Endovascular therapy for large ischemic strokes provides better functional outcomes
1. Compared to medical care alone, treatment of large cerebral infarctions had better functional outcomes with endovascular therapy. 2. Endovascular ...
Tag: ischemic stroke
Large vessel occlusion stroke is associated with poor prognosis in children
1. Pediatric patients presenting with large vessel occlusion stroke have a high probability of developing disabling neurological outcomes or death. ...
Increased risk of intracranial hemorrhage with aspirin and unfractionated heparin use for endovascular stroke treatment
1. Ischemic stroke patients assigned to aspirin-only, heparin-only, or both, had worse Modified Rankin Scale scores compared to those with ...
Endovascular therapy improves functional outcomes in large acute ischemic stroke patients
1. Patients with large cerebral infarctions receiving endovascular therapy with medical care had better functional outcomes than patients receiving medical ...
Mobile stroke units associated with better outcomes for acute ischemic stroke management
1. Compared with usual care, mobile stroke unit deployment was associated with a significant increase in the odds of excellent ...
Risk of dementia may be increased following incident ischemic stroke: the ARIC study
1. The risk of developing dementia was increased for those who had suffered an ischemic stroke in a dose-dependent manner ...
Intravenous alteplase before endovascular treatment does not improve acute ischemic stroke outcomes
1. Patients receiving intravenous alteplase before endovascular treatment had similar disability outcomes of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage post-stroke compared to patients ...
Risk of subsequent stroke following Transient Ischemic Attack varies based on receipt of follow-up care
1. A systematic review and meta-analysis including data from more than 200,000 patients having had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) ...
Recent trends in stroke severity, unfavourable outcomes, and mortality compared by sex
1. This cohort study found an improvement in functional outcomes for patients of both sexes with ischemic, but not hemorrhagic, ...
Intraventricular alteplase use associated with a minimal reduction in parenchymal intracerebral hemorrhage volume in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage and intraventricular hemorrhage
1. In patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage and intraventricular hemorrhage, intraventricular alteplase use was associated with a small reduction in ...
