Heart–brain interactions in cardiac and brain diseases: why sex matters

A Rossi, N Mikail, S Bengs, A Haider… - European heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Cardiovascular disease and brain disorders, such as depression and cognitive dysfunction,
are highly prevalent conditions and are among the leading causes limiting patient's quality …

Systematic review of sex differences in ischemic strokes among young adults: are young women disproportionately at risk?

MH Leppert, JF Burke, LD Lisabeth, TE Madsen… - Stroke, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: Recent evidence suggests that young women (18–45 years) may
be at higher risk of ischemic strokes than men of the same age. The goal of this systematic …

Sex differences in short-term and long-term outcomes among patients with acute ischemic stroke in China

M Wang, CJ Wang, HQ Gu, X Meng, Y Jiang, X Yang… - Stroke, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Sex differences in stroke outcomes are crucial to secondary prevention, but
previous reports showed inconsistent results. We aimed to explore the sex differences in …

Long-term survival, stroke recurrence, and life expectancy after an acute stroke in Australia and New Zealand from 2008–2017: a population-wide cohort study

Y Peng, L Ngo, K Hay, A Alghamry, K Colebourne… - Stroke, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Data on long-term outcomes following an acute stroke are sparse. We
assessed survival, risk of recurrent stroke and loss in life expectancy following an acute …

Sex differences in stroke care and outcome 2005–2018: observations from the Swedish stroke register

M Eriksson, S Åsberg, KS Sunnerhagen, M von Euler… - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: Previous studies of stroke management and outcome in Sweden
have revealed differences between men and women. We aimed to analyze if differences in …

A population-based study exploring phenotypic clusters and clinical outcomes in stroke using unsupervised machine learning approach

RK Akyea, G Ntaios, E Kontopantelis… - PLOS Digital …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Individuals developing stroke have varying clinical characteristics, demographic, and
biochemical profiles. This heterogeneity in phenotypic characteristics can impact on …

Obesity and long‐term outcomes after incident stroke: a prospective population‐based cohort study

RK Akyea, W Doehner, B Iyen, SF Weng… - Journal of Cachexia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The association between obesity, major adverse cardiovascular events
(MACE), and mortality in patients with incident stroke is not well established. We assessed …

Comparison of risk of serious cardiovascular events after hemorrhagic versus ischemic stroke: a population-based study

RK Akyea, G Georgiopoulos, B Iyen… - Thrombosis and …, 2022 - thieme-connect.com
Background Patients with ischemic stroke are considered a very high risk population for
subsequent cardiovascular events and guidelines recommend intensive preventive …

[HTML][HTML] Development and preliminary validity study of a modified version of the upper extremity Fugl-Meyer assessment for use in telerehabilitation

C Carmona, JE Sullivan, R Arceo… - Journal of Neurologic …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Methods: Team members developed a remote version of the UEFMA for telerehabilitation
(tUEFMA, maximum 44) using subscales II to IV and VII of the UEFMA. Twenty-two …

Upper extremity motor abilities and cognitive capability mediate the causal dependency between somatosensory capability and daily function in stroke individuals

SH Lin, TR Yang, IC Chuang, CL Chen, CY Wu - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Stroke individuals' daily function has been demonstrated to be influenced by their
somatosensory capability, cognitive capability, and upper extremity (UE) motor abilities …