Prediction of motor recovery after stroke: advances in biomarkers

CM Stinear - The Lancet Neurology, 2017 - thelancet.com
Stroke remains a leading cause of adult disability, and the recovery of motor function after
stroke is crucial for the patient to regain independence. However, making accurate …

Atrial fibrillation and ischemic stroke: a clinical review

I Migdady, A Russman, AB Buletko - Seminars in Neurology, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an important risk factor for ischemic stroke resulting in a fivefold
increased stroke risk and a twofold increased mortality. Our understanding of stroke …

Antithrombotic therapy for atrial fibrillation: CHEST guideline and expert panel report

GYH Lip, A Banerjee, G Boriani, C en Chiang, R Fargo… - Chest, 2018 - Elsevier
Background The risk of stroke is heterogeneous across different groups of patients with atrial
fibrillation (AF), being dependent on the presence of various stroke risk factors. We provide …

Embolic strokes of undetermined source in the Athens stroke registry: a descriptive analysis

G Ntaios, V Papavasileiou, H Milionis, K Makaritsis… - Stroke, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—A new clinical construct termed embolic stroke of undetermined
source (ESUS) was recently introduced, but no such population has been described yet. Our …

Prognosis and treatment of atrial fibrillation patients by European cardiologists: one year follow-up of the EURObservational Research Programme-Atrial Fibrillation …

GYH Lip, C Laroche, PM Ioachim… - European heart …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The EURObservational Research Programme-Atrial Fibrillation
General Registry Pilot Phase (EORP-AF Pilot) provides systematic collection of …

Lone atrial fibrillation: does it exist?

DG Wyse, IC Van Gelder, PT Ellinor, AS Go… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - jacc.org
The historical origin of the term “lone atrial fibrillation”(AF) predates by 60 years our current
understanding of the pathophysiology of AF, the multitude of known etiologies for AF, and …

Prediction of stroke or TIA in patients without atrial fibrillation using CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scores

LB Mitchell, DA Southern, D Galbraith, WA Ghali… - Heart, 2014 - heart.bmj.com
Objectives To determine the accuracy of CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc tools for predicting
ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) and death in patients without a history of …

Comparing atrial fibrillation guidelines: focus on stroke prevention, bleeding risk assessment and oral anticoagulant recommendations

JF Imberti, DA Mei, M Vitolo, N Bonini, M Proietti… - European journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Clinical practice in atrial fibrillation (AF) patient management is constantly evolving. In the
past 3 years, various new AF guidelines or focused updates have been published, given this …

Missing data was handled inconsistently in UK prediction models: a review of method used

A Tsvetanova, M Sperrin, N Peek, I Buchan… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives No clear guidance exists on handling missing data at each stage of developing,
validating and implementing a clinical prediction model (CPM). We aimed to review the …

Competing risk bias was common in Kaplan–Meier risk estimates published in prominent medical journals

C van Walraven, FA McAlister - Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective Risk estimates from Kaplan–Meier curves are well known to medical
researchers, reviewers, and editors. In this study, we determined the proportion of Kaplan …