Intracranial Stenosis Treated with Stenting in Patients with Suspected Cerebral Vasculitis: Two Case Reports.

Central nervous system vasculitis (CNSV) is an uncommon and poorly understood form of vasculitis. Early recognition is important because medical treatment might improve the outcome. However, randomized clinical trials on CNSV treatment do not exist.

Proposal of multimodal computed tomography-based scoring system in prediction of hemorrhagic transformation in acute ischemic stroke.

Introduction: The routinely used computed tomography (CT)-based workup in the setting of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) includes non-contrast brain CT, CT angiography (CTA), and CT perfusion. Several CT, CTA, CTP-based radiological biomarkers of hemorrhagic transformation (HT) were reported.

Aim Of The Study: To assess the predictive value of the combined multimodal CT parameters for HT after AIS and proposal of predictive scoring scale.

Challenging the Pleiotropic Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Geriatric Depression: A Multimodal Case Series Study.

Background: Although the antidepressant potential of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), the pleiotropic effects in geriatric depression (GD) are poorly investigated. We tested rTMS on depression, cognitive performance, growth/neurotrophic factors, cerebral blood flow (CBF) to transcranial Doppler sonography (TCD), and motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) to TMS in GD.

Methods: In this case series study, six drug-resistant subjects (median age 68.

The role of automated computed topography perfusion in prediction of hemorrhagic transformation after acute ischemic stroke.

Introduction: The role of computed tomography perfusion (CTP) in prediction of hemorrhagic transformation (HT) has been evolving. We aimed to study the role of automated perfusion post-processing software in prediction of HT using the commercially available RAPID software.

Methods: Two hundred eighty-two patients with anterior circulation ischemic stroke, who underwent CTP with RAPID automated post-processing, were retrospectively enrolled and divided into HT ( = 91) and non-HT groups ( = 191).

Evaluation of stroke prognostication using age and NIH Stroke Scale index (SPAN-100 index) in delayed intravenous thrombolysis patients (beyond 4.5 hours).

Objectives: the efficacy of delayed intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), beyond the 4.5 h window, is evolving. Advanced age and high admission National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score are proposed to adversely affect the outcome of delayed thrombolysis and limit the inclusion criteria.