ALLMedicine™ Stroke Center

Sep 23rd, 2021 - To minimize the incidence of intraoperative stroke following carotid endarterectomy (CEA) under general anaesthesia, blood pressure (BP) is suggested to be maintained between 'awake baseline' BP and 20% above. However, there is neither a widely ac...

Sep 23rd, 2021 - There is also a risk of stroke in the asymptomatic hemispheres of moyamoya disease (MMD), but it does not draw enough attention. The study investigated the differences between the three types of asymptomatic hemispheres in MMD and their associatio...

Sep 23rd, 2021 - The purpose of the COMPLETE (International Acute Ischemic Stroke Registry With the Penumbra System Aspiration Including the 3D Revascularization Device) registry was to evaluate the generalizability of the safety and efficacy of the Penumbra Syste...

Sep 23rd, 2021 - Limited data are available for evaluating the relationship between the prognosis and body temperature (BT) in patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy (MT), especially in those with successful recanalization. We aimed to explore the prognosti...

Sep 23rd, 2021 - Intracranial hemorrhage after endovascular thrombectomy is associated with poorer prognosis compared with those who do not develop the complication. Our study aims to determine predictors of post-EVT hemorrhage - more specifically, inflammatory bi...

Apr 28th, 2021 - Hypertension is a prevalent condition that affects approximately 45% of the adult US population and is the most commonly diagnosed condition at outpatient office visits. Hypertension is a major contributing risk factor for heart failure, myocardia...

Mar 7th, 2021 - Level of ambulation following stroke is a long-term predictor of participation and disability. Decreased lower extremity motor control can impact ambulation and overall mobility. The purpose of this clinical practice guideline (CPG) is to provide ...

Feb 3rd, 2021 - Carotid artery stenosis is atherosclerotic disease that affects extracranial carotid arteries. Asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis refers to stenosis in persons without a history of ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack, or other neurologic ...

Nov 17th, 2020 - The Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) atrial fibrillation (AF) guidelines program was developed to aid clinicians in the management of these complex patients, as well as to provide direction to policy makers and health care systems regarding r...

Oct 21st, 2020 - Down syndrome is the most common chromosomal condition, and average life expectancy has increased substantially, from 25 years in 1983 to 60 years in 2020. Despite the unique clinical comorbidities among adults with Down syndrome, there are no cli...

Aug 24th, 2018 - Stroke is a leading cause of serious long-term disability in the United States with 795,000 individuals suffering a new or recurrent stroke each year. In most cases, disability is associated with incomplete motor recovery of the paretic limb. Even...

Jul 20th, 2021 - Following a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are preferable to vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) in patients who are candidates for oral anticoagulants, according to data drawn from a large multicenter F...

Jul 19th, 2021 - Takeaway Secretory phospholipase A2 (sPLA2) activity, but not concentration, was associated with an increased risk of future ischaemic stroke, independent of traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk factors. Why this matters Findings suggest that a gr...

Jul 16th, 2021 - A "speech neuroprosthesis" that translates brain signals into words that appear on a screen has helped a man with severe paralysis, who had lost the ability to speak, communicate in sentences. It's believed to be the first time words and sentences...

Jul 16th, 2021 - For patients with a moderate-size stroke, benefit from ticagrelor plus aspirin was the same as for patients with minor stroke, a new exploratory analysis of the Ticagrelor and ASA for Prevention of Stroke and Death (THALES) trial shows. Senior THA...

Jul 15th, 2021 - A new technology that maps the wiring of the brain can predict the course of recovery in patients who have suffered stroke, enabling a more individualized approach to rehabilitation therapy.   The technology uses "connectomes" that are generated b...