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When it matters that a ‘Stroke’ is not a stroke [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Case Reports, 2015
An 81-year-old right-handed woman developed right-sided headache, focal motor seizures and left hemiparesis 10 days postendarterectomy for 80% stenosis of the right internal carotid artery. She was admitted to a local hospital. Her background history included newly diagnosed lung cancer, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, chronic obstructive airways ...
Thomas Monaghan   +3 more
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Stroke

open access: yesSwiss Medical Forum ‒ Schweizerisches Medizin-Forum, 2020
Stroke is a major cause of death and disability globally. Diagnosis depends on clinical features and brain imaging to differentiate between ischaemic stroke and intracerebral haemorrhage. Non-contrast CT can exclude haemorrhage, but the addition of CT perfusion imaging and angiography allows a positive diagnosis of ischaemic stroke versus mimics and ...
Lyrer, Philippe A.   +3 more
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Rescue permanent LVIS stenting with post-stenting angioplasty after failed mechanical thrombectomy for refractory internal carotid artery occlusion at the paraclinoid segment: two-case report

open access: yesChinese Neurosurgical Journal, 2021
Background Previous studies indicated the effectiveness of permanent stenting when dealing with retriever-failed refractory large vascular occlusion (LVO). Variety types of stents were implanted permanently to achieve recanalization.
He Li   +11 more
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Biologically Informed Clot Histomics Are Predictive of Acute Ischemic Stroke Etiology

open access: yesStroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, 2023
Background Toward development of diagnostics for cryptogenic stroke, we hypothesize that histomic features of stroke blood clots retrieved by mechanical thrombectomy could be used to delineate stroke etiology.
Tatsat R. Patel   +12 more
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Enhanced clarity and holism: The outcome of implementing the ICF with an acute stroke multidisciplinary team in England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article is made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Purpose: Although it is recommended that the ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) should be implemented to aid communication within ...
Borkan J   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Emergency Stroke Calls: Obtaining Rapid Telephone Triage (ESCORTT) - a programme of research to facilitate recognition of stroke by emergency medical dispatchers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: Rapid access to emergency stroke care can reduce death and disability by enabling immediate provision of interventions such as thrombolysis, physiological monitoring and stabilisation.
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A Retrospective Cohort Study Comparing Stroke Recurrence Rate in Ischemic Stroke Patients With and Without Acupuncture Treatment. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Little was known about the effects of acupuncture on stroke recurrence. The aim of this study is to investigate whether ischemic stroke patients receiving acupuncture treatment have a decreased risk of stroke recurrence.
Hsu, Chung Y   +8 more
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Prevalence and time course of post-stroke pain: A multicenter prospective hospital-based study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
OBJECTIVE: Pain prevalence data for patients at various stages after stroke. DESIGN: Repeated cross-sectional, observational epidemiological study. SETTING: Hospital-based multicenter study.
Barbanti, Piero   +17 more
core   +1 more source

A single session of exercise increases connectivity in sensorimotor-related brain networks: A resting-state fMRI study in young healthy adults

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014
Habitual long term physical activity is known to have beneficial cognitive, structural and neuro-protective brain effects, but to date there is limited knowledge on whether a single session of exercise can alter the brain’s functional connectivity, as ...
Ahmad Saeed Rajab   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing precision stroke imaging. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Stroke experts stand at the cusp of a unique opportunity to advance the care of patients with cerebrovascular disorders across the globe through improved imaging approaches.
Feldmann, Edward, Liebeskind, David S
core   +2 more sources

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