Publications by authors named "C Fitzek"
Introduction: There are reports of an ischemic stroke during intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rtPA) for evolving myocardial infarction (MI), and the risk of stroke shortly after an acute MI seems to be higher than in the control population, attributed to intracardiac thrombus formation.
Case Report: We report a case of fatal MI developing immediately after the start of rtPA infusion for middle cerebral artery stroke in an 88-year-old woman. We assume that the systemic thrombolysis with rtPA led to the fragmentation of an underlying cardiac thrombus, which embolized and occluded the coronary artery and caused MI.
Background And Purpose: We aimed to validate the usefulness of the Essen Stroke Risk Score (ESRS) to predict stroke recurrence in a hospital-based follow-up study.
Methods: We followed up 730 consecutive patients admitted to a neurological stroke unit in Berlin, Germany, with ischemic stroke (IS) or transient ischemic attack (TIA). The mean follow-up time was 13.
Background: There is increasing evidence for hormone-dependent modification of function and behavior during the menstrual cycle, but little is known about associated short-term structural alterations of the brain. Preliminary studies suggest that a hormone-dependent decline in brain volume occurs in postmenopausal, or women receiving antiestrogens, long term. Advances in serial MR-volumetry have allowed for the accurate detection of small volume changes of the brain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The intention of this study was the prospective analysis of Wallerian degeneration of the pyramidal tract after paramedian pons infarction.
Methods: Patients with paramedian pons infarct underwent MR imaging including diffusion tensor imaging at admission and got 1-3 MR scans up to 6 months of follow-up. Clinical scores and transcranial magnetic stimulation were acquired in the acute phase and 3-6 months later.