Stroke

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Stroke

Treatment

NEWS:

American Heart Association Urges Regular Exercise After Stroke

Arm Stimulation Soon After Stroke Improves Function Years Later

Had a Stroke? Get Moving

Tiny corkscrew clears blood clots

ARTICLES:

Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment: Use of Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator

Many Stroke Patients Get Blood Pressure Drugs Despite Guidelines

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion: Diffusion-Perfusion MRI Characterization of Tissue Salvage in Patients Receiving Intra-Arterial Stroke Therapies (Stroke)

Aggressive Mechanical Clot Disruption. A Safe Adjunct to Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Stroke? (Stroke)

An update on thrombolytic therapy for acute stroke. (Curr Opin Neurol)

Antithrombotic trials in acute ischaemic stroke: a selective review. (Expert Opin Emerg Drugs)

Association of outcome with early stroke treatment: pooled analysis of ATLANTIS, ECASS, and NINDS rt-PA stroke trials (Lancet)

Blood Pressure Management in Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage (Stroke)

B-group vitamin supplementation mitigates oxidative damage after acute ischaemic stroke. (Clin Sci (Lond).)

Dehydration and venous thromboembolism after acute stroke. (QJM)

Differential Pattern of Tissue Plasminogen Activator-Induced Proximal Middle Cerebral Artery Recanalization Among Stroke Subtypes. (Stroke)

Early and repetitive stimulation of the arm can substantially improve the long-term outcome after stroke: a 5-year follow-up study of a randomized trial. (Stroke)

Early management of acute stroke (Aust Prescr)

Effects of Augmented Exercise Therapy Time After Stroke. A Meta-Analysis. (Stroke)

Eligibility for Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Population-Based Study (Stroke)

Emergency department evaluation of ischemic stroke and TIA: the BASIC Project. (Neurology)

Faster Is Better. Implications for Speed-Intensive Gait Training After Stroke. (Stroke)

Findings from the reanalysis of the NINDS tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke treatment trial. (Stroke)

Glycerol for acute stroke (Cochrane Review) (The Cochrane Library)

Improving the efficiency of delivery of thrombolysis for acute stroke: a systematic review. (QJM)

Influence of pretreatment MRI parameters on clinical outcome, recanalization and infarct size in 49 stroke patients treated by intravenous tissue plasminogen activator. (J Neurol Sci)

Interventions for preventing depression after stroke. (Cochrane Database Syst Rev)

Intravenous thrombolysis for acute stroke. (Cleve Clin J Med)

In-Hospital Initiation of Secondary Stroke Prevention Therapies Yields High Rates of Adherence at Follow-up. (Stroke)

Lack of Improvement in Patients With Acute Stroke After Treatment With Thrombolytic Therapy (JAMA)

Long-term outcome after intravenous thrombolysis of basilar artery occlusion. (JAMA)

Management and outcomes of transient ischemic attacks in Ontario (CMAJ)

Management of acute ischemic stroke. (Mayo Clin Proc)

Medical treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage. (Neurol Sci)

Older stroke patients in Europe: stroke care and determinants of outcome (Age and Ageing)

Pharmaceutical interventions for emotionalism after stroke (Cochrane Review) (The Cochrane Library)

Physical Activity and Exercise Recommendations for Stroke Survivors (Stroke)

Physical fitness training for stroke patients (Cochrane Database Syst Rev)

Physical Fitness Training for Stroke Patients (Stroke)

Physical methods for preventing deep vein thrombosis in stroke. (Cochrane Database Syst Rev)

Postintervention effect of alpha tocopherol and beta carotene on different strokes: a 6-year follow-up of the Alpha Tocopherol, Beta Carotene Cancer Prevention Study. (Stroke)

Predicting major neurological improvement with intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator treatment of stroke. (Stroke)

Predictors of Hyperacute Clinical Worsening in Ischemic Stroke Patients Receiving Thrombolytic Therapy (Stroke)

Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Treated With Thrombolytic Therapy (JAMA)

PROTECT: a coordinated stroke treatment program to prevent recurrent thromboembolic events. (Neurology)

Randomised controlled trial of an occupational therapy intervention to increase outdoor mobility after stroke (BMJ)

Relationship between rehabilitation therapies and outcome of stroke patients in Israel: a preliminary study. (Isr Med Assoc J)

Relative Importance of Rehabilitation Therapy Characteristics on Functional Outcomes for Persons With Stroke. (Stroke)

Repetitive bilateral arm training and motor cortex activation in chronic stroke: a randomized controlled trial. (JAMA)

Secondary prevention of stroke: a practical guide to drug treatment. (CNS Drugs)

The impact of physical therapy on functional outcomes after stroke: what's the evidence? (Clin Rehabil)

The role of aspirin in cardiovascular diseases - forgotten benefits? (Expert Opin Pharmacother)

Therapeutic time window of thrombolytic therapy following stroke. (Curr Atheroscler Rep)

[Thrombolysis and acute stroke.] (Med Sci (Paris))

Thrombolysis (different doses, routes of administration and agents) for acute ischaemic stroke. (Cochrane Database Syst Rev)

Ultrasound-enhanced systemic thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke. (N Engl J Med)

Utilization of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke. (Arch Neurol)

What do we (not) know about the management of blood pressure in acute stroke? (Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep)

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