CVS

[Jo Bowyer]

COVID-19 linked to cardiac injury, worse outcomes for patients with heart conditions

https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0327113743.htm

In a clinical bulletin issued by the American College of Cardiology, it was revealed that the case fatality rate of COVID-19 for patients with cardiovascular disease was 10.5%. Data also points to a greater likelihood that individuals over the age of 65 with coronary heart disease or hypertension can contract the illness, as well experience more severe symptoms that will require critical care.

According to the study authors, critical cases are those that reported respiratory failure, septic shock, and/or multiple organ dysfunction or failure that resulted in death. "It is reasonable to expect that significant cardiovascular complications linked to COVID-19 will occur in severe symptomatic patients because of the high inflammatory response associated with this illness," said Madjid, who also sees patients at the UT Physicians Multispecialty -- Bayshore clinic.

[Jo Bowyer]

Stroke: When the system fails for the second time

https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0323135251.htm

[Jo Bowyer]

Surgeons successfully treat brain aneurysms using a robot

https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0221160731.htm

I'm a huge fan of robotic surgery. It takes the shake out of the surgeon's hand, unfortunately I don't get invited to watch vascular surgery......yet.

[Jo Bowyer]

Women's blood vessels age faster than men's

https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0115191534.htm

[Jo Bowyer]

Millions with swallowing problems could be helped through new wearable device

https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...1217073756.htm

[Jo Bowyer]

Long-term blood pressure variation and risk of dementia

https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...1113095243.htm

[Jo Bowyer]

Increased exercise over the age of 60 reduces risk of heart disease and stroke

https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...1107202555.htm

[Jo Bowyer]

Experiences, needs, and preferences for follow-up after stroke perceived by people with stroke and healthcare professionals: A focus group study

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/ar...l.pone.0223338

[Jo Bowyer]

Therapeutic efficacy of neuregulin 1-expressing human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells for ischemic stroke

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/ar...l.pone.0222587

[Jo Bowyer]

Stroke patients relearning how to walk with peculiar shoe

https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0917082414.htm

Relearning functional and symmetric walking after stroke using a wearable device: a feasibility study

https://jneuroengrehab.biomedcentral...984-019-0569-x

[Jo Bowyer]

Human hearts evolved for endurance

https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0916170120.htm

[Jo Bowyer]

Michael Schumacher admitted to Paris hospital for stem-cell treatment

https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/10/micha...ment-10714998/

[Jo Bowyer]

Upper arm rehabilitation after severe stroke: where are we?

https://physicsworld.com/a/upper-arm...-where-are-we/

Robot-aided rehabilitation approaches include movement-assisting exoskeletons and end-effector devices, which enable upper arm movement by stimulating the peripheral nervous system. These techniques can also trigger reorganization of the impaired peripheral nervous system and encourage rehabilitation of the damaged somatosensory system. Several studies have reported the efficiency of robot-aided rehabilitation, alone or in combination with other techniques, in the treatment of upper limb motor impairment. One study that included severely impaired individuals also demonstrated encouraging results.

Muscular electrical stimulation can help improve the connection of motor neurons to the spinal cord and the motor cortex. Researchers have also demonstrated that application of electrical stimuli to the muscles provides positive effects on the neurons responsible for sensory signal transduction to the brain, thereby improving the motion control loop function. By modulating motor neurons’ sensitivity, muscular electrical stimulation inhibits the muscle spasms observed in other treatments.

More recently, therapies have moved on from the simple use of currents to harnessing coordinated stimuli to orchestrate more complex, task-related movements. Although this particular set of techniques didn’t show a particular advantage over physiotherapy in long-term studies of patients with mild upper limb impairment, it did seem to have a stronger effect for chronic severe patients.

[Jo Bowyer]

Can popping your neck cause a stroke?

https://theconversation.com/can-popp...e%20a%20stroke

[Jo Bowyer]

It takes a community to lower cardiovascular risk

https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0902181616.htm