Importance Neurological worsening and recurrent stroke contribute substantially to morbidity
associated with transient ischemic attacks and strokes (TIA-S). Objective To determine …

Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between arterial blood
pressure (BP) variability during the acute phase and the 3-month outcome in ischemic stroke …

Acute ischemic stroke causes≈ 691 000 hospitalizations per year. 9 In-hospital mortality
is≈ 7%. 10 Stroke is the fourth-leading cause of death. 9 Therefore, stroke is one of the …

Background and Purpose—To investigate the relationship between chronic kidney disease
(CKD) and MRI-defined cerebral microbleeds (CMB), a harbinger of future intracerebral …

Background and Purpose—At age 45 years, blacks have a stroke mortality≈ 3× greater than
their white counterparts, with a declining disparity at older ages. We assess whether this …

Background—Randomized trials of antithrombotics in coronary artery disease have
identified previous stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA) as a marker of increased …

Background: Silent brain infarction (SBI) is defined as the presence of 1 or more brain
lesions, presumed to be because of vascular occlusion, found by neuroimaging (magnetic …

Background and Purpose—Guidelines recommend that carotid endarterectomy should be
performed within 2 weeks in patients with a symptomatic carotid stenosis. Because a …

The potential of covert pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) to cause early
onset, preventable ischemic strokes is not well known to neurologists. This is evident by their …

The cross-talk between skeletal muscle and adipose tissue has been identified to play a key
role in the regulation of blood pressure and the development of hypertension. The role of …