A recent study reported that mortality from stroke in children and adolescents decreased by
58% from 1979 to 1998, although it wasn't clear if the case fatality or the incidence of stroke …

Objective To describe presumptive risk factors (RFs) for childhood arterial ischemic stroke
(AIS) and explore their relationship with presentation, age, geography, and infarct …

Traditional risk factors associated with adult arterial ischemic stroke (AIS; ie, hypertension,
hyperlipidemia, diabetes, smoking, and atherosclerosis) are relatively rare in children …

Childhood stroke is increasingly being recognized as an important burden not only for
affected children and families, but also for socioeconomic reasons. A primary problem is …

Although the risk factors for stroke in children are numerous and differ greatly from the
causes of stroke in adults, a thorough diagnostic evaluation can identify one or more risk …

Abstract Purpose of Review We aim to evaluate the epidemiology, racial and gender
disparity, etiology, and treatment of stroke in the younger population. Recent Findings The …

Background For childhood-onset arterial ischaemic stroke (AIS), treatment trials are lacking
and practices vary from country to country and centre to centre. We aimed to describe …

Conditions associated with arterial ischaemic stroke in children include a great variety of
diseases and triggers such as congenital heart malformations, sickle cell disease, infections …

Evidence-based therapeutic interventions for pediatric ischemic cerebrovascular disease
are beginning to emerge. The primary therapeutic target is usually the pathological …

Objective Acute treatment of childhood arterial ischaemic stroke and prevention strategies
for recurrent stroke episodes depend strongly on each child's individual risk profile. The aim …