HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Stroke Medicine and Surgery

Stroke Medicine and Surgery current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

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January 2025

Association between elevated lipoprotein(a) levels and vulnerability of carotid atherosclerotic plaque

Association of elevated lipoprotein(a) levels with ischemic stroke in young patients - a systematic review and meta-analysis

Cerebrovascular events in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a review

Comprehensive analysis of the impact of procedure time and the ‘golden hour’ in subpopulations of stroke thrombectomy patients

Diagnosing monogenic stroke at a younger age

Endovascular thrombectomy for large core volume acute ischemic stroke: updated systematic review and meta-analysis

Endovascular thrombectomy vs best medical management for late presentation acute ischaemic stroke with large vessel occlusion without CT perfusion or MR imaging selection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

First-in-human trial of a self-expandable, temporary dilation system for intracranial atherosclerotic disease in patients presenting with acute ischemic stroke

Genetic testing for monogenic stroke

Hypertensive retinopathy can predict stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis based on observational studies

The imaging-neuropathological gap in acute large vessel occlusive stroke

Life's essential 8 trajectories and risk of stroke: a prospective cohort study

Outcomes of mechanical thrombectomy in stroke patients with extreme large infarction core

Quantitative electroencephalography to assess post-stroke functional disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Risk of ischemic stroke in patients with pulmonary embolism and patent foramen ovale: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Stroke controversies and debates: imaging in intracerebral hemorrhage

Susceptibility vessel sign, a predictor of long-term outcome in patients with stroke treated with mechanical thrombectomy

A systematic review of the socioeconomic impact of mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke

Timing of anticoagulation for patients with atrial fibrillation after acute ischemic stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis

Transcranial doppler with microbubbles: screening test to detect and grade right-to-left shunt after an ischemic stroke - a literature review

Sources

Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery (Nov-Dec); Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases (Nov-Jan); Stroke (Nov-Dec)

November 2024

Acute ischemic stroke in young adults: comparative analysis of outcomes and mortality in metabolically healthy obese or overweight vs. non-obese or overweight hospitalizations, 2016-2019 cohort

Advances in primordial, primary, and secondary prevention of stroke in diverse populations

Assistive technologies, including orthotic devices, for the management of contractures in adults after a stroke (new Cochrane intervention review)

Cigarette smoking and observed growth of unruptured intracranial aneurysms: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis

Coming home in the context of very early supported discharge after stroke – an interview study of patients’ experiences

The effect of 30-day adequate transitions of acute stroke care on 90-day readmission or death

Endovascular management of acute stroke

Endovascular therapy for anterior circulation emergent large vessel occlusion stroke in patients with large ischemic cores: a report of the SNIS Standards and Guidelines Committee

Endovascular therapy in acute ischemic stroke with poor reperfusion is associated with worse outcomes compared with best medical management: a HERMES substudy

European Stroke Organisation (ESO) and European Society for Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT) guideline on acute management of basilar artery occlusion

Flow diverters in the treatment of intracranial dissecting aneurysms: a systematic review and meta-analysis of safety and efficacy

Impact on collateral flow of devices used for endovascular treatment of stroke: an in-vitro flow model

Interleukin‐receptor antagonist and tumour necrosis factor inhibitors for the primary and secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (new Cochrane intervention review)

Not so transient? A narrative review on cognitive impairment after transient ischemic attack

Racial disparities in functional outcomes following mechanical thrombectomy in a cohort of patients with ischemic stroke

Recovery of visuospatial neglect with standard treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Role of cardiac biomarkers in stroke and cognitive impairment

Stroke in critically ill patients with respiratory failure due to COVID-19: disparities between low-middle and high-income countries

Stroke risk after emergency department treat-and-release visit for a fall

Sources

Cochrane Library (Sep-Oct); Heart and Lung (Nov-Dec); Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery (Sep); Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery (Sep-Oct); Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases (Sep-Oct); Lancet, The (Sep-Oct); Stroke (Sep-Oct)

September 2024

Advances in cerebral venous thrombosis

African American patients have a higher probability of cognitive impairment after incident stroke

Anticoagulation versus antiplatelets in spontaneous cervical artery dissection

Blood biomarkers for post-stroke cognitive impairment

Challenges to widespread implementation of stroke thrombectomy

CYP2C19 genotype testing to guide clopidogrel use after ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (new NICE guideline DG59)

Early vascular aging in acute ischemic stroke

Elevated remnant cholesterol is a risk factor for acute ischemic stroke

Exploring vertebral artery stump syndrome: an overlooked cause of posterior ischemic strokes

Extreme temperatures and stroke mortality: evidence from a multi-country analysis

Genetic variation and stroke recovery: the STRONG study

Hemodynamic stroke: emerging concepts, risk estimation, and treatment

Home blood pressure telemonitoring and nurse case management in black and Hispanic patients with stroke

Neurological hypertensive emergencies: correlation of blood pressure values with in-hospital outcomes in ischemic stroke

Race-ethnicity, age, and heart failure in ischemic stroke

Recurrent ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation while receiving oral anticoagulants

Risk of stroke in women using levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device for contraception

Statin overuse in cerebral ischemia without indications: systematic review and annual US burden of adverse events

Stroke (Lancet review)

Stroke genetics, genomics, and precision medicine

A systematic review of the incidence and outcomes of ICD-11 defined stroke

Tenecteplase for treating acute ischaemic stroke (new NICE guideline TA986)

Tenecteplase versus alteplase for thrombolysis in patients selected by use of perfusion imaging within 4·5 h of onset of ischaemic stroke (TASTE)

Type 1 myocardial infarction in patients with acute ischemic stroke

Sources

European Journal of Internal Medicine (Jun); JAMA (Jul); JAMA Neurology (Jun-Aug); Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases (Aug); Lancet, The (Jul); Lancet Neurology, The (Jul-Aug); NICE website (Jul-Aug); Stroke (Jul-Aug)

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