International Journal of Stroke, Ahead of Print. Background:In patients surviving stroke, approximately 15% and 60% exhibit concurrent diabetes mellitus and overweight/obesity, respectively, necessitating heightened secondary prevention efforts. Despit…
International Journal of Stroke, Ahead of Print. Background:In patients surviving stroke, approximately 15% and 60% exhibit concurrent diabetes mellitus and overweight/obesity, respectively, necessitating heightened secondary prevention efforts. Despit…
International Journal of Stroke, Ahead of Print. Background:Almost half of acute ischemic stroke patients present with mild symptoms and there are large practice variations in their treatment globally. Individuals with an intracranial occlusion who pre…
International Journal of Stroke, Ahead of Print. Background:Almost half of acute ischemic stroke patients present with mild symptoms and there are large practice variations in their treatment globally. Individuals with an intracranial occlusion who pre…
International Journal of Stroke, Ahead of Print. Introduction:Lacunar stroke represents around a quarter of all ischemic strokes; however, their identification with computed tomography in the hyperacute setting is challenging. We aimed to validate a cl…
International Journal of Stroke, Ahead of Print. Background:There are major challenges in determining the etiology of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) clinically, especially in the presence of mixed pathologies, such as vascular and amyloid. Most re…
International Journal of Stroke, Ahead of Print. Background:There are major challenges in determining the etiology of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) clinically, especially in the presence of mixed pathologies, such as vascular and amyloid. Most re…
International Journal of Stroke, Ahead of Print. Purpose:The Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) is regularly used to guide patient selection for mechanical thrombectomy (MT). Similarly, penumbral imaging based on computed tomography perfus…
International Journal of Stroke, Ahead of Print. Background:Stroke is a leading cause of mortality and negatively affects health-related quality of life (HRQoL). HRQoL after stroke is understudied in Africa and there are no reports of quality-adjusted …
International Journal of Stroke, Ahead of Print. Background and aim:To investigate the prognostic implication of body mass index (BMI) on clinical outcomes after acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.Methods:The subjects of the study included adult pat…