Update on stroke

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 331-334

  Altieri, Marta ^a   Rocco, Andrea ^a   Lenzi, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ischemic penumbra; Post stroke dementia; Post stroke depression; Stroke; Therapeutic window

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPIN LABELING; STROKE;

EID: 17844372998     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yco.0000165604.13800.39     Document Type: Review

References (27)

1. Rothwell PM, Coull AJ, Giles MF, et al. Change in stroke incidence, mortality, case-fatality, severity, and risk factors in Oxfordshire, UK from 1981 to 2004 (Oxford Vascular Study). Lancet 2004; 363:1925-1933.
2. WHO Guidelines Subcommitte. World Health Organization International Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension. J Hypertens 1999; 17:151-183.
3. Lassen NA, Lenzi GL, Fieschi C. Ischemic penumbra and neuronal death comments on the therapeutic window in acute stroke with particular reference to thrombolytic therapy. Cerebrovasc Dis 1991; 1:32-35.
4. Fisher M. Characterizing the target of acute stroke therapy. Stroke 1997; 28:866-872.
5. Heiss WD, Sobesky J, Hesselmann V. Identifying thresholds for penumbra and irreversible tissue damage. Stroke 2004; 35(Suppl 1):2671-2674.
6. Shen Q, Ren H, Fisher M, et al. Dynamic tracking of acute ischemic tissue fates using improved unsupervised ISODATA analysis of high-resolution quantitative perfusion and diffusion data. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2004; 24:887-897.
7. Davalos A, Blanco M, Pedraza S, et al. The clinical-DWI mismatch: a new diagnostic approach to the brain tissue at risk of infarction. Neurology 2004; 62:2187-2192. Stroke patients with an NIHSS score of eight or higher and DWI volume of 25 ml or lower had a higher probability of infarct growth and early neurologic deterioration.
8. Fisher M, Ginsberg M. Current concepts of the ischemic penumbra: introduction. Stroke 2004; 35(11 Suppl 1):2657-2658.
9. Adams HP Jr, Adams RJ, Brott T, et al. Guidelines for the early management of patients with ischemic stroke: A scientific statement from the Stroke Council of the American Stroke Association. Stroke 2003; 34:1056-1083.
10. Heuschmann PU, Kolominsky-Rabas PL, Roether J, et al. Predictors of in-hospital mortality in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with thrombolytic therapy. JAMA 2004; 292:1831-1838. In patients with ischemic stroke who are treated with tPA, disturbances of consciousness and increasing age are associated with increased in-hospital mortality.
11. Parsons MW, Barber PA, Chalk J, et al. Diffusion- and perfusion-weighted MRI response to thrombolysis in stroke. Ann Neurol 2002; 51:28-37.
12. Hacke W, Donnan G, Fieschi C, et al. Association of outcome with early stroke treatment: pooled analysis of ATLANTIS, ECASS, and NINDS rt-PA stroke trials. Lancet 2004; 363:768-774. The benefit of tPA could extend beyond 3 h, but this potential might come with some risks.
13. Warlow C, Wardlaw J. Therapeutic thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke. BMJ 2003; 326:233-234.
14. Baird TA, Parsons MW, Phanh T, et al. Persistent poststroke hyperglycemia is independently associated with infarct expansion and worse clinical outcome. Stroke 2003; 34:2208-2214.
15. Alvarez-Sabin J, Molina CA, Ribo M, et al. Impact of admission hyperglycemia on stroke outcome after thrombolysis: risk stratification in relation to time to reperfusion. Stroke 2004; 35:2493-2498. The detrimental effect of admission hyperglycemia is higher after early reperfusion than after a delayed or absent one.
16. Smeeth L, Thomas SL, Hall AJ, et al. Risk of myocardial infarction and stroke after acute infection or vaccination. N Engl J Med 2004; 351:2611-2618. Systemic inflammation alters the probability of stroke occurrence, irrespective of the type of infection.
17. Etminan M, Takkouche B, Isorna FC, Samii A. Risk of ischaemic stroke in people with migraine: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. BMJ 2005; 330:63.
18. Kruit MC, van Buchem MA, Hofman PA, et al. Migraine as a risk factor for subclinical brain lesions. JAMA 2004; 291:427-434. Patients with migraine with and without aura are at increased risk for subclinical brain lesions.
19. Koton S, Tanne D, Bornstein NM, et al. Triggering risk factors for ischemic stroke: a case-crossover study. Neurology 2004; 63:2006-2010. Acute onset of stroke is significantly more elevated after exposure to negative emotions and anger, or sudden posture changes.
20. Danesh J, Wheeler JG, Hirschfield GM, et al. C-reactive protein and other circulating markers of inflammation in the prediction of coronary heart disease. N Engl J Med 2004; 350:1387-1397.
21. Desmond DW, Moroney JT, Sano M, et al. Incidence of dementia after ischemic stroke: results of a longitudinal study. Stroke 2002; 33:2254-2260.
22. Altieri M, Di Piero V, Pasquini M, et al. Delayed poststroke dementia: a 4-year follow-up study. Neurology 2004; 62:2193-2197.
23. Langa KM, Foster NL, Larson EB. Mixed dementia: emerging concepts and therapeutic implications. JAMA 2004; 292:2901-2908. Patients with mixed dementia may have cognitive and functional benefits from cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine of similar magnitude to those affected by Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia.
24. Gorelick PB. Risk factors for vascular dementia and Alzheimer disease. Stroke 2004; 35(11 Suppl 1):2620-2622.
25. Schneider JA, Wilson RS, Bienias JL, et al. Cerebral infarctions and the likelihood of dementia from Alzheimer disease pathology. Neurology 2004; 62:1148-1155. Cerebral infarctions independently contribute to the likelihood of dementia without interacting with Alzheimer's disease pathology.
26. Sturm JW, Donnan GA, Dewey HM, et al. Quality of life after stroke: the North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study (NEMESIS). Stroke 2004; 35:2340-2345.
27. Verdelho A, Henon H, Lebert F, et al. Depressive symptoms after stroke and relationship with dementia: A three-year follow-up study. Neurology 2004; 62:905-911. Depressive symptoms are frequent after stroke and their time course depends on the cognitive status.