BACKGROUND Up to 30% of patients with supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) require mechanical ventilation during the course of treatment. For these patients, tracheostomy is necessary in cases of protracted weaning. As only limited data exist about predictors for a tracheostomy in patients with ICH, the aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of tracheostomy and clinical fin...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Transient focal neurological episodes (TFNE) are recognized in cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) and may herald a high risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). We aimed to determine their prevalence, clinical neuroimaging spectrum, and future ICH risk. METHODS This was a multicenter retrospective cohort study of 172 CAA patients. Clinical, imaging, and follow-up data wer...

BACKGROUND No previous population-based studies have examined secular trends in the incidence of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) by its location. METHODS AND RESULTS  We established 3 cohorts consisting of residents of Hisayama, Japan, aged ≥40 years without a history of stroke or myocardial infarction in 1961 (the first cohort, n=1,618), in 1974 (the second cohort, n=2,038), and in 1988 (the ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Gradient recalled echo MRI (GRE) has been shown to be as accurate as CT for the detection of acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). However, because of the differences in the signal parameter being detected, apparent hemorrhage size is expected to vary by imaging modality, with GRE providing larger volumes attributable to susceptibility effects. METHODS Image data from p...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Patient selection in clinical trials on intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) affects overall applicability of results. We estimated eligibility for completed, ongoing, and planned clinical trials in an unselected cohort of patients with ICH. METHODS Large clinical ICH trials were identified using trial registration databases. Each trial's inclusion criteria were applied to a ...

AIM Increasing evidence suggests that reactive oxygen species damage the blood-brain barrier and increase brain edema after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Recently, strong clinical and experimental evidence has shown that hydrogen has potent protective cellular effects in various diseases. However, the effect of hydrogen on ICH remains unclear. The present study investigates whether hydrogen h...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Future demographic changes predict an increase in the number of patients with atrial fibrillation. As long-term anticoagulation for the prevention of ischemic strokes becomes more prevalent, the burden of warfarin-associated intracerebral hemorrhage (W-ICH) is likely to grow. However, little is known about the clinical aspects and pathophysiologic mechanisms of W-ICH. Thi...

BACKGROUND Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) is a common complication in adults treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). The aim of this study was to identify predictors of outcome and investigate intervention strategies following ICH development in ECMO-treated adult patients. METHODS We conducted a retrospective review of adult patients (≥18 years) who developed an ICH during EC...

In this paper a system for 3-D quantitative analysis of human spontaneous intracerebral brain hemorrhage (ICH) is described. The purpose of the developed system is to perform quantitative 3-D measurements of the parameters of ICH region and from computed tomography (CT) images. The measured parameter in this phase of the system development is volume of the hemorrhage region. The goal of the pro...

Spontaneous Intra-cerebral Hemorrhage (ICH) is considered a great public health problem, accounting for 9-25% of all strokes [1], 20-30% of all strokes among Asian populations [2]. The medical and or surgical treatment of spontaneous ICH appears to be a matter of controversy [3]. Spontaneous ICH can be distinguished as Primary and Secondary or Lesional and Nonlesional (based on the causative fa...