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Cerebrovascular disease and stroke

Section edited by Szatmari Szabolcs

This section is dedicated to covering all aspects of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, ischemic stroke, spontaneous intracranial bleeding, sinus thrombosis, carotid or vertebral artery disease, cerebrovascular physiology, and neuroimaging related to cerebrovascular diseases.

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  1. A significant proportion of ischemic strokes are caused by emboli from atherosclerotic, unstable carotid artery plaques. The selection of patients for endarterectomy in current clinical practice is primarily b...

    Authors: M. Zamani, K. Skagen, H. Scott, D. Russell and M. Skjelland

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2020 20:39

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  2. Due to uniform stiffness of standard platinum coils, dense packing of intracranial aneurysms can be difficult to achieve, since stiffer coils can cause microcatheter prolapse or coil migration. SMART coils hav...

    Authors: Behme Daniel, Sack Henrik, Tsogkas Ioannis, Rohde Veit and Psychogios Marios-Nikos

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2020 20:38

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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Neurology 2020 20:188

  3. We report on a stroke patient with disorder of consciousness (DOC) who underwent repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and showed recovery of an injured upper ascending reticular activating syste...

    Authors: Sung Ho Jang and Young Hyeon Kwon

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2020 20:37

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  4. To investigate the relationships between blood pressure (BP) circadian rhythms and acute cerebral infarction (ACI), silent cerebral infarction (SCI) and the severity of leukoaraiosis in hypertensive patients.

    Authors: Kang Yang, Xiaodong Zhu, Yulan Feng, Fanxia Shen, Jie Chen, Ningzhen Fu, Jialan Sun and Yi Fu

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2020 20:36

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  5. The ability to walk is commonly reported as a top rehabilitation priority for individuals after a stroke. However, not all individuals with stroke are able to practice walking, especially those who require mor...

    Authors: Dennis R. Louie, William B. Mortenson, Melanie Durocher, Robert Teasell, Jennifer Yao and Janice J. Eng

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2020 20:35

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  6. In Moyamoya Angioplasty (MMA), increased apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in frontal white matter (WM) with a normal appearance has been associated with frontal hypoperfusion and executive dysfunction. Mul...

    Authors: Lionel Calviere, Paul Loubiere, Melanie Planton, Vanessa Cazzola, Isabelle Catalaa, Helene Mirabel, Jean Christophe Sol and Fabrice Bonneville

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2020 20:30

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  7. The research on postoperative collateral formation for hemorrhagic moyamoya disease (MMD) evaluated by using digital subtraction angiography (DSA) is limited. Our study objective was to investigate the postope...

    Authors: Peicong Ge, Qian Zhang, Xun Ye, Xingju Liu, Xiaofeng Deng, Jia Wang, Rong Wang, Yan Zhang, Dong Zhang and Jizong Zhao

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2020 20:28

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  8. Intravenous thrombolysis therapy (IVT) bridged with intra-arterial thrombectomy (IAT) has recently been recommended as favorable treatment option to ensure that the thrombolytic effect is delivered to the affe...

    Authors: Yu-Jun Chang, Chi-Kuang Liu, Wen-Pei Wu, Shih-Chun Wang, Wei-Liang Chen and Chih-Ming Lin

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2020 20:22

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  11. Venous sinus stenosis (VSS) is a type of cerebral venous vascular disease. Cerebral autoregulation is an indicator of cerebral arterial function. The cerebral circulatory system is composed of the venous syste...

    Authors: Meiyan Jia, Zhen-Ni Guo, Hang Jin, Xiuli Yan, Mingchao Shi, Xin Sun, Hongyin Ma, Shan Lv and Yi Yang

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2020 20:9

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  12. Stroke and its risk factors epidemiological survey can help identify individuals at higher risk and therefore promote stroke prevention strategies. The aim of this study was to estimate the current prevalence ...

    Authors: Xingyang Yi, Hua Luo, Ju Zhou, Ming Yu, Xiaorong Chen, Lili Tan, Wei Wei and Jie Li

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2020 20:5

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  13. Stroke is one of the most common cause of disability worldwide. Pain is common in both stroke survivors and in the general population. Consequences of post-stroke pain (PSP) include reduced quality of life and...

    Authors: Emma Westerlind, Ramanjit Singh, Hanna C. Persson and Katharina S. Sunnerhagen

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2020 20:4

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  15. The aim of this systematic review is to determine the epidemiological and etiological profiles, the influential factors of the prehospital delay, thrombolysis management, the acute and 3-month mortality rate a...

    Authors: Ahmed Kharbach, Majdouline Obtel, Laila Lahlou, Jehanne Aasfara, Nour Mekaoui and Rachid Razine

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:349

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  16. A fraction of patients with penetrating artery infarction (PAI) experience progressive motor deficit deterioration (PMD). We sought to investigate the role of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) at ad...

    Authors: Pengyu Gong, Yukai Liu, Ting Huang, Wenxiu Chen, Teng Jiang, Yachi Gong, Min Lu, Meng Wang, Yingdong Zhang, Xiaohao Zhang, Qiwen Deng and Junshan Zhou

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:346

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  17. To systematically review and analyse the effects of Action Observation Training on adults and children with brain damage.

    Authors: Bianca Buchignani, Elena Beani, Valerie Pomeroy, Oriana Iacono, Elisa Sicola, Silvia Perazza, Eleonora Bieber, Hilde Feys, Katrijn Klingels, Giovanni Cioni and Giuseppina Sgandurra

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:344

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  18. Admission hyperglycemia (HG) has been associated with worse outcomes among acute stroke patients. A better understanding and awareness of the potentially adverse influence of hyperglycemia on the clinical outc...

    Authors: Yared Zenebe Zewde, Abenet Tafesse Mengesha, Yeweynhareg Feleke Gebreyes and Halvor Naess

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:342

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  20. The elongation of the styloid process is historically associated with two variants of the Eagle syndrome. The classic one, mainly characterized by pain and dysphagia, and the carotid variant characterized by p...

    Authors: Paolo Zamboni, Alba Scerrati, Erica Menegatti, Roberto Galeotti, Marcello Lapparelli, Luca Traina, Mirko Tessari, Andrea Ciorba, Pasquale De Bonis and Stefano Pelucchi

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:333

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  21. Hospital-acquired infection (HAI) is a serious complication of neurosurgery. In recent years, the medical body has paid increasing attention to this issue.

    Authors: Jun Wang, Yuanyuan Ji, Lidan Jiang, Xia Zhao, Shaochen Guan, Piao Yang, Jie Yu, Yunyun Liu and Hongqi Zhang

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:332

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  22. Spontaneous conus medullaris infarction is a rare disease. We describe two patients with spontaneous conus medullaris infarction presenting as acute cauda equina syndrome and their unique electromyography (EMG...

    Authors: Yi-Ching Weng, Shy-Chyi Chin, Yah-Yuan Wu and Hung-Chou Kuo

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:328

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  23. Spinal cord infarction (SCI) is rarely caused by vertebral artery dissection (VAD), which is an important cause of posterior circulation stroke in young and middle-aged patients. We report the case of a middle...

    Authors: Yang-Yang Meng, Le Dou, Chun-Mei Wang, De-Zheng Kong, Ying Wei, Li-Shan Wu, Yi Yang and Hong-Wei Zhou

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:321

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  24. Endovascular treatment (EVT) is now considered the gold standard for select patient populations with anterior circulation stroke; however, data on the treatment of posterior circulation stroke are less clear. ...

    Authors: Xuan Sun, Xu Tong, Feng Gao, Huiting Lao and Zhongrong Miao

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:315

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  25. Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) may cause cerebral ischemia and impair quality of life (QOL) despite of good functional outcome. The aim of this study was the multimodal analysis of patient characteristics a...

    Authors: Rainer J. Strege, Reinhard Kiefer and Manfred Herrmann

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:312

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  27. Treatment with anticoagulants, including direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs), should be considered for patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF) deemed at risk of ischaemic stroke. There are limited real...

    Authors: Yaqoob Bhat, Anand Dixit, Amit Mistri, Bhavini Patel, Sadat Haider Quoraishi and James Uprichard

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:306

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  28. The benefit of intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) for acute ischemic stroke is time dependent. Despite great effort, the median door-to-needle time (DNT) was 60 min at the United States stroke centers. We investig...

    Authors: Demi Tran, Zhu Zhu, Mohammad Shafie, Hermelinda Abcede, Dana Stradling and Wengui Yu

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:300

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  29. Stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) is a common complication of cerebrovascular disease. The A2DS2 score has been used to predict the risk of SAP. However, hyperglycemia is not included in this scale. The purpose o...

    Authors: Yang Li, Yu Zhang, Liansheng Ma, Xiaoyuan Niu and Junsen Chang

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:298

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  30. A huge spherical intracranial mass can sometimes be misdiagnosed, due to the lack of typical radiographic features. Thrombosed giant intracranial aneurysms (GIAs) are an uncommon but still a possible different...

    Authors: Mehdi Chihi, Ramazan Jabbarli, Oliver Gembruch, Sarah Teuber-Hanselmann, Marvin Darkwah Oppong, Daniela Pierscianek, Alexander Radbruch, Martin Glas, Mark Stettner and Ulrich Sure

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:297

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  32. Transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients are at high risk of recurrent vascular events; timely management can reduce that risk by 70%. The Protocol-guided Rapid Evaluation of Veterans Experiencing New Transien...

    Authors: D. M. Bravata, L. J. Myers, B. Homoya, E. J. Miech, N. A. Rattray, A. J. Perkins, Y. Zhang, J. Ferguson, J. Myers, A. J. Cheatham, L. Murphy, B. Giacherio, M. Kumar, E. Cheng, D. A. Levine, J. J. Sico…

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:294

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  33. Neurological disorders are an economic and public health burden which requires efficient and adequate medical resources. Currently, little is known about the status of the quality of neurological care services...

    Authors: Jun-Fang Zhang, Meng-Yao Qiu, Yu-Lei Zhang, Xi-Xi Wang, Guo-Ping Wang, Yu Geng, Ke-Zhong Zhang, Kan Fang and Yun-Cheng Wu

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:293

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  34. Mutations of cyclooxygenase gene (COX gene) may increase the susceptibility of ischemic stroke. We investigated five variants (rs5788, rs1330344, rs3842788, rs20417, and rs689466) of two COX genes in order to ...

    Authors: Lei Zhao, Jinghuan Fang, Muke Zhou, Jie Zhou, Lihua Yu, Ning Chen and Li He

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:291

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  35. Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R)-induced vascular dysfunction is the main factor to acute ischemic stroke. Sirt3 is one of the sirtuin family members, which plays an important role in the development of neurological...

    Authors: Zhenzhen Zhao, Xiaoxiu Zhang, Yuanqiang Dai, Ke Pan, Yu Deng, Yan Meng and Tao Xu

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:289

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  36. Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a rare systemic vasculitis of unknown cause involving the brain and accompanied by prominent eosinophilia. Intracardiac thrombosis is a major cardiac com...

    Authors: Kenichiro Hira, Hideki Shimura, Riyu Kamata, Masashi Takanashi, Akane Hashizume, Keiji Takahashi, Mizuho Sugiyama, Hiroshi Izumi, Nobutaka Hattori and Takao Urabe

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:288

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  37. Capsular warning syndrome (CWS) is a rare clinical syndrome, which is defined as a recurrent transient lacunar syndrome. The mechanism and clinical management of CWS remain unclear. The aim of the study was to...

    Authors: Lanying He, Ronghua Xu, Jian Wang, Lili Zhang, Lijuan Zhang, Fangfang Zhou and Weiwei Dong

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:285

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  38. As health behavior varies with increasing age, we aimed to examine the potential barriers in calling emergency medical services (EMS) after recognizing a stroke among 40–74- and 75–99-year-old adults.

    Authors: Shengde Li, Li-Ying Cui, Craig Anderson, Chunpeng Gao, Chengdong Yu, Guangliang Shan, Longde Wang and Bin Peng

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:283

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  39. Diagnosing dysphagia in acute stroke patients is crucial, as this comorbidity determines morbidity and mortality; we therefore investigated the impact of flexible nasolaryngeal endoscopy (FEES) in acute stroke...

    Authors: Tobias Braun, Martin Juenemann, Maxime Viard, Marco Meyer, Iris Reuter, Mario Prosiegel, Manfred Kaps and Christian Tanislav

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:282

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  40. Cerebral infarction occurs when the arteries to brain are obstructed, and motor impairment contralateral to responsible lesion is commonly recognized. Few studies have profiled the characteristics of cases wit...

    Authors: Zhe-Ren Tan, Chen Zhang and Fa-Fa Tian

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:279

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  41. Early supported discharge (ESD) has been shown to be efficient and safe as part of the stroke care pathway. The best results have been seen with a multidisciplinary team and after mild to moderate stroke. Howe...

    Authors: Lena Rafsten, Anna Danielsson, Asa Nordin, Ann Björkdahl, Asa Lundgren-Nilsson, Maria E. H. Larsson and Katharina S. Sunnerhagen

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:277

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  42. Internal carotid artery dissection has been well recognized as a major cause of ischaemic stroke in young and middle-aged adults. However, internal carotid artery dissection induced hypoglossal nerve palsy has...

    Authors: Zhaoyao Chen, Jun Yuan, Hui Li, Cuiping Yuan, Kailin Yin, Sen Liang, Pengfei Li and Minghua Wu

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:276

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  43. Early prediction of unfavorable outcome after ischemic stroke is of great significance to the clinical and therapeutic management. A nomogram is a better visual tool than earlier models and prognostic scores t...

    Authors: Chao Sun, Xiang Li, Baili Song, Xiangliang Chen, Linda Nyame, Yukai Liu, Dan Tang, Mako Ibrahim, Zheng Zhao, Chao Liu, Miao Yan, Xiding Pan, Jie Yang, Junshan Zhou and Jianjun Zou

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:274

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  44. Patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) often experience low serum free triiodothyronine (FT3), but the association of low FT3 with stroke severity, subtype and prognosis has not yet been thoroughly studied,...

    Authors: Shanchao Zhang, Xia Zhao, Shan Xu, Jing Yuan, Zhihua Si, Yang Yang, Shan Qiao, Xuxu Xu and Aihua Wang

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:272

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  45. To study the association of caregiver factors and stroke patient factors with rehospitalizations over the first 3 months and subsequent 3–12 months post-stroke in Singapore.

    Authors: Shilpa Tyagi, Gerald C. H. Koh, Nan Luo, Kelvin B. Tan, Helen Hoenig, David B. Matchar, Joanne Yoong, Angelique Chan, Kim En Lee, N. Venketasubramanian, Edward Menon, Kin Ming Chan, Deidre Anne De Silva, Philip Yap, Boon Yeow Tan, Effie Chew…

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:267

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  46. Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) plays a prominent role in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS). The sooner IVT is administered, the higher the odds of a good outcome. Therefore, registering the in-hospi...

    Authors: Laurien S. Kuhrij, Perla J. Marang-van de Mheen, Renske M. van den Berg-Vos, Frank-Erik de Leeuw and Paul J. Nederkoorn

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:265

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  47. Failing to recognise the signs and symptoms of subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) causes diagnostic delay and may result in poorer outcomes. We report a rare case of SAH secondary to a vertebral artery dissection ...

    Authors: Lloyd Steele, Muhammad Hasan Raza, Richard Perry, Neil Rane and Sophie J. Camp

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:262

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  48. The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between significant asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis (ACAS) and severity of peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) in the lower limb, and to inve...

    Authors: Zhongjie Pan, Ruitao Wang, Li Li and Hua Zhang

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:259

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  50. Elevated blood pressure (BP) at emergency department (ED) presentation and advancing age have been associated with risk of ischemic stroke; however, the relationship between BP, age, and transient ischemic att...

    Authors: Andrew M. Penn, Nicole S. Croteau, Kristine Votova, Colin Sedgwick, Robert F. Balshaw, Shelagh B. Coutts, Melanie Penn, Kaitlin Blackwood, Maximilian B. Bibok, Viera Saly, Janka Hegedus, Amy Y. X. Yu, Charlotte Zerna, Evgenia Klourfeld and Mary L. Lesperance

    Citation: BMC Neurology 2019 19:251

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