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Outcomes in Mild Acute Ischemic Stroke Treated With Intravenous Thrombolysis A Retrospective Analysis of the Get With the Guidelines–Stroke Registry
Conclusions and RelevanceMany patients with ischemic stroke treated with IV rtPA have a mild stroke. Symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage is infrequent, but approximately 30% of these patients are unable to return directly home or ambulate independently at discharge. Additional studies are needed to identify strategies to improve the outcomes in patients with mild stroke who receive thrombolysis.
Source: JAMA Neurology - February 2, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Microbleeds, Mortality, and Stroke in Alzheimer Disease The MISTRAL Study
Conclusions and RelevanceIn patients with AD, the presence of nonlobar microbleeds was associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular events and cardiovascular mortality. Patients with lobar microbleeds had an increased risk for stroke and stroke-related mortality, indicating that these patients should be treated with the utmost care.
Source: JAMA Neurology - March 23, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Effects of Golden Hour Thrombolysis A Prehospital Acute Neurological Treatment and Optimization of Medical Care in Stroke (PHANTOM-S) Substudy
ImportanceThe effectiveness of intravenous thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke is time dependent. The effects are likely to be highest if the time from symptom onset to treatment is within 60 minutes, termed the golden hour.ObjectiveTo determine the achievable rate of golden hour thrombolysis in prehospital care and its effect on outcome.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThe prospective controlled Prehospital Acute Neurological Treatment and Optimization of Medical Care in Stroke study was conducted in Berlin, Germany, within an established infrastructure for stroke care. Weeks were randomized according to the availabilit...
Source: JAMA Neurology - November 17, 2014 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Implementing a Mobile Stroke Unit Program in the United States Why, How, and How Much?
Conclusions and RelevanceThe MSU strategy could dramatically transform the way acute stroke is managed in the United States. A prospective study evaluating the logistics, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness of this approach is needed and under way.
Source: JAMA Neurology - December 8, 2014 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Level After a Stroke
Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) of statins as the primary prevention for patients with a high serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level and as the secondary prevention after an acute coronary event have shown that lowering serum LDL-C levels reduces the risks of myocardial infarction, stroke, and vascular death. These trials included stroke as a secondary end point but not as an entry criterion. The benefit of LDL-C lowering to reduce the risk of ischemic strokes in primary prevention trials and for patients with coronary heart disease is not necessarily seen among patients who have had a stroke. The Stroke...
Source: JAMA Neurology - February 21, 2022 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Bypassing Closest Stroke Center for Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Prehospital stroke triage protocols focus on enabling rapid access to 2 proven time-sensitive short-term treatments: intravenous thrombolysis for all eligible patients with disabling acute ischemic stroke and endovascular therapy (EVT) for select patients with acute ischemic stroke from large vessel occlusion (LVO). As EVT is a particularly powerful treatment with an estimated number needed to treat of 2 to 3, prehospital screening tools and protocols have been developed that prioritize identifying potential patients with LVO in the field and preferentially transporting them to EVT-capable centers, even if this means bypas...
Source: JAMA Neurology - August 21, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Prehospital Thrombolysis for Stroke An Idea Whose Golden Hour Has Arrived
Soon after thrombolytic therapy was established as a therapy for ischemic stroke, our colleague Anthony Furlan, MD, famously circulated a cartoon of a computed tomographic (CT) scanner visible through the back doors of an ambulance, where a happy stroke physician had hung a bottle dripping tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) into the scanned patient’s arm. Because the time interval from stroke onset to initiation of thrombolysis after ischemic stroke is inversely related to the probability of disability-free recovery, prehospital initiation of thrombolytic therapy seemed a compelling and logical ambition, if one could rul...
Source: JAMA Neurology - November 17, 2014 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Associations Between Sex-Specific Risk Factors and Stroke
This systematic review and meta-analysis examines sex-specific risk factors for ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, any stroke, and stroke mortality.
Source: JAMA Neurology - November 14, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Risk of Hemorrhagic Stroke in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019
To the Editor We read with interest the article by Merkler et al regarding the increased incidence of ischemic stroke in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) compared with those with influenza. The authors also reported that 13% of patients with COVID-19 were receiving anticoagulation at the time of the stroke. Could the authors comment on the rate of anticoagulant use in patients with COVID-19 who did not have an ischemic stroke? This would also be helpful to assess the possibility that anticoagulation may have been protective.
Source: JAMA Neurology - March 8, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Prehospital and Early Postarrival Neurological Deterioration in Acute Stroke
This exploratory analysis of 1690 patients enrolled in the Field Administration of Stroke Therapy-Magnesium Trial assesses the frequency, predictors, and outcomes of the neurological deterioration that occurs among patients during the ultra-early period after ischemic stroke or intracranial hemorrhage.
Source: JAMA Neurology - July 23, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Endovascular Thrombectomy as a Means to Improve Survival in Acute Ischemic Stroke
This meta-analysis examines 90-day mortality and 90-day intracranial hemorrhage reported in trials of endovascular thrombectomy vs medical therapy cited in the 2018 American Stroke Association/American Heart Association guidelines for acute ischemic stroke.
Source: JAMA Neurology - April 8, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Effect of Bypassing the Closest Stroke Center in Patients with Intracerebral Hemorrhage
This prespecified secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial conducted in Catalonia, Spain, assesses whether direct transport to an endovascular treatment –capable stroke center vs to the nearest local stroke center benefits patients experiencing intracerebral hemorrhage.
Source: JAMA Neurology - August 21, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Symptomatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage After IV Thrombolysis in Acute Stroke
This meta-analysis investigates the association of high cerebral microbleed burden with the risk of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with intravenous thrombolysis.
Source: JAMA Neurology - April 18, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Coutinho et al have performed a timely post hoc analysis consisting of a patient population from 2 large, prospective, core laboratory –adjudicated trials: Solitaire With the Intention for Thrombectomy (SWIFT) and Solitaire Flow Restoration Thrombectomy for Acute Revascularization (STAR), and their report appears in this issue ofJAMA Neurology. Given that 85% of the patients in mechanical thrombectomy (MT) trials received intravenous thrombolysis (IVT), they highlight an important group of patients in whom MT was successful without IVT. The recent IVT and MT trials have clearly established the new standard in therapy for...
Source: JAMA Neurology - January 9, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Risk of Hemorrhagic Stroke in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 —Reply
In Reply We thank Dr Silverman and colleagues for their interest in our study and providing us the opportunity to expand on our results. Among the 1916 patients who visited the emergency department or were hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in our study, 8 patients (0.4% [95% CI, 0.2%-0.8%]) had hemorrhagic stroke, including 7 with intracerebral hemorrhage and 1 with subarachnoid hemorrhage. Among these 8 patients, 4 strokes were attributed to anticoagulant use.
Source: JAMA Neurology - March 8, 2021 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

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