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A Message From the AHA President

AHA's Renewed and Stronger Commitment to Stroke

Original Contributions

Cerebrovascular Ischemic Events With High Positive Anticardiolipin Antibodies

Neurometabolite Markers of Cerebral Injury in the Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Increased Fibrinogen Levels and Acquired Hypofibrinolysis in Young Adults With Ischemic Stroke

Time Course of Lesion Development in Patients With Acute Stroke : Serial Diffusion- and Hemodynamic-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Stroke and Use of Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives in Young Women : A Pooled Analysis of Two US Studies

Socioeconomic Inequalities in Stroke Mortality Among Middle-Aged Men : An International Overview

Relationship Between Provider Volume and Mortality for Carotid Endarterectomies in New York State

Changes in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Mortality, Incidence, and Case Fatality in New Zealand Between 1981–1983 and 1991–1993

Analysis of Canadian Population With Potential Geographic Access to Intravenous Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke

Frequency and Clinical Determinants of Poststroke Depression

Acute Stroke Teams : Results of a National Survey

Direct Costs of Transient Ischemic Attacks : A Hospital-Based Study of Resource Use During the First Year After Transient Ischemic Attacks in Denmark

State Self-Esteem Following Stroke

Stroke Was Predicted by Dimensions of Quality of Life in Treated Hypertensive Men

Systolic Blood Pressure Tracking Over 25 to 30 Years and Cognitive Performance in Older Adults

Grading of Cerebral Dynamic Autoregulation From Spontaneous Fluctuations in Arterial Blood Pressure

Electroencephalographic Correlates of Vasovagal Syncope Induced by Head-Up Tilt Testing

Changes Over Time in Optimal Duplex Threshold for the Identification of Patients Eligible for Carotid Endarterectomy

Neuroprotection of the Brain During Cardiopulmonary Bypass : A Randomized Trial of Remacemide During Coronary Artery Bypass in 171 Patients

Serum S-100 and Neuron-Specific Enolase for Prediction of Regaining Consciousness After Global Cerebral Ischemia

Transcranial Doppler Detection of Microemboli During Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty

Asymptomatic Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis Defined by Ultrasound and the Risk of Subsequent Stroke in the Elderly : The Cardiovascular Health Study

Unilateral Saccadic Pursuit in Patients With Sensory Stroke : Sign of a Pontine Tegmentum Lesion

Enhanced Neocortical Neural Sprouting, Synaptogenesis, and Behavioral Recovery With D-Amphetamine Therapy After Neocortical Infarction in Rats • Editorial Comment

Angiographic and Histological Evaluation of Porcine Retinal Vascular Damage and Protection With Perfluorocarbons After Massive Air Embolism • Editorial Comment

Potent ₁-Receptor Ligand 4-Phenyl-1-(4-Phenylbutyl) Piperidine Modulates Basal and N-Methyl-D-Aspartate–Evoked Nitric Oxide Production In Vivo • Editorial Comment

Laser-Doppler Scanning of Local Cerebral Blood Flow and Reserve Capacity and Testing of Motor and Memory Functions in a Chronic 2-Vessel Occlusion Model in Rats • Editorial Comment

Poor Recovery of Mitochondrial Redox State in CA1 After Transient Forebrain Ischemia in Gerbils • Editorial Comment

Endothelial Cell Culture From Human Cerebral Cavernous Malformations • Editorial Comment

Special Reports

Carotid Endarterectomy: A Saga of Clinical Science, Personalities, and Evolving Technology : The Willis Lecture

Abstracts of Literature

Abstracts of Literature

Letters to the Editor

Predictors of Hematoma Growth? • Response

Predicting Early Deterioration or Improvement in Ischemic Stroke by Transcranial Doppler • Response

Is the Increasing Volume of Carotid Endarterectomy Justified? • Response

Serum S-100 Protein in Stroke and Cardiac Surgery • Response

Circadian Rhythm of Heart Rate Variability Is Reversibly Abolished in Ischemic Stroke • Response