Prospective Assessment of Risk Fac- Tors in Children with Arterial Ischemic Stroke (ais)
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Patients and methods: All children evaluated at the Department of Paediatrics, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia (which is single referral centre in the country for children with stroke), from January 2005 to January 2012 due to first episode of AIS were included. All children were evaluated according the same diagnostic protocol, including also contrast TCD with Valsalva maneuver, which enables us to recognise all known risk factors for AIS.
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Arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) in adults is considered a serious health threat and requires urgent medical treatment. Prompt diagnosis allows the therapeutic option of thrombolysis within the time window of 3 to 6 hours after first symptoms. Alternatively, early anti-platelet therapy is effective in improving the outcome after stroke. The incidence of pediatric AIS range from 2 to 5 per 100 000...
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