Patients, who wake up with an ischemic stroke, account for a large number of the total stroke
population, due to circadian morning predominance of stroke. Currently, this subset of …

Wake-up stroke, defined as the situation where a patient awakens with stroke symptoms that
were not present prior to falling asleep, represents roughly 1 in 5 acute ischemic strokes and …

While the routine use of MRI as first line diagnostic tool in stroke imaging in the acute setting
is still restricted to large stroke centers, multiparametric CT is more widely available …

Background and Purpose—Unclear-onset strokes are generally excluded from time-based
thrombolytic therapy. We examined the safety and feasibility of magnetic resonance imaging …

Wake-up or unclear-onset strokes occur in up to one-fourth of patients with ischemic stroke.
Although stroke severity and clinical outcomes appear to be poorer in wake-up strokes than …

Background Patients presenting with minor ischemic stroke frequently have early
neurological deterioration (END) and poor final outcome. The optimal management of …

Wake-up stroke (WUS) is a subgroup of ischemic stroke in which patients show no
abnormality before sleep while wake up with neurological deficits. In addition to the …

Background Hyperglycemia is common after stroke, and it is well known to worsen its
outcome. However, it is important to consider that blood glucose (BG) levels can undergo …

Background Alpha-lipoic acid (aLA) is a strong antioxidant commonly used for treating
diabetic polyneuropathy. Previously, we demonstrated the neurorestorative effects of aLA …

Background Endovascular treatment of wake-up strokes (WUS) has been previously
described, mostly with the use of pharmacological thrombolysis or first generation …