Use of the Health Utilities Index with stroke patients and their caregivers.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Microwave Radiometry (MWR) allows in vivo noninvasive assessment of internal temperature of tissues. The aim of the present study was to evaluate in patients with ischemic stroke and bilateral carotid plaques (1) whether ipsilateral carotid arteries exhibit higher temperature differences (ΔT), as...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Toutouzas K,Benetos G,Drakopoulou M,Deligianni C,Spengos K,Stefanadis C,Siores E,Tousoulis D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with chronic aphasia were assigned randomly to a group to receive either conventional aphasia therapy or constraint-induced (CI) aphasia therapy, a new therapeutic technique requiring intense practice over a relatively short period of consecutive days. CI aphasia therapy is realized in a communicative therape...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Pulvermüller F,Neininger B,Elbert T,Mohr B,Rockstroh B,Koebbel P,Taub E

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:We performed the present study to determine whether the site of occlusion in the vertebrobasilar circulation could be identified by the measurement of blood flow velocity in the bilateral vertebral arteries. METHODS:Using color-coded duplex carotid ultrasonography, we measured the time-averaged ...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Kimura K,Yasaka M,Moriyasu H,Tsuchiya T,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Acute ischemic stroke in humans is associated with profound alterations in the immune system. Hallmarks of this stroke-induced immunodepression syndrome are: lymphocytopenia, impairment of T helper cell and monocyte function. We studied which stroke-specific factors predict these immunologic alte...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Hug A,Dalpke A,Wieczorek N,Giese T,Lorenz A,Auffarth G,Liesz A,Veltkamp R

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Transcranial direct current stimulation is emerging as a promising tool for the treatment of several neurological conditions, including cerebral ischemia. The therapeutic role of this noninvasive treatment is, however, limited to chronic phases of stroke. We thus ought to investigate whether diff...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Peruzzotti-Jametti L,Cambiaghi M,Bacigaluppi M,Gallizioli M,Gaude E,Mari S,Sandrone S,Cursi M,Teneud L,Comi G,Musco G,Martino G,Leocani L

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:To prevent new cardiovascular events after stroke, prescribed preventive drugs should be used continuously. This study measures persistent use of preventive drugs after stroke and identifies factors associated with persistence. METHODS:A 1-year cohort (21,077 survivors) from Riks-Stroke, the Swe...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Glader EL,Sjölander M,Eriksson M,Lundberg M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is the gold standard to assess patients with acute stroke. We aimed to examine the feasibility and reliability of prehospital real-time cellular video phone (VP) in performing the NIHSS. METHODS:Forty physicians prospectively performed a sim...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Gonzalez MA,Hanna N,Rodrigo ME,Satler LF,Waksman R

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The pathophysiology of borderzone infarcts is not well understood. We investigated whether combined diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and perfusion-weighted imaging (PWI) could identify pathophysiologically meaningful categories of borderzone infarcts. METHODS:Seventeen patients with borderzone i...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Chaves CJ,Silver B,Schlaug G,Dashe J,Caplan LR,Warach S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:A right-to-left shunt can be identified by contrast transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (c-TCD) at rest and/or after a Valsalva maneuver (VM) or by arterial blood gas (ABG) measurement. We assessed the influence of controlled strain pressures and durations during VM on the right-to-left passage ...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Devuyst G,Piechowski-Józwiak B,Karapanayiotides T,Fitting JW,Kémeny V,Hirt L,Urbano LA,Arnold P,van Melle G,Despland PA,Bogousslavsky J

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:A J-shaped relationship has been demonstrated between alcohol and both clinical cardiovascular events and carotid atherosclerosis. A similar J-shaped relationship has been found between alcohol intake and inflammatory markers. If inflammation were on the intermediate causal pathway between alcoho...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Jerrard-Dunne P,Sitzer M,Risley P,Steckel DA,Buehler A,von Kegler S,Markus HS,Carotid Atherosclerosis Progression Study.

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and Purpose- In acute stroke patients with large vessel occlusion, the goal of intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) is to achieve early recanalization (ER). Apart from occlusion site and thrombus length, predictors of early post-IVT recanalization are poorly known. Better collaterals might also facilitate ER, for...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Seners P,Roca P,Legrand L,Turc G,Cottier JP,Cho TH,Arquizan C,Bracard S,Ozsancak C,Ben Hassen W,Naggara O,Lion S,Debiais S,Berthezene Y,Costalat V,Richard S,Magni C,Mas JL,Baron JC,Oppenheim C

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Most patients have elevated blood pressure (BP) in the early phase after an acute ischemic stroke. Mechanism and effects of this BP elevation are not well understood. The benefits of intervention by lowering the initial BP or waiting for spontaneous return to normal values remain debated. We stud...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Yong M,Diener HC,Kaste M,Mau J

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of clinically significant coronary artery disease (CAD) among stroke patients and the impact of CAD on stroke rehabilitation were studied in 132 patients with first thrombotic or embolic stroke who participated in comprehensive rehabilitation. Sixty-one patients (46%) had a history of CAD, and 16 of the ...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Roth EJ,Mueller K,Green D

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Loss of movement coordination is the main postacute symptom after cerebellar infarction. Although the course of motor recovery has been described previously, detailed kinematic descriptions of acute stage ataxia are rare and no attempt has been made to link improvements in motor function to measu...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Konczak J,Pierscianek D,Hirsiger S,Bultmann U,Schoch B,Gizewski ER,Timmann D,Maschke M,Frings M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:To evaluate the impact of proximal flow control on efficacy and safety of mechanical thrombectomy in an in vitro middle cerebral artery occlusion. METHODS:Three independent variables, including clot type, device (Merci Retriever, Solitaire FR, and Trevo devices), and use of a balloon guide cathe...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Chueh JY,Kühn AL,Puri AS,Wilson SD,Wakhloo AK,Gounis MJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and Purpose- Recanalization with tPA (tissue-type plasminogen activator) is the only pharmacological therapy available for patients with ischemic stroke. However, the percentage of patients who may receive this therapy is limited by the risk of hemorrhagic transformation (HT)-the main complication of ischem...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： García-Yébenes I,García-Culebras A,Peña-Martínez C,Fernández-López D,Díaz-Guzmán J,Negredo P,Avendaño C,Castellanos M,Gasull T,Dávalos A,Moro MA,Lizasoain I

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Coffee consumption has been inconsistently associated with stroke incidence and mortality in previous studies. We investigated the association between coffee consumption and stroke incidence in the Swedish Mammography Cohort. METHODS:We prospectively followed of 34,670 women without a history of...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Larsson SC,Virtamo J,Wolk A

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Decompressive surgery (hemicraniectomy) for life-threatening massive cerebral infarction represents a controversial issue in neurocritical care medicine. We report here the 30-day mortality and 6- and 12-month functional outcomes from the DESTINY trial. METHODS:DESTINY (ISRCTN01258591) is a pros...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Jüttler E,Schwab S,Schmiedek P,Unterberg A,Hennerici M,Woitzik J,Witte S,Jenetzky E,Hacke W,DESTINY Study Group.

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The relationship between diabetic retinopathy and ischemic stroke is uncertain and examined in this study. METHODS:A population-based, prospective cohort study of 1617 middle-aged persons with diabetes. Diabetic retinopathy signs were ascertained from retinal photographs, and incident ischemic s...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Cheung N,Rogers S,Couper DJ,Klein R,Sharrett AR,Wong TY

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients suffer a stroke early after a transient ischemic attack, but the reason why is often unclear. We studied 12 patients with less than 75% stenosis of the internal carotid artery and a single hemispheric transient ischemic attack lasting less than 1 hour who had a normal neurologic examination 3-13 hours la...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Bogousslavsky J,Delaloye-Bischof A,Regli F,Delaloye B

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A number of clinical syndromes describing the presentation of deep brain infarcts are called lacunar syndromes resulting from small vessel occlusion (SVO). To verify the reliability of the clinical diagnosis "lacunar syndrome," the value was investigated with diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI). METHODS AND RESULT...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Wessels T,Röttger C,Jauss M,Kaps M,Traupe H,Stolz E

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Diffusion-weighted MRI can demonstrate decreases of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of brain tissue water shortly after the onset of ischemia. To further elucidate underlying mechanisms, this study extended diffusion assessment to intracellular metabolites in rat brain in vivo before, du...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Wick M,Nagatomo Y,Prielmeier F,Frahm J

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Animal data suggest the use of beta-human chorionic gonadotropin followed by erythropoietin to promote brain repair after stroke. The current study directly translated these results by evaluating safety of this sequential growth factor therapy through a 3-center, single-dose, open-label, noncontr...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Cramer SC,Fitzpatrick C,Warren M,Hill MD,Brown D,Whitaker L,Ryckborst KJ,Plon L

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of chronic arterial hypertension upon the permeability to albumin of the cerebral capillaries, i.e. the blood-brain barrier, was studied in normotensive Wistar and spontaneously hypertensive Wistar rats with experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage. The blood-brain barrier permeability to albumin was assesse...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Dóczi T,Joó F,Sonkodi S,Adám G

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Some clinical models, like California ABCD and unified ABCD2 scores, are now available to predict the early risk of stroke after a TIA. Despite the transitivity of symptoms, DWI identified an area of acute brain ischemia in almost half of patients. It would be interesting to know how the presence...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Purroy F,Begué R,Quílez A,Piñol-Ripoll G,Sanahuja J,Brieva L,Setó E,Gil MI

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The etiology of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is poorly understood. Reduced lung function, expressed as low forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1)) and low forced vital capacity (FVC), is a predictor of cardiovascular disease, but whether reduced lung function is a risk factor for SAH is no...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Söderholm M,Zia E,Hedblad B,Engström G

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 5-year period from 1980 to 1984, the incidence of subarachnoid hemorrhage due only to rupture of aneurysms was investigated in Izumo City, a small city with a population of 79,026. Additionally, to ascertain the relation of incidence to the size of the geographic area and/or population, a similar analysis w...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Inagawa T,Ishikawa S,Aoki H,Takahashi M,Yoshimoto H

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Data on safety of intravenous thrombolysis with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke in patients with coexisting cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are scarce. We assessed the risk of thrombolysis-associated hemorrhage in these patients. METHODS:We searche...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Erdur H,Scheitz JF,Tütüncü S,Fiebach JB,Endres M,Werring DJ,Nolte CH

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The angiographic, clinical, and genetic characteristics of fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) are reviewed in 37 patients (mean age 48 years) selected from a pool of 4000 angiograms of carotid or vertebral arteries. FMD was a neglected pathogenic factor in 28 patients with hemorrhagic or ischemic cerebral lesions. The aneu...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Mettinger KL,Ericson K

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Perfusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (PWI) is a reliable and semiquantitative method for estimating cerebral hemodynamics. We sought to evaluate the potential of PWI for assessing cerebral blood flow (CBF) and metabolism compared with positron emission tomography (PET) in patients with c...

journal_title：Stroke

authors： Kajimoto K,Moriwaki H,Yamada N,Hayashida K,Kobayashi J,Miyashita K,Naritomi H

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00