Epidemiology, aetiology, and management of ischaemic stroke in young adults

MS Ekker, EM Boot, AB Singhal, KS Tan… - The Lancet …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Epidemiological evidence suggests that the incidence of ischaemic stroke in young adults
(18–50 years) has increased substantially. These patients have a long life expectancy after …

Preeclampsia: association with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and stroke

M McDermott, EC Miller, T Rundek, PD Hurn… - Stroke, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy serve as risk factors for both ischemic and
hemorrhagic strokes in pregnancy. A crosssectional study of≈ 82 000 000 pregnancy …

Hypertension Canada's 2018 guidelines for the management of hypertension in pregnancy

S Butalia, F Audibert, AM Côté, T Firoz… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract We present Hypertension Canada's inaugural evidence-based Canadian
recommendations for the management of hypertension in pregnancy. Hypertension in …

Canadian Stroke Best Practice Consensus Statement: Acute Stroke Management during pregnancy

NNN Ladhani, RH Swartz, N Foley… - … Journal of Stroke, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The Canadian Stroke Best Practice Consensus Statement Acut e Stroke Management
during Pregnancy is the second of a two-part series devoted to stroke in pregnancy. The first …

Management of stroke and pregnancy

M Cauldwell, A Rudd… - European Stroke …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Stroke continues to be one of the main causes of death in the developed countries and the
incidence in pregnancy appears to be increasing. Pregnancy-related stroke has a relatively …

Infections and risk of peripartum stroke during delivery admissions

EC Miller, M Gallo, ER Kulick, AM Friedman… - Stroke, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Peripartum strokes during delivery admissions are rare but have
high maternal morbidity. Infections have been proposed as a possible stroke trigger. We …

Canadian stroke best practice consensus statement: secondary stroke prevention during pregnancy

RH Swartz, NNN Ladhani, N Foley… - … Journal of Stroke, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The Canadian Stroke Best Practice Consensus Statement: Secondary Stroke Prevention
during Pregnancy, is the first of a two-part series devoted to stroke in pregnancy. This …

The impact of pregnancy on hemorrhagic stroke in young women

EC Miller, KM Sundheim, JZ Willey… - Cerebrovascular …, 2018 - karger.com
Background: Pregnancy is a sex-specific risk factor for causing hemorrhagic stroke (HS) in
young adults. Unique physiological characteristics during pregnancy may alter the relative …

Combined reperfusion therapy to treat cryptogenic acute ischemic stroke during the first trimester of pregnancy: case report and literature review

F Zhu, B Gory, G Mione, L Humbertjean… - … and Clinical Risk …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Cerebral infarction due to acute embolism in the large artery during pregnancy is a rare but
severe condition threatening both the mother's and child's life. Physicians lack diagnostic …

Practice patterns and barriers for intravenous thrombolysis: a survey of neurologists in Saudi Arabia

MH Alanazy, RB Barakeh, A Asiri… - Neurology Research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Only a small fraction of patients with acute ischemic stroke receive intravenous thrombolysis
(IVT). We sought to assess barriers and practice patterns in using IVT for acute ischemic …