... service. All participants (patients, investigators, attending physicians, and nurses) were blinded to the allocated treatment. For the present substudy, we excluded patients from the EGASIS cohort with pre-existing epilepsy (to exclusively study the effects of the current cerebrovascular lesion...

... for IS as compared to ICH. Conclusion: Although major determinants of ES are nonmodifiable, preventable and treatable medical and neurologic complications within the first week of stroke increase the risk of ES and mediate the effect of established predictors on the propensity to post-stroke epilepsy. Future...

.... Levetiracetam Carbamazepine Poststroke seizures Epilepsy Stroke is a frequent cause of epilepsy in adults [ 1 ]. The frequency of poststroke seizures varies from 2.3% [ 2 ] to 43% [ 3 ]. Epileptic seizures are defined as early epileptic seizures when occurring within 14 days after stroke or late...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Cerebral blood flow Cerebral hemodynamics Epilepsy Lupus Microembolic signals Small-vessel diseases of the brain...

...Peng-Wei Hsu; Cheng-Nen Chang; Chen-Kan Tseng; Kuo-Cheng Wei; Chun-Chieh Wang; Chi-Cheng Chuang; Yin-Cheng Huang Background: Epilepsy is the most common symptom of cavernoma. Although microsurgery is the mainstay treatment for epileptogenic cavernoma, this procedure may cause severe complications...

.... Cerebral vein Dural sinus Thrombosis Prognosis Epilepsy Seizures are a frequent (10–61% of the patients) [ 1 ]inaugural manifestation of thrombosis of cerebral veins and dural sinus (CVDST). Some patients [ 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ]experience recurrent seizures during a variable period following...

..., quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Cerebral vein Dural sinus Thrombosis Stroke outcome Prognosis Epilepsy...

... with and without seizures. Epilepsy Epileptic seizures Stroke Subcortical infarct Although maximal ischaemia occurs deep in the hemisphere, cortical perfusion may also be impaired acutely in subcortical infarcts. Diaschisis often occurs in the ipsilateral cortical areas. Since no other imaging...

...Bernd Pohlmann-Eden; Daniel B. Hoch; Jeffrey I. Cochius; Michael G. Hennerici Stroke-associated seizures and epilepsy provide an excellent clinical model to study both acute hyperexcitability after stroke and long-term tissue changes responsible for epileptogenic scar formation. The authors...

... of the pathogenesis and prognosis of this type of epilepsy. The need to develop protocols of investigation and treatment of vascular epilepsy in order to improve our current knowledge about poststroke epilepsy is discussed. 21 1 1994 © 1994 S. Karger AG, Basel 1994 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer...