Effectiveness of CT perfusion in posterior circulation stroke: evaluation of perfusion abnormalities and associated clinical signs.

Purpose: Acute posterior circulation stroke (PCS) is characterized by often non-specific clinical signs, with neuroimaging playing a pivotal role in assessment in the emergency setting. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of CT Perfusion (CTP) maps in detecting acute PCS and to identify clinical factors associated with perfusion abnormalities.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed clinical and radiological data of consecutive patients with acute PCS admitted to our Stroke Unit that underwent CTP.

Stroke heart injury: the effect of cerebral reperfusion treatment. A 3-year retrospective study.

Background: Cardiac involvement following an acute stroke (Stroke Heart Syndrome-SHS) is an established complication and it is linked to the involvement of sympathetic activation, inflammation, and neuro-endocrine response. Troponin "rise and fall pattern" > 30% is one marker of SHS. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of reperfusion treatments in the prevention/pathogenesis of SHS with different stroke sizes and locations (OCSP classification).

Troponin levels in transient ischemic attack and ischemic stroke: does "transient" in your brain mean "better" for your heart?

Purpose: Transient ischemic attack (TIA) is defined as a transient episode of neurological dysfunction caused by focal brain, spinal cord, or retinal ischemia, with clinical symptoms typically lasting less than one hour, and without evidence of acute infarction. In this type of ischemic event, there are no data about a possible cardiac injury tested with troponin. After a stroke, it is well established the cardiac involvement due to a neuro-inflammatory response (recently defined as Stroke Heart Syndrome).

Sex differences in Wake-Up Stroke patients characteristics and outcomes.

Objectives: Wake-up Stroke (WUS) accounts for about 25% of all ischemic strokes. Differences according to sex in the WUS subgroup has been poorly investigated so far, so we aimed to assess these differences by differentiating the enrolled population based on treatment administered.

Materials & Methods: We retrospectively analysed clinical and imaging data of WUS patients admitted to our hospital between November 2013 and December 2018 dividing them in two groups: rTPA-treated and non-rTPA treated group.

Status Epilepticus after mechanical thrombectomy: The role of early EEG assessment in Stroke Unit, clinical and radiological prognostication.

Background: Convulsive (CSE) and non-convulsive (NCSE) Status Epilepticus are a complication in 0.2-0.3% ischemic strokes.