Having a multidisciplinary team available around-the-clock to meet patients with suspected emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO) strokes helped a hospital achieve median door-to-recanalization times of 52 minutes, according to a study presented at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s annual meeting.

Contrary to popular belief, full-fat dairy products are not directly associated with increasing cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke mortality, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

A Cleveland-based startup called XaTek has developed a handheld device that can inform users or physicians about their blood’s clotting ability within 30 minutes.

Low doses (75-100 mg per day) of aspirin were found to be ineffective for people above 154 pounds, while higher doses only reduced cardiovascular events among patients with greater body size.

A retrospective study published July 13 in JAMA Network Open suggests placement of an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter is associated with an increased risk of 30-day mortality for patients with venous thromboembolic disease and a contraindication to anticoagulants.

Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants may be even more effective for treating women with atrial fibrillation (AFib) than men, suggests a real-world study from Hong Kong published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

The American Red Cross declared an emergency blood shortage on July 9, calling for donations of all blood types—but especially type O—as the agency scrambles to make up for the Fourth of July holiday week.

Transgender women who initiate cross-sex hormone therapy are at an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and ischemic stroke, researchers reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine.