October 2020 Stroke Highlights

Cover 17-5 October 2020

Persian-translation 17-5 October 2020

Stroke: Highlights of Selected Articles

Copeptin is a stress hormone that has previously been shown to be associated with recurrent cerebrovascular events after transient ischemic attack (TIA). The ABCD2 (age, blood pressure, clinical features, duration, diabetes) score and the ABCD3-I (ABCD2 plus dual TIA) score both provide risk assessment for recurrent stroke after TIA. The current study aimed to determine the effect of copeptin i...

Stroke: Highlights of Selected Articles

In this study, the authors sought to determine the epidemiology of intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS) in the United States. To this end, they selected 1765 participants from the community-based cohort of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study who underwent good quality high resolution 3-tesla magnetic resonance angiography from 2011 to 2013. They graded ICAS according to...

Stroke: Highlights of Selected Articles

In this study, the authors hypothesized that in acute ischemic strokes, more permeable intracranial arterial thrombi (as opposed to less permeable thrombi) could be associated with better clinical outcomes and improved response to intra-arterial therapy. The authors examined the attenuation increase on computed tomographic angiography (CTA) and void fraction, using combination of noncontrast co...