Progress in Stroke: Marking the 30-Year Anniversary of Cerebrovascular Diseases
Published in Cerebrovascular Diseases
30 years of Cerebrovascular Diseases
Published in Cerebrovascular Diseases
Multinational Survey of Current Practice from Imaging to Treatment of Atherosclerotic Carotid Stenosis
...Published in Cerebrovascular Diseases
Background: In the last 20–30 years, there have been many advances in imaging and therapeutic strategies for symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals with carotid artery stenosis. Our aim was to examine contemporary multinational practice standards. Methods: Departmental Review Board approval for this study was obtained, and 3 authors prepared the ...
Influence of Including Patients with Premorbid Disability in Acute Stroke Trials: The HeadPoST Experience
...Published in Cerebrovascular Diseases
Background: Patients with premorbid functional impairment are generally excluded from acute stroke trials. We aimed to determine the impact of including such patients in the Head Positioning in acute Stroke Trial (HeadPoST) and early additional impairment on outcomes. Methods: Post hoc analyses of HeadPoST, an international, cluster-randomized cros...
Knowledge of Stroke Risk Factors and Signs in Parakou, a Northern City of Benin in West Africa
Published in Cerebrovascular Diseases
Introduction: We aimed to determine knowledge of stroke risk factors and signs in an urban population of northern Benin. Methods: A door-to-door purposeful sampling survey was conducted in resident population (age ≥15 years) of the district of Titirou in the city of Parakou (N = 255,478) in Benin between March 15 and July 15, 2016. In-person interv...
Efficacy and Safety of Timely Urgent Superficial Temporal Artery-to-Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery in Patients wi...
Published in Cerebrovascular Diseases
Background: Clinical outcome in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) caused by large vessel occlusion (LVO) is not satisfactory if reperfusion treatment fails or is not tried. Aims: We aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of urgent superficial temporal-to-middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) bypass surgery in selected patients. Methods: Patient...
Thrombectomy for Treatment of Acute Stroke in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Published in Cerebrovascular Diseases
This commentary will focus on the role of thrombectomy for the treatment of embolic stroke during the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). We will begin with review of recently promulgated guidelines for use of thrombectomy in COVID-19-associated stroke. We will then survey the reported experience of thrombectomy applied to treatment of large...
Age and Outcome after Endovascular Treatment in Anterior Circulation Large-Vessel Occlusion Stroke: ETIS Registry Result...
...Published in Cerebrovascular Diseases
Background: Increasing patient age has been identified in clinical trials as a poor prognostic factor for functional independence after endovascular treatment (EVT) for acute ischemic stroke. These findings may not be fully generalizable to clinical practice due to strict inclusion and exclusion criteria in these trials. We aim to assess and quanti...
Association of Electrocardiographic P-Wave Markers and Atrial Fibrillation in Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source
...Published in Cerebrovascular Diseases
Background: Several P-wave indices are thought to represent underlying atrial remodeling and have been associated with ischaemic stroke even in the absence of atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the utility of these P-wave indices in predicting outcomes in patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) has not been studied. The aim of th...
Incidence of Stroke and Ischemic Stroke Subtypes: A Community-Based Study in Brno, Czech Republic
Published in Cerebrovascular Diseases
Background: There are few contemporary epidemiological data on stroke for Central Europe. We performed a population-based study evaluating the incidence of stroke, stroke types, and ischemic stroke (IS) subtypes in Brno, the second biggest city in the Czech Republic (CR). Methods: Using the National Registry of Hospitalized Patients, and hospital d...
