BACKGROUND Thrombolytic therapy used in patients with acute myocardial infarction may increase the risk of stroke. Scant information is available from community-based studies. SUMMARY OF REPORT Among 5,635 consecutive patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction to hospitals in Seattle and surrounding suburban King County, Washington, 116 (2.1%) experienced strokes during hospitalizatio...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Differences in risk factor profiles between lacunar and other ischemic stroke subtypes may provide evidence for a distinct lacunar arteriopathy, but existing studies have limitations. We overcame these by pooling individual data on 2875 patients with first-ever ischemic stroke from 5 collaborating prospective stroke registers that used similar, unbiased methods to define ...

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There are limited data on the causes and severity of subsequent stroke in patients presenting initially with TIA or stroke attributed to intracranial arterial stenosis. METHODS We evaluated the location, type (lacunar vs nonlacunar), cause, and severity of stroke in patients who had an ischemic stroke endpoint in the Warfarin Aspirin Symptomatic Intracranial Disease (WA...

In the pediatric population, ischemic stroke is rare. Pediatric patients with acute are eligible for intravenous thrombolysis and/or mechanical thrombectomy. However, due to rare occurrence of strokes and national shortage neurologists, timely diagnosis appropriate treatment can be challenging. We report a case 16-year-old female who presented an our adult comprehensive program.

Ischemic strokes occur when there is a sudden obstruction of an artery supplying blood flow to an area of the brain, leading to a focal neurological deficit. Strokes can be thrombotic or embolic in etiology and are associated with underlying conditions such as hypertension and atherosclerosis. Possible etiologies of strokes include cardioembolic disease, hematologic disorders, connective tissue...

Cryptogenic strokes are now thought to comprise about 25% of all ischemic strokes. These unable find a precise mechanism ischemia after standard workup, including transthoracic echocardiography, 12-lead electrocardiogram, inpatient cardiac telemetry monitoring, 24-hour Holter magnetic resonance imaging, and various vascular imaging neck brain arteries. Additional investigation identifies likely...