Zierath, Dannielle Kunze, Allison Fecteau, Leia Becker, Kyra
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Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation
Independent of infection, the antibiotic enrofloxacin was associated with worse stroke outcome. These data echo the clinical observations to date and suggest that the secondary effects of antibiotics on stroke outcome should be considered when treating infection in subjects with stroke. The mechanism by which this antibiotic affects outcome needs t...
Sandercock, Peter A G
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Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation
Gijsen, Frank J H Nieuwstadt, Harm A Wentzel, Jolanda J Verhagen, Hence J M van der Lugt, Aad van der Steen, Antonius F W
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Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation
Instead of trying to target only vulnerable plaques, a more reliable noninvasive identification of a select group of stable plaques with a thick cap and low stress might be a more fruitful approach to start reducing surgical interventions on carotid plaques.
Nedelmann, Max Graef, Michael Weinand, Frank Wassill, Klaus-Heiko Kaps, Manfred Lorenz, Birgit Tanislav, Christian
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Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation
Transbulbar ultrasound is valuable for initial diagnosis and diagnostic workup of CRAO. In the light of inconsistent results of previous thrombolysis trials, ultrasound may identify patients more likely to benefit from thrombolytic treatment.
Dignam, Jade Copland, David McKinnon, Eril Burfein, Penni O'Brien, Kate Farrell, Anna Rodriguez, Amy D
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Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation
Aphasia Language Impairment and Functioning Therapy resulted in superior clinical outcomes on measures of language impairment when delivered in a distributed versus intensive schedule. The therapy progam had a positive effect on participants' functional communication and communication-related quality of life, regardless of treatment intensity. Thes...
Abou-Chebl, Alex Yeatts, Sharon D Yan, Bernard Cockroft, Kevin Goyal, Mayank Jovin, Tudor Khatri, Pooja Meyers, Phillip Spilker, Judith Sugg, Rebecca
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URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00359424.
Krueger, Hans Koot, Jacqueline Hall, Ruth E O'Callaghan, Christina Bayley, Mark Corbett, Dale
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Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation
Previous estimates of stroke prevalence have underestimated the true number of individuals experiencing the effects of stroke in Canada. Furthermore, the projected increases that will result from population growth and demographic changes highlight the importance of maintaining up-to-date estimates.
Overvad, Thure Filskov Skjøth, Flemming Lip, Gregory Y H Lane, Deirdre A Albertsen, Ida Ehlers Rasmussen, Lars Hvilsted Larsen, Torben Bjerregaard
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Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation
In patients with atrial fibrillation, longer duration of diabetes mellitus was associated with a higher risk of thromboembolism, but not with a higher risk of anticoagulant-related bleeding. Considering the critical balance between preventing thromboembolism and avoiding bleeding, longer duration of diabetes mellitus may favor initiation of anticoa...
Naganuma, Toshihide Takemoto, Yoshiaki Shoji, Tetsuo Ishimura, Eiji Okamura, Mikio Nakatani, Tatsuya
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This study showed that the presence of CMBs was an independent and strong predictor of intracerebral hemorrhage in stroke-free hemodialysis patients, indicating that hemodialysis patients with CMBs should be carefully monitored for future onset of intracerebral hemorrhage.
Sun, Yongjun Zhang, Linan Chen, You Zhan, Liying Gao, Zibin
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