Hemorrhagic Stroke: Introduction

Hemorrhagic stroke: introduction.

T he last form of stroke without a primary treatment is intra-cerebral hemorrhage (ICH). 1 The past decade has brought significant understanding of hematoma expansion, ICH volume , and intraventricular hemorrhage extension as independent severity factors. 2 The Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) trials indicate that craniotomy is not the answer for deep hematomas but has crea...

Evaluation of hemorrhagic infarction in stroke patients

Background: Hemorrhagic Transformation of Infarct (HTI) is an important finding which has been reported mainly in cardio embolic strokes . Although clinical status of the patients is not often deteriorated , however decision making for anticoagulation is difficult in HTI patients. The goal of this survey was to determine the prevalence and the cause of HTI in patients in the Vali Asr hospi...

Medial pontine hemorrhagic stroke.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This case report documents a rare opportunity to observe the motor function of an individual for nearly 6 months following a primary pontine hemorrhage in the medial pontine tegmentum of the brain stem. The purpose of this report is to illustrate how knowledge of the location of the hemorrhage, in conjunction with knowledge of brain-stem structure-function relationships, ...

Aspirin and hemorrhagic stroke.

Does this patient have a hemorrhagic stroke?: clinical findings distinguishing hemorrhagic stroke from ischemic stroke.

CONTEXT The 2 fundamental subtypes of stroke are hemorrhagic stroke and ischemic stroke. Although neuroimaging is required to distinguish these subtypes, the diagnostic accuracy of bedside findings has not been systematically reviewed. OBJECTIVE To determine the accuracy of clinical examination in distinguishing hemorrhagic stroke from ischemic stroke. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE and EMBASE search...