Background— Carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) is increasingly being used for treatment
of symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid artery disease (CAD). To evaluate the efficacy …

Background and Purpose— Against the background of a relatively low rate of clinical events
during carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) or carotid endarterectomy (CEA), diffusion-…

Background and Purpose— Angioplasty and stenting is increasingly being used for the
treatment of intracranial stenoses. Based on a literature search (01/1998 to 04/2008) we sought …

Objective A study was undertaken to evaluate clinical and procedural factors associated
with outcome and recanalization in endovascular stroke treatment (EVT) of basilar artery (BA) …

Background Atrial fibrillation is a major risk factor for recurrent ischaemic stroke, but often
remains undiagnosed in patients who have had an acute ischaemic stroke. Enhanced and …

… Electrocardiographic recordings were analyzed offline by 2 investigators (MW-K. and RS)
blinded to clinical data of the patients using dedicated analysis software (CardioDay; getemed …

Background The optimal treatment for patients with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis is
under debate. Since best medical treatment (BMT) has improved over time, the benefit of …

Background and Purpose— Carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) has emerged as a
potential alternative to endarterectomy (CEA) for the treatment of carotid artery disease. Aside …

Background Systematic electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring improves detection of covert
atrial fibrillation in stroke survivors but the effect on secondary prevention is unknown. We …

… is the lack of specific and rapidly acting reversal agents for vitamin-K antagonists or NOACs.
… 4000 patients with atrial fibrillation receiving vitamin K antagonists, NOAC or no therapy and …