background: in patients with acute stroke and middle cerebral artery (mca) stenosis, microembolic signals (mes) can predict further cerebral ischemia. therefore, this study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of mes by transcranial doppler (tcd) in patients with mca stenosis under treatment of aspirin or clopidogrel. methods: a randomized clinical trial was performed on 40 patients with acu...

Headache often accompanies acute ischemic stroke. Observational studies indicate that 15 to 40% of patients with acute ischemic stroke report headache in close temporal relation to the event. The onset headache is more often seen in posterior circulation strokes than in strokes in other vascular territories. Transient ischemic attacks (TIA) can also lead to headache. The pathophysiology of head...

BACKGROUND Hyperthermia is a frequent complication in patients with acute ischemic stroke. On the other hand, therapeutically induced hypothermia has shown promising potential in animal models of focal cerebral ischemia. This Guideline Document presents the European Stroke Organisation guidelines for the management of temperature in patients with acute ischemic stroke. METHODS A multidiscipli...

OBJECTIVE To identify the frequency of risk factors in various subtypes of acute ischemic stroke according to TOAST criteria. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional, observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Ziauddin Hospital, Karachi, from January to December 2007. METHODOLOGY Patients with acute ischemic stroke were enrolled. Studied variables included demographic profile, history of risk ...

BACKGROUND There are no national data on the burden and management of acute cerebrovascular disease in Israel. OBJECTIVES To delineate the burden, characteristics, management and outcomes of hospitalized patients with acute cerebrovascular disease in Israel, and to examine adherence to current guidelines. METHODS We prospectively performed a national survey in all 28 hospitals in Israel adm...

Background: Asymptomatic hemorrhagic transformation infarct (AHTI) is known as a complication of ischemic attack and maybe occurs in the entire stroke. However, the role of AHTI in the result of the treatment is still not clear, because it is based on the definition of an asymptomatic and not identifiable. The aim of this study was assessment and evaluation frequency of AHTI in acute ischemic s...

Background: Stroke is known to be the third most prominent cause of death in the developing countries and the most common debilitating neurologic disease. This study aimed to investigate the association of platelet count (PC) and mean platelet volume (MPV) index with various stroke types. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on patients over the age of 18 years who presented wit...

BACKGROUND Informing health systems and monitoring hospital performances using administrative data sets, mainly hospital discharge data coded according to International-Classification-Diseases-9edition-Clinical-Modifiers (ICD9-CM), is now commonplace in several countries, but the reliability of diagnostic coding of acute ischemic stroke in the routine practice is uncertain. This study aimed at ...

OBJECTIVES Previous prospective studies on ischemic stroke patients have shown conflicting results concerning the association between cholesterol level and patient outcome. We aimed to investigate the relation between cholesterol level and prior ischemic stroke. We hypothesized that acute ischemic stroke patients with increased cholesterol on admission more frequently had experienced prior isch...