BACKGROUND
Carotid-artery stenting and carotid endarterectomy are both options for treating carotid-artery stenosis, an important cause of stroke.
METHODS
We randomly assigned patients with… (More)
BACKGROUND
Among patients with a proximal vessel occlusion in the anterior circulation, 60 to 80% of patients die within 90 days after stroke onset or do not regain functional independence despite… (More)
BACKGROUND
Endovascular therapy is increasingly used after the administration of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) for patients with moderate-to-severe acute ischemic stroke, but… (More)
BACKGROUND
Thrombolytic therapy for acute stroke (<3 hours) will not have a major impact on death and dependency unless it is accessible to more patients.
OBJECTIVE
To determine why patients with… (More)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Clinicians are insecure reading CT scans by using the one-third rule for acute middle cerebral artery stroke (1/3 MCA rule) before treating patients with recombinant tissue… (More)
BACKGROUND
Stroke is an important cause of death and disability in women as well as men. However, little is known about sex differences in stroke care and outcomes.
METHODS
The Registry of the… (More)
BACKGROUND
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major risk factor (RF) for ischemic stroke. Its prevalence and prognostic impact in patients with atherothrombosis are unclear.
METHODS
Risk factors, drug… (More)
BACKGROUND
In ischemic stroke, functional outcomes vary depending on site of intracranial occlusion. We tested the prognostic value of a semiquantitative computed tomography angiography-based clot… (More)
One hundred seventy-six consecutive patients treated with IV tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) for acute ischemic stroke were examined prospectively, and orolingual angioedema was found in nine… (More)
BACKGROUND
Although the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the diagnosis of acute stroke is increasing, this method has not proved more effective than computed tomography (CT) in the… (More)