ALLMedicine™ Ischemic Stroke Center

Nov 24th, 2020 - Endovascular thrombectomy has revolutionized the management of acute ischemic stroke from emergent large vessel occlusion. Continued technological advancement in the field, as evidenced by successive introduction of large bore aspiration catheters...

Nov 24th, 2020 - In Japan there is no consensus on how to efficiently measure quality indicators (QIs), defined as a standard of care, for acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Using information from a health insurance claims database and electronic medical records, we eva...

Nov 24th, 2020 - The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is currently a major challenge for health care systems around the world. For a time-sensitive emergency such as acute ischemic stroke (AIS), streamlined workflow times are essential to ensure good clinic...

Nov 24th, 2020 - The aim of this article is to review the current literature on endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke in the aftermath of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown. The outbreak of the COVID-19 has had effect of unprecedented magni...

Nov 23rd, 2020 - Background Statins have been associated with reduced recurrence and better functional outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke. However, the effect of statins in patients with acute large vessel occlusion (LVO) is not well scrutinized. Meth...

Nov 25th, 2019 - Cardiac thromboembolism attributed to atrial fibrillation (AF) is responsible for up to one-third of ischemic strokes. Stroke may be the first manifestation of previously undetected AF. Given the efficacy of oral anticoagulants in preventing AF-re...

Oct 14th, 2019 - The main culprit lesion causing hiccup in patients with ischemic stroke is thought to involve the medulla oblongata, but some cases of hiccups caused by damage to the supratentorial cortex have been reported. The present study aimed to address the...

Jul 22nd, 2019 - Question Does intensive glucose control improve functional outcome in patients with hyperglycemic acute ischemic stroke? Findings This randomized clinical trial included 1151 adults who received either intensive treatment of hyperglycemia (targ...

Jul 15th, 2019 - Background Patients with asthma have a high incidence of acute myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke. Objective To investigate the acute effect of asthma exacerbation on these cardiovascular events. Methods Using population-based inpatient d...

Jun 27th, 2019 - Purpose of review The purpose of this review is to highlight our emerging understanding of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)]'s role in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), its structure–function relationship, and promising developments within the ...

Nov 24th, 2020 - Endovascular thrombectomy has revolutionized the management of acute ischemic stroke from emergent large vessel occlusion. Continued technological advancement in the field, as evidenced by successive introduction of large bore aspiration catheters...

Nov 24th, 2020 - In Japan there is no consensus on how to efficiently measure quality indicators (QIs), defined as a standard of care, for acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Using information from a health insurance claims database and electronic medical records, we eva...

Nov 24th, 2020 - The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is currently a major challenge for health care systems around the world. For a time-sensitive emergency such as acute ischemic stroke (AIS), streamlined workflow times are essential to ensure good clinic...

Nov 24th, 2020 - The aim of this article is to review the current literature on endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke in the aftermath of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown. The outbreak of the COVID-19 has had effect of unprecedented magni...

Nov 23rd, 2020 - Background Statins have been associated with reduced recurrence and better functional outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke. However, the effect of statins in patients with acute large vessel occlusion (LVO) is not well scrutinized. Meth...

Nov 15th, 2020 - Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) plus rehabilitation provided greater functional improvements compared with sham stimulation plus rehabilitation for patients with moderate to severe arm impairment after ischemic stroke, results of a phase 3 randomize...

Nov 10th, 2020 - Stryker Neurovascular is recalling more than 1200 Trevo XP ProVue Retrievers because of a risk that the core wire may break or separate when the device is being retracted, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced. The Trevo XP ProVu...

Nov 5th, 2020 - An international panel of stroke experts from 18 countries released recommendations for managing patients with acute ischemic stroke who have either suspected or confirmed COVID-19. The following are among the 41 conclusions and practice implicati...

Nov 5th, 2020 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the antiplatelet agent ticagrelor (Brilinta) to reduce the risk for stroke in patients with acute ischemic stroke with a National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score of ≤5 or high-...

Nov 5th, 2020 - The presence of certain complicating features on plaques in the carotid artery are an under-recognized cause of ischemic stroke, a new study suggests. The CAPIAS (Carotid Plaque Imaging in Acute Stroke) study showed that complicated nonstenosing c...