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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53559#.VMiOzyzQrzE Author(s)   E. Stoupel 1,2* , J. Petrauskiene 3 , R. Kalediene 3 , S. Sauliune 3 , E. Abramson 4   Affiliation(s) 1 Division of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Petah Tiqwa, Israel . 2 Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Petah Tiqwa, Israel . 3 Department of Medical Management, Lithuanian University of Medical Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania . 4 Management Data Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tiqwa, Israel . ABSTRACT In year 2001 a paper in the ANAS considered links between month of birth and longevity. In the following years we published four papers related to “big killers” (cardiac and oncology) that showed some differences in birth months distribution of this group and studied by LA, NS Gavrilov’s centenarians. The aim of this study was to study conception and birth months of another modern “big ki...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53188#.VLcfFMnQrzE Author(s)     Nirosen Vijiaratnam 1,2* , Bernard Yan 3 , Pamela Anjara 2 , Thomas Kraemer 1 , Mandy Lau 1 , Brett Knight 1   Affiliation(s) 1 St. John of God Hospital, Ballarat, Australia . 2 Western Health, Melbourne, Australia . 3 Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia . ABSTRACT Stroke is a leading cause of disability and death in Australia. There is a clear benefit in caring for stroke patients in stroke care units. Access to these centres is limited particularly in the rural setting. Certified stroke care units in the private health care setting are also unheard of. The superiority of these units is thought to be due to better adherence to processes of care (early utility of CT scan, allied health input within 24 hours, neurological observations, DVT prophylaxis and appropriate use of antiplatelet and anticoagulant use)...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52767#.VKNXlcnQrzE Author(s)      Olive Lennon , Catherine Blake Affiliation(s) School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland . ABSTRACT Background: Prevention strategies post-stroke should target risk factor reduction which includes consideration of weight, diet and lipoprotein profiles. Limited data informs the optimal adiposity measurement post-stroke to target those at highest recurrent risk. This study aims to identify adiposity measurement/s post-stroke that best predict cardiovascular and co-morbid risk. Subjects and Methods: 142 stroke patients (100 ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52508#.VJoozcCAM4 Author(s) Jeffrey M. Schussler 1,2 , Theodore T. Theologes 3 , Baron L. Hamman 3* Affiliation(s) 1 Division of Cardiology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA . 2 Texas A & M College of Medicine, Dallas, TX, USA . 3 Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA . ABSTRACT The Cyclone TM System (Castlewood Surgical, Inc., Concord, MA) is a novel device that facilitates the attachment of the saphenous vein onto the ascending aorta for the purpose of creating a bypass graft during a coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) operation. It allows the surgeon to ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50844#.VE3WkFfHRK0 Author(s)   Raj Kumar Nayak 1 , Mohammod Easin Rahaman Kahn 2 , Ellis Janzon 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Frederiksberg hospital KBH, Copenhagen, Denmark . 2 Health and Society, Department of Public Health, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden . ABSTRACT Introduction: The incidence of stroke has decreased in Sweden as well as in most developed countries, but a high number of migrants have arrived in Sweden, during the last decades, which may have influenced the incidence. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the incidence of stroke in women, born outside as well as in Sweden. Furthermore, the aim was to examine how s...