Background Up-to-date evidence about levels and trends in disease and injury incidence,
prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) is an essential input into global, regional, …

Post-stroke dementia (PSD) or post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) may affect up to one
third of stroke survivors. Various definitions of PSCI and PSD have been described. We …

Background The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together
all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised …

Background Previous studies conducted between 1997 and 2003 estimated that the risk of
stroke or an acute coronary syndrome was 12 to 20% during the first 3 months after a …

The controversy as to whether Doppler ultrasonic methods should play a role in clinical
decision-making in the prevention of stroke is attributable to reported disagreement between …

In 2014, the definition of embolic strokes of undetermined source (ESUS) emerged as a new
clinical construct to characterize cryptogenic stroke (CS) patients with complete vascular …

Background The effect of early as compared with later initiation of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs)
in persons with atrial fibrillation who have had an acute ischemic stroke is unclear. …

Background Whether surgery is beneficial for patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis is
controversial. Better methods of identifying patients who are likely to develop stroke would …

Background After a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke, the long-term risk of
stroke and other vascular events is not well known. In this follow-up to a report on 1-year …

We tested a newly described molecular memory system, CCR5 signaling, for its role in
recovery after stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI). CCR5 is uniquely expressed in cortical …