fibrillation (A-Fib) patients with blood thinning drugs.
