In the wake of the reports of the Women's Health Initiative and the Heart and
Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS), which unexpectedly showed that …

This publication describes uniform definitions for cardiovascular and stroke outcomes
developed by the Standardized Data Collection for Cardiovascular Trials Initiative and the …

Conclusions… 324 Syncope, a transient loss of consciousness, is a common clinical
problem. The most common causes of syncope are cardiovascular in origin and are …

Background The effect of endovascular thrombectomy that is performed more than 6 hours
after the onset of ischemic stroke is uncertain. Patients with a clinical deficit that is …

Background Atherosclerotic intracranial arterial stenosis is an important cause of stroke.
Warfarin is commonly used in preference to aspirin for this disorder, but these therapies …

Background—Antithrombotic therapy for intracranial arterial stenosis was recently evaluated
in the Warfarin versus Aspirin for Symptomatic Intracranial Disease (WASID) trial. A …

ContextLittle is known regarding outcomes after intravenous tissue-type plasminogen
activator (IV tPA) therapy for acute ischemic stroke outside a trial setting. ObjectiveTo assess …

We conducted a retrospective, multicenter study to compare the efficacy of warfarin with
aspirin for the prevention of major vascular events (ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction, or …

Objective: To analyze the frequency, clinical characteristics, and predictors of symptomatic
intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) after intraarterial (IA) thrombolysis with recombinant pro …

Background and Purpose—Hypothermia is effective in improving outcome in experimental
models of brain infarction. We studied the feasibility and safety of hypothermia in patients …