Publications by authors named "A Fiolaki"
Background: Small vessel disease (SVD), and most specifically hereditary forms like CADASIL and cerebral amyloid angiopathy (hCAA), are conditions of increasing clinical importance. We report a rare case of hCAA in a Greek family that presented with a CADASIL clinical and neuroimaging phenotype.
Methods: A 65-year-old man was admitted with recurrent transient episodes of right leg numbness.
Article Synopsis
- A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to assess the link between restless legs syndrome (RLS) and risks of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular issues.
- The study analyzed data from 8 eligible studies involving over 644,000 patients, revealing that RLS patients showed higher rates of hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia compared to controls.
- While RLS patients demonstrated increased all-cause mortality risk, the evidence did not support a higher risk for cerebrovascular and cardiovascular events, suggesting other confounding factors may be at play.
Emerging studies highlight high on-treatment of platelet reactivity (HTPR) as a major hindrance to the secondary prevention of cardiovascular ischemic events. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to assess the prevalence of HTPR in patients with ischemic stroke (IS) or transient ischemic attack (TIA) and reveal a possible relation with a higher risk of cerebrovascular event recurrence. Studies were selected if they reported absolute numbers or percentages of HTPR with ASA or clopidogrel in IS/TIA patients at any time point after the cerebrovascular event onset and assessed with any type of platelet function tests.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The impact of Greece's economic crisis on healthcare is of great concern. The aim of the present study was to assess the impact of economic crisis on the prevention of cerebral ischemic events.
Methods: Retrospective analysis of patients with ischemic stroke (IS) or transient ischemic attack (TIA) admitted to a tertiary neurological department in northwestern Greece during the period 2008-2014.