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 …

Strokes in young adults: epidemiology and prevention

D Smajlović - Vascular health and risk management, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Strokes in young adults are reported as being uncommon, comprising 10%–15% of all
stroke patients. However, compared with stroke in older adults, stroke in the young has a …

Ischaemic stroke in young adults: risk factors and long-term consequences

NAMM Maaijwee, LCA Rutten-Jacobs… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
Contrary to trends in most other diseases, the average age of ischaemic stroke onset is
decreasing, owing to a rise in the incidence of stroke among'young'individuals (under 50 …

[HTML][HTML] Ischemic posterior circulation stroke: a review of anatomy, clinical presentations, diagnosis, and current management

A Nouh, J Remke, S Ruland - Frontiers in neurology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Posterior circulation strokes represent approximately 20% of all ischemic strokes (,). In
contrast to the anterior circulation, several differences in presenting symptoms, clinical …

SARS-CoV-2 and stroke characteristics: a report from the multinational COVID-19 stroke study group

S Shahjouei, G Tsivgoulis, G Farahmand, E Koza… - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: Stroke is reported as a consequence of severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in several reports. However, data are …

Rising stroke incidence in young adults: more epidemiological evidence, more questions to be answered

Y Béjot, B Delpont, M Giroud - Journal of the American Heart …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
The burden of stroke is extremely high. Recent estimations indicated that the global
prevalence rate was 5 per 1000 person-years, corresponding to 33 million people living …

Cumulative risk of stroke recurrence over the last 10 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis

B Lin, Z Zhang, Y Mei, C Wang, H Xu, L Liu… - Neurological …, 2021 - Springer
Background Stroke is still the main cause of death and disability worldwide, numerous
studies of recurrence risk have been reported, while systematic estimates of stroke …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of outcome in patients with acute ischemic stroke based on initial severity and improvement in the first 24 h

A Wouters, C Nysten, V Thijs, R Lemmens - Frontiers in neurology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Stroke severity measured by the baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke
Scale (NIHSS) is a strong predictor of stroke outcome. Early change of baseline severity may …

[HTML][HTML] Factors affecting the quality of life after ischemic stroke in young adults: a scoping review

E Gurková, L Štureková, P Mandysová… - Health and Quality of Life …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose To synthesize the body of knowledge on the factors influencing the quality of life
(QoL) after ischemic stroke (IS) in young adults. Methods Guidelines regarding the scoping …

Risk factors and mechanisms of stroke in young adults: The FUTURE study

ME van Alebeek, RM Arntz, MS Ekker… - Journal of cerebral …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Incidence of ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack in young adults is rising.
However, etiology remains unknown in 30–40% of these patients when current classification …