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Utilization and Outcomes of Acute Revascularization Treatment in Ischemic Stroke Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Our understanding of outcomes in acute ischemic stroke patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection following acute revascularization treatments (as intravenous thrombolysis and/or thrombectomy) is based on small case series.1-3. An international panel4 cautioned regarding the potential for high rate of death or disability and post thrombolytic intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH)s in acute ischemic stroke patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection due to elevated concentrations of inflammation and hypercoagulability markers such as leukocytosis, and C reactive protein and D dimers and multisystem dysfunction.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - October 7, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Adnan I. Qureshi, William I. Baskett, Wei Huang, Muhammad F. Ishfaq, S. Hasan Naqvi, Brandi R. French, Farhan Siddiq, Camilo R. Gomez, Chi-Ren Shyu Tags: SARS-CoV-2 and acute revascularization Source Type: research

Utilization and Outcomes of Acute Revascularization Treatments in Ischemic Stroke Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Our understanding of outcomes in acute ischemic stroke patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection following acute revascularization treatments (as intravenous thrombolysis and/or thrombectomy) is based on small case series.1 –3 An international panel4 cautioned regarding the potential for high rate of death or disability and post thrombolytic intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH)s in acute ischemic stroke patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection due to elevated concentrations of inflammation and hypercoagulability markers such as leukocytosis, and C reactive protein and D dimers and multisystem dysfunction.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - October 7, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Adnan I. Qureshi, William I. Baskett, Wei Huang, Muhammad F. Ishfaq, S. Hasan Naqvi, Brandi R. French, Farhan Siddiq, Camilo R. Gomez, Chi-Ren Shyu Source Type: research

Platelet Count Predicts Adverse Clinical Outcomes After Ischemic Stroke or TIA: Subgroup Analysis of CNSR II
Conclusion: In ischemic stroke or TIA patients with platelet count within normal range, platelet count may be a qualified predictor for long-term recurrent stroke, mortality, and poor functional outcome. Introduction Platelets exert a critical role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic complications of cardio-cerebrovascular disease, contributing to thrombus formation, and embolism (1, 2). Previous literature reported that platelets of various size and density are produced by megakaryocytes of different size and stages of maturation in different clinical conditions, suggesting various platelet patterns in differen...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 11, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Frequency of Hemorrhage on Follow Up Imaging in Stroke Patients Treated With rt-PA Depending on Clinical Course
Conclusions: Frequency of hemorrhagic transformation in Routine follow-up brain imaging and consecutive changes in therapeutic management were different depending on clinical course measured by NHISS score. Introduction Brain imaging 24–36 h after systemic thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke is recommended in American Stroke Association and European Stroke Organization guidelines (1, 2). Brain imaging is performed to detect secondary bleeding or hemorrhagic transformation in order to adapt medical stroke prevention if necessary. Guideline recommendations are based on the results of the first study on rt-PA...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 15, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Influence of Sex on Stroke Prognosis: A Demographic, Clinical, and Molecular Analysis
Conclusion Our data suggest that women who suffer from IS present with a poorer functional outcome than men at 3-months, regardless of other preclinical and clinical factors during the acute phase. These relationships seem to be mediated by atrial dysfunction and inflammation. The inflammatory response is slightly higher in women; however, there are no sex differences in their functional behavior. There is a probable relationship between the molecular marker of atrial dysfunction NT-proBNP and worse functional outcome in women, and the connection seems to be more important in cardioembolic stroke patients. In patients wi...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 16, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Cardiac Imaging Within Emergency CT Angiography for Acute Stroke Can Detect Atrial Clots
This study was approved by the ethics committee of the medical faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum. FIGURE 1 Figure 1. Flow chart showing the selection of the study population. Results A total of 59 patients underwent emergency CCTA (Figure 2A) for suspected stroke, of which 44 received the final diagnosis ischemic stroke. There were 17 patients who had ischemic stroke or TIA and known or newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation (Table 1; mean age: 77.5 years, standard deviation: 8.4 years; 53% female). As hypothesized, intracardiac thrombi could be visualized: once in an artificially occluded left atrial appe...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 9, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute anterior ischemic stroke: Experience at the French Military Teaching Hospital in Toulon from 2003 to 2014.
CONCLUSION: After 12 years of practice, our stroke unit has produced results similar to those of the major clinical studies in terms of safety and efficacy. High NIHSS scores on admission and a lack of neurological improvement during the first 24h of thrombolysis due to failure of early recanalization were identified as independent predictive factors of poor functional outcomes. PMID: 29128152 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Revue Neurologique - November 14, 2017 Category: Neurology Tags: Rev Neurol (Paris) Source Type: research

Intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke in patients on direct oral anticoagulants
ConclusionsIn this expert opinion paper, it is suggested that IVT can be performed in patients selected according to the time elapsed since the drug was last taken, renal function, type of hospital where the patient is admitted and plasma concentration of DOAC.
Source: European Journal of Neurology - March 9, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: E. Touz é, Y. Gruel, I. Gouin‐Thibault, E. De Maistre, S. Susen, P. Sie, L. Derex Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Tenecteplase in acute ischemic stroke: Review of the literature and expert consensus from the French Neurovascular Society
CONCLUSIONS: These expert consensus statements could provide a framework to guide the clinical decision-making process for the use of tenecteplase according to admission characteristics of AIS patients. However, existing data are limited, requiring inclusions in ongoing RCTs or real-life registries.PMID:36369068 | DOI:10.1016/j.neurol.2022.08.005
Source: Revue Neurologique - November 11, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: S Olindo J-F Albucher Y Bejot J Berge C Cordonnier B Guillon D Sablot J Tardy S Alamowitch I Sibon Source Type: research

Intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke in patients on direct oral anticoagulants Expert opinion of the Societe Francaise de Neurologie Vasculaire (SFNV) French Vascular Neurology Society and the Groupe Francais d'etudes sur l'Hemostase et la Thrombose (GFHT) French study Group on Haemostasis and Thrombosis
ConclusionsIn this expert opinion paper, we suggest that IVT can be performed in patients selected according to the time elapsed since the drug was last taken, renal function, type of hospital where the patient is admitted and plasma concentration of DOAC.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Source: European Journal of Neurology - January 23, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Emmanuel Touz é, Yves Gruel, Isabelle Gouin‐Thibault, Emmanuel De Maistre, Sophie Susen, Pierre Sie, Laurent Derex Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Neurological Involvement in Primary Systemic Vasculitis
Conclusion Neurological involvement is a common complication of PSV (Table 1), and neurologists play an important role in the identification and diagnosis of PSV patients with otherwise unexplained neurological symptoms as their chief complaint. This article summarizes the neurological manifestations of PSV and hopes to improve neuroscientists' understanding of this broad range of diseases. TABLE 1 Table 1. Common CNS and PNS involvements of primary systemic vasculitis. Author Contributions SZ conceived the article and wrote the manuscript. DY and GT reviewed and edited the manuscript. All authors ...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 25, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: Clinical, Radiological, Biological, and Etiological Characteristics of a French Prospective Cohort (FPCCVT) —Comparison With ISCVT Cohort
Conclusions: We demonstrated that the FPCCVT cohort had radiological, biological, and etiological characteristics similar to the historical ISCVT cohort. Nevertheless, the initial clinical presentation was less severe in our study probably due to an improvement in diagnostic methods between the two studies.
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - November 8, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research