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    International Journal of Stroke: Volume 9, Issue 4

    393-542, E15-E20
    June 2014
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Editorial

Free Access

Awards: what do they mean?

Geoffrey A. Donnan, 
  • Page: 393
  • First Published: 05 May 2014

Research

Differences in lipid profiles in two Hispanic ischemic stroke populations

A. Arauz,  J. G. Romano,  A. Ruiz-Franco,  T. Shang,  C. Dong,  T. Rundek,  S. Koch,  B. Hernández-Curiel,  J. Pacheco,  P. Rojas,  F. Ruiz-Navarro,  M. Katsnelson,  R. L. Sacco, 
  • Pages: 394-399
  • First Published: 19 December 2013

Health service management study for stroke: A randomized controlled trial to evaluate two models of stroke care

Daniel K. Y. Chan,  Chris Levi,  Dennis Cordato,  Fintan O'Rourke,  Jack Chen,  Helen Redmond,  Ying-Hua Xu,  Sandy Middleton,  Michael Pollack,  Graeme J. Hankey, 
  • Pages: 400-405
  • First Published: 03 January 2014

Ischemic stroke in patients with cancer: Is it different from usual strokes?

Eun-Jae Lee,  Hyun-Wook Nah,  Joo-Young Kwon,  Dong-Wha Kang,  Sun U. Kwon,  Jong S. Kim, 
  • Pages: 406-412
  • First Published: 26 August 2013

Intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke occurring during hospitalization for transient ischemic attack

Georgios Tsivgoulis,  Vijay K. Sharma,  Robert Mikulik,  Christos Krogias,  Michal Haršány,  Reza Bavarsad Shahripour,  Dimitrios Athanasiadis,  Hock Luen Teoh,  Charitomeni Piperidou,  Andrei V. Alexandrov, 
  • Pages: 413-418
  • First Published: 26 August 2013

N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide shows diagnostic accuracy for detecting atrial fibrillation in cryptogenic stroke patients

Ana Catarina Fonseca,  Dulce Brito,  Teresa Pinho e Melo,  Ruth Geraldes,  Patrícia Canhão,  Louis R. Caplan,  José M. Ferro, 
  • Pages: 419-425
  • First Published: 26 August 2013

Intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke in the 3- to 4·5-hour window – the Malabar experience

Kizhakkaniyakath Abdu Salam,  Karadan Ummer,  Vayyattu Govindankutty Pradeep Kumar,  Mohan Leslie Noone, 
  • Pages: 426-428
  • First Published: 26 August 2013

Socioeconomic disparities in stroke case fatality – Observations from Riks-Stroke, the Swedish stroke register

Anita Lindmark,  Eva-Lotta Glader,  Kjell Asplund,  Bo Norrving,  Marie Eriksson,  for the Riks-Stroke Collaboration , 
  • Pages: 429-436
  • First Published: 26 August 2013

Are patients with intracerebral haemorrhage disadvantaged in hospitals?

Renee Sheedy,  Julie Bernhardt,  Christopher R. Levi,  Mark Longworth,  Leonid Churilov,  Monique F. Kilkenny,  Dominique A. Cadilhac,  on behalf of the New South Wales Stroke Services Coordinating Committee and the Agency for Clinical Innovation , 
  • Pages: 437-442
  • First Published: 21 November 2013

The relevance of living supports on antiplatelet adherence and trial participation: the SPS3 trial

Brandy L. Lewis,  Lesly A. Pearce,  Thalia S. Field,  Carole L. White,  Oscar R. Benavente,  on behalf of the SPS3 Investigators , 
  • Pages: 443-448
  • First Published: 24 March 2014

A prospective test of the late effects of potentially antineuroplastic drugs in a stroke rehabilitation study

Stephen E. Nadeau,  Xiaomin Lu,  Bruce Dobkin,  Samuel S. Wu,  Yunfeng E. Dai,  Pamela W. Duncan,  LEAPS Investigative Team , 
  • Pages: 449-456
  • First Published: 23 October 2012

Leading opinion

Cerebral microbleeds as a predictor of macrobleeds: what is the evidence?

Andreas Charidimou,  David J. Werring, 
  • Pages: 457-459
  • First Published: 05 May 2014

Review

Hemicraniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction: Current status and future directions

Hermann Neugebauer,  Eric Jüttler, 
  • Pages: 460-467
  • First Published: 11 April 2014

Systematic reviews

When should physical rehabilitation commence after stroke: a systematic review

Elizabeth Lynch,  Susan Hillier,  Dominique Cadilhac, 
  • Pages: 468-478
  • First Published: 18 March 2014

Commercial gaming devices for stroke upper limb rehabilitation: A systematic review

Katie Thomson,  Alex Pollock,  Carol Bugge,  Marian Brady, 
  • Pages: 479-488
  • First Published: 24 March 2014

Intravenous insulin treatment in acute stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

G. Ntaios,  V. Papavasileiou,  A. Bargiota,  K. Makaritsis,  P. Michel, 
  • Pages: 489-493
  • First Published: 29 December 2013

Stroke rehabilitation in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Wen Wen Zhang,  Sally Speare,  Leonid Churilov,  Matthew Thuy,  Geoffrey Donnan,  Julie Bernhardt, 
  • Pages: 494-502
  • First Published: 29 April 2013

Strategies of recovery

Strategies to improve recovery in acute ischemic stroke patients: Iberoamerican Stroke Group Consensus

M Alonso de Leciñana,  M Gutiérrez-Fernández,  M Romano,  C Cantú-Brito,  A Arauz,  LE Olmos,  SF Ameriso,  E Díez-Tejedor,  on behalf of Iberoamerican Stroke Group , 
  • Pages: 503-513
  • First Published: 27 June 2013

Panorama

Current status of acute stroke management in Korea: a report on a multicenter, comprehensive acute stroke registry

Beom Joon Kim,  Moon-Ku Han,  Tai Hwan Park,  Sang-Soon Park,  Kyung Bok Lee,  Byung-Chul Lee,  Kyung-Ho Yu,  Jae Kwan Cha,  Dae-Hyun Kim,  Jun Lee,  Soo Joo Lee,  Youngchai Ko,  Jong-Moo Park,  Kyusik Kang,  Yong-Jin Cho,  Keun-Sik Hong,  Ki-Hyun Cho,  Joon-Tae Kim,  Dong-Eog Kim,  Juneyoung Lee,  Ji Sung Lee,  Myung Suk Jang,  Joseph P Broderick,  Byung-Woo Yoon,  Hee-Joon Bae,  on the behalf of CRCS-5 investigators , 
  • Pages: 514-518
  • First Published: 21 November 2013

Protocols

The Spot sign and Tranexamic acid On Preventing ICH growth – AUStralasia Trial (STOP-AUST): Protocol of a phase II randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multicenter trial

Atte Meretoja,  Leonid Churilov,  Bruce C. V. Campbell,  Richard I. Aviv,  Nawaf Yassi,  Christen Barras,  Peter Mitchell,  Bernard Yan,  Harshal Nandurkar,  Christopher Bladin,  Tissa Wijeratne,  Neil J. Spratt,  Jim Jannes,  Jonathan Sturm,  Jayantha Rupasinghe,  Jorge Zavala,  Andrew Lee,  Timothy Kleinig,  Romesh Markus,  Candice Delcourt,  Neil Mahant,  Mark W. Parsons,  Christopher Levi,  Craig S. Anderson,  Geoffrey A. Donnan,  Stephen M. Davis, 
  • Pages: 519-524
  • First Published: 26 August 2013

The CLOQS trial protocol: a cluster-randomized trial evaluating a simple, low-cost intervention to reduce treatment times in acute stroke

Richard H. Swartz,  Michelle N. Sicard,  Frank L. Silver,  Gustavo Saposnik,  David J. Gladstone,  Jennifer Breaton,  Sharon Ramagnano,  Jacques Lee,  Richard I. Aviv,  Jiming Fang,  Merrick F. Zwarenstein,  the University of Toronto Stroke Program (UTSP) Investigators , 
  • Pages: 525-528
  • First Published: 05 September 2013

Effect of backward walking treadmill training on walking capacity after stroke: a randomized clinical trial

Stella Maris Michaelsen,  Angélica Cristiane Ovando,  Fernanda Romaguera,  Louise Ada, 
  • Pages: 529-532
  • First Published: 15 April 2014

Tissue kallikrein preventing the restenosis after stenting of symptomatic MCA atherosclerotic stenosis (KPRASS)

Wenya Lan,  Fang Yang,  Ling Liu,  Qin Yin,  Min Li,  Zhuangli Li,  Hongfei Sang,  Gelin Xu,  Minmin Ma,  Zhizhong Zhang,  Zhenguo Liu,  Xinfeng Liu,  Renliang Zhang, 
  • Pages: 533-535
  • First Published: 20 December 2013

A multicenter, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase III study of Clot Lysis Evaluation of Accelerated Resolution of Intraventricular Hemorrhage (CLEAR III)

Wendy C. Ziai,  Stanley Tuhrim,  Karen Lane,  Nichol McBee,  Kennedy Lees,  Jesse Dawson,  Kenneth Butcher,  Paul Vespa,  David W. Wright,  Penelope M. Keyl,  A. David Mendelow,  Carlos Kase,  Christine Wijman,  Marc Lapointe,  Sayona John,  Richard Thompson,  Carol Thompson,  Steven Mayo,  Pat Reilly,  Scott Janis,  Issam Awad,  Daniel F. Hanley,  for the CLEAR III Investigators , 
  • Pages: 536-542
  • First Published: 28 August 2013

Letters to the editor

Free Access

Public awareness of stroke symptoms and risk factors and response to acute stroke in Northern Greece

Apostolos I. Hatzitolios,  Marianna Spanou,  Roxani Dambali,  Katerina Vraka,  Eugenios Doumarapis,  Konstantinos Petratos,  Christos Savopoulos,  Konstantinos Tziomalos, 
  • Page: E15
  • First Published: 05 May 2014
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A questionnaire survey of general practitioners in Japan in relation to management of transient ischemic attack

Rieko Suzuki,  Toshiyuki Uehara,  Tomoyuki Ohara,  Kazuya Kawabata,  Keizo Yasui,  Yasuhiro Hasegawa,  Kazuo Minematsu, 
  • Pages: E16-E17
  • First Published: 05 May 2014
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Bilateral medial medullary infarction: the ‘heart’ reveals the diagnosis

Anu Gupta,  Manoj Kumar Goyal,  Venugopalan Y. Vishnu,  Chirag K. Ahuja,  Dheeraj Khurana,  Vivek Lal, 
  • Page: E18
  • First Published: 05 May 2014
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High signal on T1 sequence of magnetic resonance imaging confirmed to be intraplaque haemorrhage by histology in middle cerebral artery

Xiang Yan Chen,  Ka Sing Wong,  Wynnie Wai Man Lam,  Ho-keung Ng, 
  • Page: E19
  • First Published: 05 May 2014
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MTHFR C677T polymorphism and its homocysteine-driven effect on blood pressure

K. N. Saraswathy,  Priyanka Rani Garg,  Kabita Salam,  Shipra Joshi,  Suraj Singh Huidrom,  Pradeep Kumar Ghosh, 
  • Page: E20
  • First Published: 05 May 2014