Articles of Interest

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July 2003

  • Circulation: Volume 108, Number 4, July 29, 2003
    • Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled international trial of the oral IIb/IIIa Antagonist Lotrafiban in Coronary and Cerebrovascular Disease
    • Acute release of plasminogen activator Inhibitor-1 in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction predicts mortality
    • Relationship of metabolic syndrome and fibrinolytic dysfunction to cardiovascular disease
    • Statins promote potent systemic antioxidant effects through specific inflammatory Pathways
    • Metabolic Syndrome with and without C-Reactive protein as a predictor of coronary heart disease and diabetes in the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study
        
  • Neurology: Volume 61, Issue 2, July 22, 2003
    • Risk of stroke in children: Ethnic and gender disparities
    • Prodromal and early epileptic seizures in acute stroke: does higher serum cholesterol protect?
        
  • CMAJ: Volume 169, Issue 2, July 22, 2003
    • Health and Drug Alerts - Combination hormone replacement therapy and dementia
    • Bodychecking and concussions in ice hockey: should our youth pay the price?
        
  • Neurology: Volume 61, Issue 1, July 8, 2003
    • Efficacy of IV tissue plasminogen activator in acute stroke: Does stroke subtype really matter?
    • Low dose aspirin after ischemic stroke associated with antiphospholipid syndrome
        
  • CMAJ: Volume 169, Issue 1, July 8, 2003
    • Why most interventions to improve physician prescribing do not seem to work (Majumdar and Soumerai)
    • Primary angioplasty for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Ready for prime time? (Natarajan and Yusuf)
    • Rising to the challenge: transforming the treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (Ghali, Donaldson, Knudtson, Lewis, Maxwell and Tu)
       
  • BMJ, Volume 327, Issue 7405, July 5, 2003
    • Prehospital thrombolysis - will pave the way for accelerated management of acute myocardial infarction
    • Safety and feasibility of prehospital thrombolysis carried out by paramedics
    • Prospective observational cohort study of time saved by prehospital thrombolysis for ST elevation myocardial infarction delivered by paramedics
    • Letters to the Editor - Effectiveness of lipid lowering drugs in general practice - article illustrates major problem; Study has two major flaws; Author's reply
        
  • Stroke: Volume 34, Number 7, July 2003
    • Risk of Ischemic Stroke Among Users of the Oral Contraceptive Pill: The Melbourne Risk Factor Study (MERFS) Group
    • Sex Differences in First-Ever Acute Stroke
    • Abdominal Obesity and Risk of Ischemic Stroke: The Northern Manhattan Stroke Study
    • Acute Stroke in the Very Elderly: Epidemiological Features, Stroke Subtypes, Management and Outcome in Martinique, French West Indies
    • Prenatal Influences on Stroke Mortality in England and Wales plus Editorial Comment by Larry B. Goldstein
    • Improvements in Treatment of Coronary Heart Disease and Cessation of Stroke Mortality Rate Decline plus Editorial Comment by Michel T. Torbey
    • Polymorphism in the Promoter Region of the Insulin-like growth factor I Gene is related to carotid intima-media thickness and Aortic pulse wave velocity in subjects with hypertension
    • Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism and carotid artery wall thickness: A meta-analysis
    • Effect of Carotid Endarterectomy on primary collateral blood flow in patients with severe carotid artery lesions
    • Cerebral Hemodynamics in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic patients with High-Grade Carotid Stenosis undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy
    • Cerebral Hemodynamic Evaluation using perfusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging: Comparison with Positron Emission Tomography values in Chronic Occlusive carotid disease
    • Stroke associated with Sympathomimetics contained in over-the-counter Cough and Cold Drugs plus Editorial Comment by John C. M. Brust
    • Stroke MRI in Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Is there a Perihemorrhagic Penumbra? plus Editorial comment by Steve Warrach
    • Rapid Perfusion Abnormality Estimation in Acute Stroke with Temporal Correlation Analysis
    • The ACCESS Study: Evaluation of Acute Candesartan Cilexetil Therapy in Stroke Survivors
    • UK-279, 276, a Neutrophil Inhibitory Glycoprotein in Acute Stroke: Tolerability and Pharmacokinetics
    • Can patients be anticoagulated after Intracerebral Hemorrhage? A decision analysis.
    • Local Intra-arterial Fibrinolysis of Thromboemboli occurring during Neuroendovascular Procedures with Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator plus Editorial Comment by Adnan I. Qureshi
    • Mannitol use in acute stroke: Case Fatality at 30 days and 1 year
    • Comparison of Psychometric Properties of Three Mobility Measures for Patients with Stroke
    • Auditory Discrimination after left-hemisphere stroke: A mismatch negativity follow-up study plus Editorial comment from Steven C. Cramer
    • Left Ventricular Hypertrophy is associated with Asymptomatic Cerebral damage in Hypertensive patients
    • Triggers of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Role of physical exertion, smoking and alcohol in the Australasian Co-operative Research on Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Study (ACROSS)
    • Metabolic Counterpart of Decreased Apparent Diffusion Coefficient during Hyperacute Ischemic Stroke: A brain proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic Imaging study plus Editorial Comment by Jens Fiehler
    • Familial Clustering of Stroke according to Proband age at onset of presenting ischemic stroke
    • Long-term relative survival in elderly patients after carotid endarterectomy: A population-based study
    • Infection and the Risk of Spontaneous Cervical Artery Dissection: A Case-control study
    • Controversies in Stroke - a) For Severe Carotid Stenosis found on Ultrasound, further arterial evaluation is unnecessary; b) The Argument Against; c) Is Carotid Angiography Necessary? Editors Disagree

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