...Tsong-Hai Lee; Shinichiro Uchiyama; Yohanna Kusuma; Hou Chang Chiu; Jose C. Navarro; Kay Sin Tan; Jeyaraj Durai Pandian; Liang Guo; Yoko Wong; Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian; for the Asian Stroke Advisory Panel Introduction: Stroke burden is largely due to long-term impairments requiring...

...Udaya K. Ranawaka Background: Many unusual and fascinating causes of stroke are seen in Asia. Although rarely encountered in the Western world, such cases are seen not so infrequently by neurologists, physicians, and other healthcare workers in Asian countries. This article highlights some...

... for publication. References 1. Venketasubramanian N , Yoon BW , Pandian J , Navarro JC . Stroke epidemiology in south, east, and south-east Asia: a review south east and south-east Asia: a review . J Stroke . 2017 ; 19 ( 3 ): 286 – 94 . 2. Tan KS , Pandian JD...

.... Pertiwi; Robbert J. De Winter; Ishita Miah; Allard C. Van Der Wal; Tim P. Van De Hoef; Martijn Meuwissen Introduction: Acute mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is the preferred treatment for large vessel occlusion-related stroke. Histopathological research on the obtained occlusive embolic thrombus may provide...

... with COVID-19 to determine whether their individual 5-year absolute risk of stroke at the time of hospital admission predicts the course of COVID-19 severity and mortality. The risk of stroke was determined by the Stroke Riskometer mobile application. Results: We examined 385 patients hospitalized with COVID...

... to address the association between early clinical outcomes and patency of the ICT and middle cerebral artery (MCA) in patients with acute ICAO with mild symptoms. Methods: Of 1,214 consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack due to large vessel occlusion, patients...

...Apiluk Wesanonthawech; Pornpatr A. Dharmasaroja Introduction: Early assessment and management of patients with mild stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) by specialists were recommended. This study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of these patients and identify the predictive factors of clinical...

...Mukaish Kumar; Anthony Larson; Mohamed Sobhi Jabal; Lorenzo Rinaldo; Luis Savastano; Giuseppe Lanzino; Fredric Meyer; Vance Lehman; James Klaas Background: Risk factors for stroke in symptomatic and asymptomatic moyamoya disease (MMD) patients have recently been reported in a Japanese cohort...

...Liz Edenberg P. Quiles; Pearl Angeli B. Diamante; Jose Leonard V. Pascual Background and Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has been continuing its global spread ever since its onset, and efforts to curb the infection in multiple reports have contrasting effects on stroke severity, admissions...

...Kay Sin Tan; Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian Malaysia is located in the heart of South East Asia with two land masses, Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia which are separated by the South China Sea. Stroke or cerebrovascular disease is Malaysia’s third leading cause of death. There were 47, 911...

...Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian; Fenny L. Yudiarto; Dodik Tugasworo Stroke is a major cause of death and disability in Indonesia. Stroke requires high-quality, fast, and precise management to prevent and avoid disability and death. Stroke can be prevented by adequately controlling the risk factors...

...Hervé B.N. Kpoda; Léon G.B. Savadogo; Délwendé R.S. Samadoulougou; Isidore T. Traoré; Serge M.A. Somda; Daniel Lemogoum; Issiaka Sombié; Athanase Millogo; Michèle Dramaix; Philippe Donnen Introduction: Stroke is a major public health concern. It is a frequent pathology, 80% of which is of ischemic...

... is used for faster and standardized patient selection. However, there is little information on how such software influences real-world patient management. Aims: We evaluated changes in thrombolysis and thrombectomy delivery following implementation of automated analysis at a high volume primary stroke...

...Deidre Anne De Silva; Kaavya Narasimhalu; Ian Wang Huang; Fung Peng Woon; John Carson Allen; Meng Cheong Wong Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is known to influence outcomes in the short term following stroke. However, the impact of DM on long-term functional outcomes after stroke is unclear...

...Mitch Wilson; Hailey Orgass; Jennifer Dearborn-Tomazos Background: Obesity is associated with an increased prevalence of vascular risk factors and incidence of stroke. As such weight loss is recommended for patients living with obesity in the secondary prevention of stroke. Few studies, however...

...Hany Aref; Magd Zakaria; Hossam Shokri; Tamer Roushdy; Ahmed El Basiouny; Nevine El Nahas Egypt, a low-middle-income country, is the most populated nation in the Middle East with a high overall crude prevalence rate of stroke (963/100,000 inhabitants), accounting for 6.4% of all deaths...

...Kay-Sin Tan; Byung-Woo Yoon; Ruey-Tay Lin; Man Mohan Mehndiratta; Nijasri C. Suwanwela; Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian The Asia Pacific Stroke Organization is the largest international and professional stroke group in the region. It has worked consistently over the last 10 years to gain...

...Jan Matějka; Ivo Varvařovský; Jan Tužil; Tomáš Doležal; Martin Bobak; Jan Pospíchal; Petr Geier; Jiří Vondrák; Karel Bláha; Jan Málek; Alena Staňková; Juraj Bujdák; Vladimír Rozsíval; Vojtěch Novotný; Tomáš Lazarák; Milan Plíva; Jan Večeřa; Petr Vojtíšek Introduction: Periprocedural stroke...

...Anjum Farooq; Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian; Mohammad Wasay Increasing incidence of stroke and lack of infrastructure in both urban and rural areas needs immediate attention in Pakistan. There is a high proportion of young stroke with poor stroke outcomes. Acute stroke care is scarce in Pakistan...

...Waleed Butt; Permesh Singh Dhillon; Robert Lenthall; Luqman Malik; Wazim Izzath; Kailash Krishnan; Bindu George; Kate Pointon Background: Recent reports have suggested that atrial fibrillation (AF) is more prevalent in the large vessel occlusion (LVO) subgroup of acute ischaemic stroke patients...