The Impact of Inter-Hospital Transfer on Clinical Outcomes following Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke [PDF]
PURPOSE Hospitals designated as primary stroke centers offer noninvasive treatment for acute ischemic stroke, but only comprehensive stroke centers are equipped to provide endovascular treatment.
Schmidt, Tyler
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Acute Stroke Care in Mexico City: The Hospital Phase of a Stroke Surveillance Study
Background: Acute stroke care has greatly improved in recent decades. However, the increasing stroke mortality in low-to-middle income countries suggests that progress has not been reached completely by these populations.
Emmanuel Aguilar-Salas +17 more
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Using Tenecteplase for Acute Ischemic Stroke: What Is the Hold Up? [PDF]
Alteplase is the only Food and Drug Administration-approved intravenous (IV) thrombolytic medication for acute ischemic stroke. However, multiple recent studies comparing tenecteplase and alteplase suggest that tenecteplase is at least as efficacious as ...
Ataya, Ramsey, Brea, Isabel, Zitek, Tony
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Early recurrent ischemic stroke complicating intravenous thrombolysis for stroke: incidence and association with atrial fibrillation [PDF]
<p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Mechanisms of early neurologic deterioration after treatment with intravenous, recombinant, tissue-type plasminogen activator (IV rt-PA) include symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (SICH) and early ...
Awadh, M. +5 more
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Immunodepression as A Risk Factor of Infection in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke [PDF]
Background: Immunodepression is an absence or deficient supply of the components of either humoral or cellular immunity, or both. Previous studies show that the central nervous system and the immune system interact in complex ways.
Wirastuti, K. (Ken )
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The relationship between oxidative stress and acute ischemic stroke severity and functional outcome
Background Cerebral ischemia initiates an oxidative stress response in the brain which is a composite process that involves many oxidative stress biomarkers. High levels of malondialdehyde (MDA) in patients with acute ischemic stroke had been found.
Wael M. Elsayed +3 more
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Non-coding RNAs in acute ischemic stroke: from brain to periphery
Acute ischemic stroke is a clinical emergency and a condition with high morbidity, mortality, and disability. Accurate predictive, diagnostic, and prognostic biomarkers and effective therapeutic targets for acute ischemic stroke remain undetermined. With
Shuo Li +9 more
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Hemostatic disturbances in acute ischemic stroke [PDF]
Background: Stroke is the 2nd most common cause of death after ischemic heart disease. About 85% of all strokes are caused by a thrombus or an embolus in the cerebral circulation.
Rooth, Elisabeth
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Cerebral small vessel disease burden is associated with poststroke depressive symptoms: A 15-month prospective study [PDF]
Objective: All types of cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) markers including lacune, white matter hyperintensities (WMH), cerebral microbleeds, and perivascular spaces were found to be associated with poststroke depressive symptoms (PDS).
De-Feng Wang +8 more
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Acute neurological deficits following seizures can be mistaken for an acute stroke. Computed Tomography Perfusion (CTP) reveals distinct patterns in acute ischemic stroke.
Salim Al-Busaidi, MD +3 more
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