Sudden visual loss, an unwelcome interruption in the endothelium, PRES forward she cannot, the distant lights dimming. Chronic crawls in the legs, a constant irritation in the mind and muscle, RLS the alphabets, a hole in the stomach burning. Unable…
FollowStroke Neurologist’s Perspective on the New Endovascular Trials
James Grotta, MD, Werner Hacke, MD. Stroke. Originally published May 5, 2015. “The main take home points for neurologists are (1) intra-arterial thrombectomy is a potently effective treatment and should be offered to patients who have documented occlusion in the distal…
Dawning of a New Era for Acute Stroke Therapy
Marc Fisher, MD, Ajay Wakhloo, MD. Stroke. Originally published May 5, 2015. “At long last, progress is being made to substantially improve the outlook for patients with large vessel ischemic stroke, but the translation from positive trials to a widely used…
Left atrial enlargement and stroke recurrence
Shadi Yaghi, MD, Yeseon P. Moon, MS, Consuelo Mora-McLaughlin, MS, et al. Stroke. Originally published April 23, 2015. “Moderate to severe LAE was an independent marker of recurrent cardioembolic or cryptogenic stroke in a multiethnic cohort of ischemic stroke patients.”
Lest We Forget
LEE KUAN YEW 1923 – 2015 “Remembering the man who built a modern Singapore through his astute leadership, Remembering the man who cared deeply for his wife reading nightly by her bed, Remembering the man who shared his chocolate cake…
Midlife personality and risk of Alzheimer disease and distress: a 38-year follow-up
Lena Johansson, PhD, Xinxin Guo, MD, PhD, Paul R. Duberstein, et al. Neurology. Originally published October 21, 2014. “A higher degree of neuroticism in midlife was associated with increased risk of AD dementia and long-standing distress over 38 years… Extraversion was associated with a lower degree of…