Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability. If patients develop a complication in the first days after stroke, such as fever or a pneumonia, their recovery is often worse and the risk ...

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Background A relevant proportion of patients experience early neurological deterioration (END) despite technically successful recanalisation for acute ischaemic stroke. We prospectively assessed the ...

Gout was associated with increased risks for cardiovascular events, even after adjusting for prediagnosis cardiovascular risk profiles and their long-term changes. Patients with gout face ...

Background Endovascular therapy within 24 hours of stroke onset is effective and safe, but successful recanalization does not always give favorable outcomes. Ischemic postconditioning (IPostC), a ...

Background Better reperfusion status results in smaller infarct volumes and better outcomes after thrombectomy. However, if large tissue volumes are already infarcted at baseline, reperfusion might ...

APRIL, a randomized placebo-controlled phase Ib/IIa trial, showed safety and reduced mortality and disability at 90 days of ApTOLL 0.2 mg/kg in combination with endovascular treatment in patients with ...

APRIL (A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized, Phase Ib/IIa Clinical Study of ApTOLL for the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke), a randomized placebo-controlled phase Ib/IIa trial, showed ...

CALCIFIED cerebral emboli may significantly reduce the effectiveness of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) and lead to worse outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke, according to new findings. A ...