Purpose—Our goal is to provide an overview of the current evidence about components of
the evaluation and treatment of adults with acute ischemic stroke. The intended audience is …

Global cerebral ischemia occurs commonly in patients who have a variety of clinical
conditions including cardiac arrest (CA), shock, and asphyxia and in patients undergoing …

Background and Purpose—The authors present an overview of the current evidence and
management recommendations for evaluation and treatment of adults with acute ischemic …

Background and Purpose—As a result of advances in surgical, anesthetic, and medical
management, cardiac surgery can now be performed on older, sicker patients, some of …

This randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study was primarily aimed to evaluate
the potential of risperidone to prevent postoperative delirium following cardiac surgery with …

Background. Stroke remains a devastating complication of cardiac surgery, but stroke
prevention remains elusive. Evaluation of early and long-term clinical outcomes and brain …

Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disorders are the main cause of death and permanent
disability worldwide. Improved diagnostic and therapeutic options for these diseases have …

Background and Purpose Patterns and mechanisms of stroke in patients with atherosclerotic
middle cerebral artery (MCA) disease remain unclear. We sought to identify lesion patterns …

Background and Purpose—Improvements in cardiac surgery mortality and morbidity have
focused interest on the neurological injury such as stroke and cognitive decline that may …

Based on earlier findings that the presence of word comprehension impairment (a deficit in
the meaning of words, or lexical semantics) in acute stroke was strongly associated with the …