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Prehospital care of stroke and chest pain patients is dependent on adequate emergency medical services (EMS) education and evidence-based protocols. We sought to describe the amount of education offered, community outreach implemented, and protocols established for stroke and for chest
BACKGROUND
Cerebrovascular and cardiovascular complications in migraineurs may be part of the migraine process and also consequent to triptan treatment.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the frequency, subtypes and associations of migraine-associated stroke and angina in young people (18-49
Chest pain units (CPUs) and stroke units (SUs) provide specialized multidisciplinary in-hospital management for acute chest pain and ischemic stroke. We analyzed exemplary equivalent quality benchmarks in both concepts.Data from the German CPU registry Background: Chest pain units (CPU) and stroke units (SU) have both become established as essential components of clinical emergency care. For both instances dedicated certification processes are installed. Up to summer 2020, 290 CPUs and
Objective: To assess the incremental prognostic value of coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) in comparison to a clinical risk model (Framingham risk score, FRS) and coronary artery calcium score (CACS) for future cardiac
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Low thrombolysis rates for acute ischemic stroke are linked to delays in seeking immediate treatment due to low public stroke awareness. We aimed to assess whether "Child-Mediated Stroke Communication" could improve stroke literacy of parents of children enrolled in a school-based stroke
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Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common pediatric malignancy, have a 5-year survival rate of better than 80%. Long-term survivors of childhood ALL, however, carry an elevated risk of early mortality from cardiac events and stroke and a disproportionately high
BACKGROUND
Little is known about stroke awareness in Latinos with low literacy and living in regions with high stroke rates.
METHODS
We surveyed a convenience sample of 60 adult Latinos living in Charleston South Carolina to examine recognition of 4 common warning signs of stroke and appropriate
Acute aortic dissection is a rare, life-threatening condition requiring early recognition and proper treatment. Although chest pain remains the most frequent initial symptom, clinical manifestation of aortic dissection varies. Rarely aortic dissection starts with neurological symptoms such as