BACKGROUND Patients with acute stroke often do not seek immediate medical help, which is assumed to be driven by lack of knowledge of stroke symptoms. We explored the process of help seeking behavior in patients with acute stroke, evaluating knowledge about stroke symptoms, socio-demographic and clinical characteristics, and onset-to-alarm time (OAT). METHODS In a sub-study of the Preventive ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of the study was to design a simple stroke scale that requires minimal training but reflects initial stroke severity and is predictive of middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion. METHODS The new stroke scale assessed 3 parameters: (1) level of consciousness, (2) gaze, and (3) motor function. Each item was graded 0 to 2, where 0 indicated normal findings and 2...

Objective: Intracranial atherosclerosis disease (ICAD) is one of the most common causes acute ischemic stroke. In endovascular treatment (EVT) for large vessel occlusion stroke-related ICAD, reocclusion recanalized artery due to in situ thrombosis problematic. this study, safety and efficacy prasugrel administration avoid emergent EVT ICAD was investigated.

Acute hypertensive response is the elevation of blood pressure (BP) above normal and premorbid values that initially occurs within the first 24 hours of symptom onset in patients with stroke. This phenomenon was reported in 60% of patients presenting with stroke in a nationally representative study from the United States.1 With 980 000 patients2 admitted with stroke each year in the United Stat...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Previous overt stroke and subclinical stroke are frequent in patients with stroke; yet, their clinical significance and effects on stroke outcome are not clear. We studied the burden and outcome after acute ischemic stroke by prevalent ischemic brain disease in a national registry of hospitalized patients with acute stroke. METHODS Patients with ischemic stroke in the N...

Stroke is the leading cause of death and disability in Vietnam. This review aims to assess current status stroke care system quality criteria acute phase at hospitals. In 2016, Ministry Health Vietnam issued Circular 47, a mandate build units The ANGELS program, which supporting World Organization gain its goals, was implemented 18 stroke‐ready hospitals help address patient 2017. From results ...

OBJECTIVE In developing a statewide system of stroke care, understanding the relative availability of acute stroke care at designated centers for stroke care is essential. In this article, we compare the change in availability of acute stroke care in North Carolina at Joint Commission Primary Stroke Centers (JCPSCs) between 2006 and 2008 by examining the drive-time proximity of the residential ...

Re: Characteristics, Outcome, and Care of Stroke Associated With Atrial Fibrillation in Europe To the Editor: I read with great interest the detailed study of atrial fibrillation1 in the context of acute stroke with particular relevance to the higher 3-month mortality of acute stroke patients who have atrial fibrillation (AF). We have previously reported2 the higher 3-month mortality of AF pati...