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Acute stroke care in Illinois: a statewide assessment of diagnostic and treatment capabilitiesSean Ruland
Department of Neurological Sciences, Section of Cerebrovascular Disease and Neurologic Critical Care, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill 60612, USA
Stroke 33:1334-9. 2002..To define areas for quality improvement in acute stroke care, a statewide assessment of preparedness for acute stroke diagnosis and treatment was carried out among 202 acute receiving hospitals in Illinois...
Are cholesterol-lowering medications and antihypertensive agents preventing stroke in ways other than by controlling the risk factor?Sean Ruland
Center for Stroke Research and Section of Cerebrovascular Disease and Neurological Critical Care, Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush Medical College, 1645 West Jackson, Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 3:21-6. 2003..We review the mounting evidence that suggests that statins and ACE inhibitors have so-called pleiotropic effects that may lead to stroke prevention...
Awareness, treatment, and control of vascular risk factors in African Americans with strokeS Ruland
Department of Neurology, Rush University, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Neurology 60:64-8. 2003..To investigate control of risk factors in African American patients with previous stroke...
Are cholesterol-lowering medications and antihypertensive agents preventing stroke in ways other than by controlling the risk factor?Sean Ruland
Center for Stroke Research and Section of Cerebrovascular Disease and Neurological Critical Care, Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush Medical College, 1645 West Jackson, Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Curr Atheroscler Rep 5:38-43. 2003..We review the mounting evidence that suggests that statins and ACE inhibitors have so-called pleiotropic effects that may lead to stroke prevention...
Predictors of recurrent stroke in African AmericansS Ruland
Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Neurology 67:567-71. 2006..Stroke incidence and mortality are disproportionately higher among African Americans than among whites...
Safety of clopidogrel and aspirin for stroke prevention: implications of the CHARISMA trialSean Ruland
Section of Cerebrovascular Disease and Neurologic Critical Care, Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Drug Saf 31:449-58. 2008..Recent and ongoing studies are seeking to better define the roles of different antiplatelet regimens in preventing recurrent stroke...
Cerebral autoregulation and blood pressure loweringSean Ruland
Hypertension 49:977-8. 2007
Impact of obesity and the metabolic syndrome on risk factors in African American stroke survivors: a report from the AAASPSSean Ruland
Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA
Arch Neurol 62:386-90. 2005..The rates of obesity and the metabolic syndrome and the impact on traditional vascular risk factors in African American stroke survivors are unknown...
Stroke in Black AmericansSean Ruland
Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, University of Illinois at Chicago, 912 S Wood Street, Room 855N, mailcode 796, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Curr Cardiol Rep 7:29-33. 2005..Therefore, our knowledge regarding stroke in black Americans is somewhat limited. This article provides an update on developments in our understanding regarding stroke in this at-risk population...
Comparison of lumiracoxib with naproxen and ibuprofen in the Therapeutic Arthritis Research and Gastrointestinal Event Trial (TARGET), cardiovascular outcomes: randomised controlled trialMichael E Farkouh
Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, New York University School of Medicine, 530 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
Lancet 364:675-84. 2004....
Aspirin and ticlopidine for prevention of recurrent stroke in black patients: a randomized trialPhilip B Gorelick
Department of Neurologic Sciences, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
JAMA 289:2947-57. 2003..Blacks are disproportionately affected by stroke, and they are about 2 times more likely than most other individuals in the United States to die of or experience stroke...
IMAGES and FAST-MAG: magnesium for acute ischaemic strokePhilip B Gorelick
Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Illinois, USA
Lancet Neurol 3:330. 2004
A comparison of the blood pressure changes of lumiracoxib with those of ibuprofen and naproxenMichael E Farkouh
Clinical Trials Unit, Mount Sinai Cardiovascular Institute, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 10:592-602. 2008..0001) and +0.43 with lumiracoxib compared with +1.80 mm Hg with naproxen (P<.0001). In conclusion, the use of lumiracoxib and traditional NSAIDs results in differing BP changes; these might be of clinical relevance...
