Objective To describe the clinical features of patients with occlusive disease of the proximal (V1)
segment of the vertebral artery. Design and Patients Patients with either occlusion or …

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Stroke Scale has been used in clinical trials to assess
neurological outcome after investigational therapy for acute stroke. We used the NIH Stroke …

Background It is widely believed that pregnancy increases the risk of stroke, but there are few
data available to quantify that risk. Methods We identified all female patients 15 through 44 …

Among 407 New England Medical Center Posterior Circulation registry patients, 59% had
strokes without transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), 24% had TIAs then strokes, and 16% had …

Background: Few reports on stroke in young adults have included cases from all community
and referral hospitals in a defined geographic region. Methods: At 46 hospitals in Baltimore …

Background Neurologic complications after cardiac surgery include stroke, encephalopathy,
and persistent cognitive impairments. More precise neuroimaging of patients with these …

Background and Purpose— The management of carotid atherosclerosis is well-established
for symptomatic stenosis above 69%, but the optimal approach for managing lower degrees …

Background. Stroke remains a devastating complication of cardiac surgery, but stroke
prevention remains elusive. Evaluation of early and long-term clinical outcomes and brain-imaging …

Purpose: To describe the electrographic and clinical features of nonconvulsive status epilepticus
(NCSE) in the critically ill elderly and to identify potential predictors of outcome. Methods…

Background and Purpose— Several prognostic factors have been identified for outcome after
stroke. However, there is a need for empirically derived models that can predict outcome …