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Stroke in Commercial Flights Brief Reports
Conclusions— We found a low incidence of stroke in the setting of air travel. Economy class stroke syndrome and arterial dissection were well represented in our sample. However, the main pathogenesis was atherothrombosis with a high proportion of patients with high carotid stenosis.
Source: Stroke - March 27, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Alvarez-Velasco, R., Masjuan, J., DeFelipe, A., Corral, I., Estevez-Fraga, C., Crespo, L., Alonso-Canovas, A. Tags: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Ischemic Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) Brief Reports Source Type: research

Past, present, and future of stroke in middle‐income countries: the Brazilian experience
ConclusionsThe evolution of stroke care in Brazil over the last decade is a pathway that exemplifies the challenges that middle‐income countries have to face in order to improve stroke prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. The reported Brazilian experience can be extrapolated to understand the past, present, and future of stroke care in middle‐income countries.
Source: International Journal of Stroke - May 22, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Sheila Cristina Ouriques Martins, Octávio Marques Pontes‐Neto, Cloer Vescia Alves, Gabriel Rodriguez Freitas, Jamary Oliveira Filho, Elza Dias Tosta, Norberto Luiz Cabral, Tags: Research Source Type: research

Stroke in Asia: a global disaster
Although stroke is a world‐wide problem, the burden of stroke is particularly serious in Asia; its mortality is higher than in Europe or North America. The situation in Asia is dichotomized. Stroke mortality and case fatality has been declining in northern‐eastern countries such as Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and urbanized areas of China. This is attributed to both the risk factor control and stroke care improvement. However, declining stroke incidence is rarely observed, which is in part due to rapidly aging population. As a result, there is an increase in the number of stroke survivors who require long‐term, costly care....
Source: International Journal of Stroke - September 18, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Jong S. Kim Tags: Leading opinion 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

Differences in the distribution of risk factors for stroke among the high‐risk population in urban and rural areas of Eastern China
ConclusionAmong the population at high risk of stroke, there were significant differences in the distribution of the following risk factors between the urban and rural groups: hypertension, atrial fibrillation, dyslipidemia, lack of physical exercise, and a previous stroke. As the Chinese lifestyle has changed rapidly with the growth of economy and society during the past 3 decades, the incidence of risk factors for stroke in China has become similar to that in the Western countries. Hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, smoking, atrial fibrillation, physical inactivity, obesity, and stroke family history are the ...
Source: Brain and Behavior - February 29, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Te Mi, Shangwen Sun, Yifeng Du, Shougang Guo, Lin Cong, Mingfeng Cao, Qinjian Sun, Yi Sun, Chuanqiang Qu Tags: Original Research Source Type: research

Long Distance Travel Potentiates Other Novel Risk Factors in PFO Related Strokes - "Economy Class Strokes" (S55.006)
ConclusionPFOs are highly prevalent in the general population, but they are usually only discovered after a stroke - so effective risk assessment and prevention are key. Our results suggest that both air and land travel are risk factors for PFO-related stroke, and the coexistence of additional risk factors potentiates risk associated with immobilization. These results help to individualize care: high-risk patients may benefit from pre-travel education, or DVT prophylaxis.Study Supported by: NIH/NINDSDisclosure: Dr. Ning has nothing to disclose. Dr. Sena has nothing to disclose. Dr. Feeney has nothing to disclose. Dr. Wickh...
Source: Neurology - April 9, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Ning, M., Sena, D., Feeney, K., Wickham, T., Elia, M., Deng, W., Chou, I., Hung, J., Chen, L., Inglessis-Azuaje, I., Silverman, S., Schainfeld, R., McMullin, D., Dec, G., Lo, E., Palacios, I., Buonanno, F. Tags: Pediatric Stroke and Stroke in the Young Source Type: research

Comparison and Analysis of Epidemiologic Characteristics of Stroke in Sichuan Province, China
In conclusion, the disparity of lower stroke burden in Sichuan than the average China remained, although with the great developments in Sichuan province over all those decades. In addition to traditional modifiable factors, we suggest that unknown or intrinsic differences such as genetic factors might play an important role in geographic disparity, which should be investigated in future studies.
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - August 26, 2020 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Test-Retest Reliability of Portable Metabolic Monitoring After Disabling Stroke
Conclusions. Our results strongly support the reliability of the K4b2 for quantifying overground gait efficiency after stroke. Use of this device may enable researchers to study how varying poststroke rehabilitation interventions affect this central measure of health and function.
Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - October 7, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Stookey, A. D., McCusker, M. G., Sorkin, J. D., Katzel, L. I., Shaughnessy, M., Macko, R. F., Ivey, F. M. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research

Rheumatic Valve Disease and Stroke. A Public Health Problem in Countries in Way of Develop (P1.288)
Conclusions: In our population RVD with or without AF is the main cause of cerebral ischemia, just preceded by thrombosis of large arteries, affecting young and productive people, which severely impacts the economy of families and country that walking towards development. Mexico along with other emerging countries needs to implement public health programs in the early diagnosis and treatment of this health problem.Disclosure: Dr. Mendez-Dominguez has nothing to disclose. Dr. Arias-Fernandez has nothing to disclose. Dr. Aguirre-Delfin has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - April 3, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Mendez-Dominguez, A., Arias-Fernandez, J., Aguirre-Delfin, M. Tags: Global Health: Infectious Disease, Capacity Building, and Other Source Type: research

Cost of stroke in France
ConclusionsWith healthcare costs representing 3% of total health expenditure in France, stroke constitutes an ongoing burden for the health system and overall economy. Nursing care added nearly half again the amount spent on healthcare, while productivity losses were more limited because nearly 80% of acute incident strokes were in patients over age 65. The high cost of illness underscores the need for improved prevention and interventions to limit the disabling effects of stroke.
Source: European Journal of Neurology - April 8, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: K. Chevreul, I. Durand‐Zaleski, A. Gouépo, E. Fery‐Lemonnier, M. Hommel, F. Woimant Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Trimethylamine-N-oxide: a potential biomarker and therapeutic target in ischemic stroke
This article reviews the production of TMAO, TMAO’s relationship with different etiological types of ischemic stroke, and the possibility of reducing TMAO levels to improve the prognosis of ischemic stroke.
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 21, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Non-invasive brain stimulation to enhance stroke recovery – towards patient-tailored strategies
Stroke is the leading cause of serious long-term disability with growing impact on actual and future health economy. The resulting deficits of a stroke, e.g., of the upper extremity or language, have great impact on activities of daily life, social as well as professional.
Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - February 15, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: F.C. Hummel Source Type: research

Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Stroke: Clinical Manifestations and Pathophysiological Insights
An outbreak of an acute respiratory illness of unknown cause started in Wuhan, Hubei province, China on December 12, 2019.1,2 A new strain of coronavirus, named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified in these patients. Subsequently, the identified acute respiratory illness was named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Soon thereafter, the COVID-19 epidemic in China became a pandemic with a significant burden on healthcare and the world-wide economy. SARS-CoV-2 has been shown to be a distinct class of the beta coronaviruses (Beta-CoVs) with a 79.5% gene sequence homology to the severe ...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 10, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Afshin A. Divani, Sasan Andalib, Mario Di Napoli, Simona Lattanzi, M. Shazam Hussain, Jos é Biller, Louise D. McCullough, M. Reza Azarpazhooh, Alina Seletska, Stephan A. Mayer, Michel Torbey Tags: Review Article Source Type: research

The Outcome of Status Epilepticus and Long-Term Follow-Up
Conclusion: This study highlights the importance of regular care and patient follow-up. Introduction Status epilepticus (SE) is a condition and most extreme form of epilepsy (1), which leads to abnormal and prolonged seizure (at least 5 min). In case SE persists over 30 min, it may have severe long-term consequences (2). Referring to the new classification scheme of SE, there are two operational dimensions of the definition: time point 1 (T1) is associated with abnormally prolonged seizure, when therapy should be initiated, while time point 2 (T2) is related to the time of on-going seizure activity involving a risk...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 25, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research