Drug treatment of acute ischemic stroke

S Bansal, KS Sangha, P Khatri - American Journal of Cardiovascular …, 2013 - Springer
Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is the fourth leading cause of death and the leading cause of
adult disability in the USA. AIS most commonly occurs when a blood vessel is obstructed …

[HTML][HTML] I Diretriz de ressuscitação cardiopulmonar e cuidados cardiovasculares de emergência da Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia

MM Gonzalez, S Timerman… - Arquivos brasileiros de …, 2013 - SciELO Brasil
Esta edição traz as Diretrizes Brasileiras sobre o Manejo da Ressuscitação Cardiopulmonar
(RCP). Embora a ressuscitação tenha uma longa história que remonta aos tempos bíblicos …

[HTML][HTML] Stroke neuroprotection: targeting mitochondria

L Talley Watts, R Lloyd, R Justin Garling, T Duong - Brain sciences, 2013 - mdpi.com
Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death and the leading cause of long-term disability in
the United States. Blood flow deficit results in an expanding infarct core with a time-sensitive …

Prognostic value of plasma neuroendocrine biomarkers in patients with acute ischaemic stroke

WJ Tu, X Dong, SJ Zhao, DG Yang… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Inflammation and activation of the neuroendocrine systems comprise important aspects of
stroke pathophysiology. The present study investigated whether baseline plasma brain …

Metabolite profiling identifies a branched chain amino acid signature in acute cardioembolic stroke

WT Kimberly, Y Wang, L Pham, KL Furie, RE Gerszten - Stroke, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—There is limited information about changes in metabolism during
acute ischemic stroke. The identification of changes in circulating plasma metabolites during …

Reperfusion is a stronger predictor of good clinical outcome than recanalization in ischemic stroke

A Eilaghi, J Brooks, C d'Esterre, L Zhang, RH Swartz… - Radiology, 2013 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To assess the predictive value of reperfusion indices, recanalization, and important
baseline clinical and radiologic scores for good clinical outcome prediction. Materials and …

[HTML][HTML] N-3 fatty acid rich triglyceride emulsions are neuroprotective after cerebral hypoxic-ischemic injury in neonatal mice

JJ Williams, K Mayurasakorn, SJ Vannucci… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
We questioned if acute administration of n-3 fatty acids (FA) carried in n-3 rich triglyceride
(TG) emulsions provides neuroprotection in neonatal mice subjected to hypoxic-ischemic …

Glycosylated hemoglobin A1 predicts risk for symptomatic hemorrhage after thrombolysis for acute stroke

A Rocco, PU Heuschmann, PD Schellinger… - Stroke, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH) is the most feared
acute complication after intravenous thrombolysis. The aim of this study was to determine …

Sex differences and hemoglobin levels in relation to stroke outcomes

WT Kimberly, FO Lima, S O'Connor, KL Furie - Neurology, 2013 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: Women have worse outcomes after stroke compared to men. Since women have
lower hemoglobin values, we examined whether hemoglobin levels may associate with …

Hyperglycaemia in acute lacunar stroke: a Chinese hospital-based study

Y Fang, S Zhang, B Wu, M Liu - Diabetes and Vascular …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Admission hyperglycaemia is very common in acute ischaemic stroke (IS) patients and is
associated with worse outcome in non-lacunar infarction, but its association with lacunar …