Background: The best treatment for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) due to isolated cervical internal carotid artery occlusion (CICAO) (i.e., without associated occlusion of the circle of Willis) is still unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and thrombotic events (TEs) were reported in patients with COVID-19. Clinical outcome of AIS in the course of COVID-19 remains unknown. We compared early clinical outcome and mortality of COVID-positive (+) patients admitted for AIS with COVID-negative (-) ones.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To measure the global impact of COVID-19 pandemic on volumes of IV thrombolysis (IVT), IVT transfers, and stroke hospitalizations over 4 months at the height of the pandemic (March 1 to June 30, 2020) compared with 2 control 4-month periods.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, observational, retrospective study across 6 continents, 70 countries, and 457 stroke centers. Diagnoses were identified by their ICD-10 codes or classifications in stroke databases.
Background: The use of nonadhesive liquid embolic agents (NALEAs) has gained great popularity in the treatment of brain vascular malformations, with a lower rate of local complications than surgery. However, we describe the formation of brain abscesses after endovascular treatment of a brain arteriovenous malformation (bAVM) and how important removal of the NALEAs was in the treatment of these abscesses.
Case Description: A 68-year-old man presented with seizures after being treated for an unruptured bAVM using Squid (Emboflu), an NALEA.
Background and Purpose- Intracranial artery dissection can eventually lead to subarachnoid or intracerebral hemorrhage. Little is known about the clinical features and risks associated with extracranial vertebral artery dissection that extends intracranially. The clinical and imaging characteristics of extracranial vertebral artery dissection (eVAD) with (e+iVAD) or without (eVAD) intracranial extension were analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCerebral small vessel diseases of the brain are a major determinant of cognitive impairment in the elderly. In small vessel diseases, the most easily identifiable lesions, both at post-mortem evaluation and magnetic resonance imaging, lie in subcortical areas. However, recent results obtained post-mortem, particularly in severe cases, have highlighted the burden of cortex lesions such as microinfarcts and diffuse neuronal loss.
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