Publications by authors named "I Mourand"
Background: Patients with acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO) and low-to-moderate symptoms (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale [NIHSS] < 10) are poorly represented in thrombectomy trials. Our objective is to compare thrombectomy and best medical management (BMT) in this population.
Methods: We compared data of all consecutive patients presenting with an initial NIHSS < 10 and acute symptomatic BAO included in two registries.
Introduction: Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is present in a significant proportion of young patients with stroke of undetermined etiology, but is not always causal. Therefore, classifications (RoPE, PASCAL) have been developed to determine the probability that PFO is the stroke cause. However, the presence of an initial arterial occlusion as a prediction factor was not studied when these classifications were built.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Restricted retinal diffusion (RDR) has recently been recognized as a frequent finding on standard diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO). However, data on early DWI signal evolution are missing.
Patients And Methods: Consecutive CRAO patients with DWI performed within 24 h after onset of visual impairment were included in a bicentric, retrospective cross-sectional study.
Article Synopsis
- Sleep disturbances following ischaemic stroke can include issues like obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia, and restless legs syndrome, which may impact recovery.
- In a study involving 90 stroke patients, severe obstructive sleep apnea was assessed and participants were divided into two groups: one receiving continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment and the other receiving a placebo.
- Functional independence and other outcomes were measured at three months post-stroke, revealing no significant difference between CPAP and placebo in improving these scores, while factors like insomnia and decreased total sleep time correlated with poorer recovery.
Purpose: Data concerning reperfusion strategies of intracranial atherosclerosis-related occlusion (ICARO) and clinico-angiographic outcomes remain scarce, particularly in Caucasians. We aim to compare the reperfusion rate and functional outcome between reperfusion strategies in the setting of the ICARO.
Methods: Retrospective analysis of prospectively maintained endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) registries at three high-volume stroke centers were retrospectively analyzed for consecutive ICARO patients from January 2015 to December 2019.