Strokes affect 795,000 people annually in the US. Obesity, a top risk factor for strokes, is associated with around one out of five strokes.Cardiac complications following a stroke are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity, second only to acute neurological injury.The pathomechanism underlying cardiac dysfunction following a stroke includes a surge of catecholamines, such as epinephrine, which induces inflammasome activation triggering a systemic inflammatory response.The published data showed that fol ...