Stroke

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The risk of 5-year ipsilateral recurrent stroke was 14.3% for those with Symptomatic Carotid Atheroma Inflammation Lumen-Stenosis scores of at least 3 compared with 2.6% for those with low-risk category scores.

Hypoperfusion index was able to estimate the rate of core progression in patients with stroke who had otherwise unclassified progression by reperfusion trial core time criteria.

Investigators suggest that sex-specific strategies should be invoked to reduce the amount of early stroke deaths after observations suggest that female sex is linked to lower risk of stroke-related events.

David Fischer, MD, neurocritical care fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, outlined findings from a recent study that evaluated hospitalized patients with COVID-19 who were not regaining consciousness.

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The neurocritical care fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital highlighted areas for future research to better understand disorders of consciousness associated with COVID-19. [WATCH TIME: 2 minutes]

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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending January 14, 2022.

The neurocritical care fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital discussed findings from a recent study that evaluated patients with COVID-19 and disorders of consciousness. [WATCH TIME: 3 minutes]

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Investigators partly attribute different trends in ischemic vs hemorrhagic strokes to differences in the development of acute therapeutic strategies over the 20-year study period.

Mortality remained elevated even after 20 years poststroke, highlighting the importance of long-term follow-up in this patient population.

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According to the study, which assessed the EAT-Lancet diet and Alternate Health Eating Index-2010 in more than 2000 patients, dietary pattern has a distinct association with different stroke subtypes.

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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending January 7, 2022.

Invesitgators from the SoSTART trial recommend further research into whether oral anticoagulation use is superior to aversion to it for preventing symptomatic major vascular events.

Favorable outcome, defined as modified Rankin Scores of 0-2, was achieved in patients presenting with ASPECTS of 2-5 regardless of treatment with mechanical thrombectomy in the early or extended windows.

The study authors concluded that while there are differences in survival between specific ASMs, lamotrigine and levetiracetam appear to be reasonable first-line treatment options for patients with poststroke epilepsy.

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Take 5 minutes to catch up on NeurologyLive®'s highlights from the week ending December 31, 2021.

Take a look back at some of the most-viewed, top video series with key experts in neurology and their in-depth discussions, part of NeurologyLive®'s Year in Review.

These news stories in stroke and cerebrovascular disease were top of mind in the conversations in the field and were often included in NeurologyLive®’s coverage.

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Take a look back at some of the most top video interviews with key experts in neurology and their insights and perspectives on topics in neurology subspecialties, as part of NeurologyLive®'s Year in Review.