The impact of sex and gender on stroke

KM Rexrode, TE Madsen, AYX Yu, C Carcel… - Circulation …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Women face a disproportionate burden of stroke mortality and disability. Biologic sex and
sociocultural gender both contribute to differences in stroke risk factors, assessment …

Toward a better understanding of sex-and gender-related differences in endovascular stroke treatment: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association …

JM Ospel, JD Schaafsma, TM Leslie-Mazwi… - Stroke, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
There are many unknowns when it comes to the role of sex in the pathophysiology and
management of acute ischemic stroke. This is particularly true for endovascular treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Gender differences in mortality of hospitalised stroke patients. Systematic review and meta-analysis

AR Abdel-Fattah, TA Pana, TO Smith, Z Pasdar… - Clinical Neurology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Gender differences in mortality after stroke remains unclear in the current
literature. We therefore aimed to systematically review the gender differences in mortality up …

Is the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale a valid prognosticator of the aftermath in patients with ischemic stroke?

K Ramachandran, D Radha, A Gaur… - Journal of Family …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: Cerebrovascular disease is the second most common cause of death in people
more than 60 years of age. Predicting the outcome of the stroke is a great challenge for …

Stroke-related mortality analysis in Paraná, Brazil, over 10 years

RDP Ducci, CL Tessaro, DP Fontes… - Arquivos de Neuro …, 2022 - thieme-connect.com
Background Stroke is the second leading cause of death and disability around the world.
Objective The purpose of this study is to evaluate the age-and sex-specific mortality rates …

Beneficial effects of robot-assisted gait training on functional recovery in women after stroke: A cohort study

N Lamberti, F Manfredini, LO Lissom, S Lavezzi… - Medicina, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background and Objectives: Robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) could be a rehabilitation
option for patients after experiencing a stroke. This study aims to determine the sex-related …

Gender differences in the detection of carotid atherosclerosis: DUPLEX registry cross-sectional study results

O Gaisenok, O Drapkina - Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2022 - monaldi-archives.org
The aim of this study was to assess the features of detecting carotid atherosclerosis
depending on gender, age, the presence of arterial hypertension, other major diseases and …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the antecedent configurations of cerebral infarction recurrence using qualitative comparative analysis

Y Li, D Wu, A Wang, L Lv, C Duan, X Gao… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Ischemic stroke is characterized by high incidence, high disability rate, and high
recurrence rate. Stroke recurrence is a complex pathological phenomenon involving …

Prevalence, predictors, and prognosis of mortality among elderly stroke patients with convulsive status epilepticus in the United States

A Lekoubou, EY Wu, KG Bishu, B Ovbiagele - Journal of the neurological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Stroke is the most common cause of epilepsy in the elderly. However, despite
the high mortality typically associated with convulsive status epilepticus (CSE), there is a …

Systematic review on sex differences for drug use after stroke

J Perrier, M Renard, A Pariente, J Bezin - Therapies, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Systematic reviews and meta-analyses have synthetized the existing
knowledge on sex-differences for the risk of stroke, the most recent ones highlighting an …