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This is a prospective registry collecting information on 50 patients treated with the ASAHI Chikai Black 18 microguidewire. Patients will undergo mechanical thrombectomy for acute large vessel occlusive stroke within the anterior circulation as is standard of care.
Additionally, this study will have
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The prevalence and severity of essential hypertension (EH) are greater among Black Americans than other ethnic groups in the U.S. Blacks are at increased risk for target organ damage from elevated blood pressure, including heart disease, stroke, and endstage renal failure. There are
BACKGROUND:
Behavioral medicine surveys consistently find that obesity is a treatment-resistant disease that continues to be a significant health problem and that the incidence of obesity is much higher in Blacks relative to whites in general, and even higher in Black women relative to white women.
For calendar years 1993-94, 1999, 2005, 2010, and 2015 we will identify every hospitalized or autopsied stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) at all regional hospitals in our region. We will also estimate the number of non-hospitalized strokes and TIAs by screening for potential cases at more
BACKGROUND:
The Charleston Heart Study and the Evans County Study were both begun in 1960 as prospective cohort studies designed to study risk factors of cardiovascular disease in biracial communities. The Charleston Heart Study cohort comprised a random sample of Black and white men and women
BACKGROUND:
African Americans suffer from disproportionate rates of hypertension and related cardiovascular morbidity and mortality due, at least in part, to excessive socioenvironmental and psychosocial stress. Furthermore, despite the substantial individual and population risk burden associated
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which disproportionately affects blacks (31% vs. 10%, whites), is a critical, preventable and/or treatable disease potentially causing increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes (e.g., obesity, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, arrhythmia, and chronic heart
BACKGROUND:
African Americans with type 2 diabetes carry a high burden of CVD risk and adverse vascular events such as stroke and peripheral vascular disease. CVD risk factors of suboptimal blood pressure, lipids, and glycemic control are controllable through medical management and lifestyle
African Americans are heavily burdened with preventable and treatable diseases, including cardiovascular disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and cancers. African Americans have the highest age-adjusted death rates for heart disease, cancer,
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Hypertension related diseases are major causes of morbidity and mortality among United States Blacks. Among Blacks and whites, lower levels of education are associated with higher levels of blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease mortality. High levels of blood pressure in
Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) serves a population of over 3 million enrollees, representative of the socio-demographic characteristics of the San Francisco Bay Area, Santa Rosa, and Sacramento except for under-representation of the very rich and very poor.78 KPNC is the largest
Stroke remains a major public health problem with a disproportionate impact on blacks and Hispanics.
Studies in Northern Manhattan have demonstrated that blacks and Hispanics have a greater stroke incidence and more frequently have small vessel and intracranial atherosclerotic stroke than
A clinical registry is an observational database, usually focusing on a clinical condition, procedure, therapy, or population. A stroke registry can be defined as "an organized system for the collection, storage, retrieval, analysis, and dissemination of information on individual patients who have
Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability and costs U.S. taxpayers >$60 billion annually. Interventions designed to educate patients to seek treatment sooner when a stroke occurs may increase low rates of treatment with thrombolysis (current rates 3% national average). Thrombolysis can