BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Low socioeconomic position (SEP) is associated with high overall stroke mortality, but its contribution to stroke prognosis is unclear. We evaluated socioeconomic disparities in stroke incidence and poststroke outcomes. METHODS We collected hospital discharge and mortality data for all 35- to 84-year-old Rome residents who had a first acute ischemic or hemorrhagic strok...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Leptin, important for body weight regulation, may be involved in the pathogenesis of the insulin resistance syndrome, associated with cardiovascular disease. We tested to determine whether leptin is a risk marker for first-ever stroke in a nested case-referent study. METHODS We identified 113 patients with first-ever stroke (94 with ischemic and 19 with hemorrhagic stro...

We evaluated immediate anticoagulation of embolic stroke. Of 39 patients suffering a focal cerebral ischemia caused by a cardiac embolus, 38 were submitted to CT within 24 hours after onset. Twenty-one patients received direct full anticoagulation and, in 10 patients, treatment was delayed because of hemorrhagic infarction on initial CT (3 cases), cardiac cause 24 hours or more after stroke ons...

Stroke is a disease of the brain functional disorders that arises suddenly and lasts more than 24 hours or ends in death situation without known cause other vascular disorders. Strokes are generally classified into ischemic stroke (non-hemorrhagic) hemorrhagic stroke, One risk factors dyslipidemia. The aim this study was to describe dyslipidemia acute patients at Arifin Achmad Regioal General H...

This paper focuses on radiological approach in pediatric stroke including both ischemic stroke (Arterial Ischemic Stroke and Cerebral Sinovenous Thrombosis) and hemorrhagic stroke. Etiopathology and main clinical findings are examined as well. Magnetic Resonance Imaging could be considered as the first-choice diagnostic exam, offering a complete diagnostic set of information both in the discrim...

numerous etiologies are responsible for cases of stroke in young adults. this study reviews the causes of two types of stroke (ischemic and intracerebral hemorrhage) in young adults aged 15 to 40years, admitted to our center (a tertiary care center) from 1997 to 2002. the purpose of this study is to determine the relative frequency of causes of stroke in young adults and compare this with publi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Stroke is a potentially fatal complication of total hip replacements (THR). However, timing of stroke in THR patients compared with matched controls and influence of drug use remain unknown. The objective of this study was to determine timing of stroke in patients with THR compared with matched control subjects. METHODS A nationwide cohort study was conducted within the...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This study was conducted to elucidate the association between clinical and angiographic characteristics and stroke types in adult Moyamoya disease that has been rarely evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed the clinical and radiologic data obtained from a retrospective adult Moyamoya disease cohort with acute strokes, which were classified into 7 categories: large...

In this retrospective study, data on 3819 stroke patients, 1966 (51.5%) female and 1853 (48.5%) male, treated at Department of Neurology, Sibenik-Knin County General Hospital during the 1996-2005 period were analyzed. There were 3417 (89.5%) patients with ischemic stroke and 402 (10.5%) patients with hemorrhagic stroke. Analysis according to age decades revealed the 70-79 age group to account f...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Years of exposure to tobacco smoke substantially increase the risk for stroke. Whether long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution can lead to stroke is not yet established. We examined the association between long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and incident and fatal stroke in a prospective cohort study. METHODS We followed 57,053 participants of the Da...