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Editorials

Homocysteine, Stroke, and Dementia

Original Contributions

Moderately Elevated Plasma Homocysteine, Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Genotype, and Risk for Stroke, Vascular Dementia, and Alzheimer Disease in Northern Ireland

Predictors of Severe Stroke: Influence of Preexisting Dementia and Cardiac Disorders

Mutations in the Hemochromatosis Gene (HFE) and Stroke

Do Trends in Population Levels of Blood Pressure and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors Explain Trends in Stroke Event Rates?: Comparisons of 15 Populations in 9 Countries Within the WHO MONICA Stroke Project

Incidence, Manifestations, and Predictors of Brain Infarcts Defined by Serial Cranial Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Elderly: The Cardiovascular Health Study

Comparison of Risk Factors in Patients With Transient and Prolonged Eye and Brain Ischemic Syndromes

Personality and Vulnerability to Depression in Stroke Patients: A 1-Year Prospective Follow-Up Study

Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Stroke in Young Women • Editorial Comment

Detection of Carotid Artery Stenosis by In Vivo Duplex Ultrasound: Correlation With Planimetric Measurements of the Corresponding Postmortem Specimens

Matrix Metalloproteinase-1 and Matrix Metalloproteinase-3 Gene Promoter Polymorphisms Are Associated With Carotid Artery Stenosis

Identifying Patients With Symptomatic Carotid Artery Disease at High and Low Risk of Severe Myocardial Infarction and Cardiac Death

Homonymous Visual Field Defects and Stroke in an Older Population

Cerebral Blood Flow Predicts Lesion Growth in Acute Stroke Patients

Comparison of CT and CT Angiography Source Images With Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Patients With Acute Stroke Within 6 Hours After Onset

Comparison Between Echo Contrast Agent-Specific Imaging Modes and Perfusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Assessment of Brain Perfusion

Effect of Intravenous Thrombolysis on MRI Parameters and Functional Outcome in Acute Stroke <6 Hours

Arterial Remodeling of the Common Carotid Artery After Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Aortic Stenosis

Excimer Laser–Assisted High-Flow Extracranial/Intracranial Bypass in Patients With Symptomatic Carotid Artery Occlusion at High Risk of Recurrent Cerebral Ischemia: Safety and Long-Term Outcome

Prognostic Relevance of Early Serial C-Reactive Protein Measurements After First Ischemic Stroke

Validating Administrative Data in Stroke Research

ATM Gene Regulates Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation–Induced Nuclear Factor-B DNA-Binding Activity and Downstream Apoptotic Cascade in Mouse Cerebrovascular Endothelial Cells

Behavioral Tests After Intracerebral Hemorrhage in the Rat

Neuroprotective Effects of a Novel Non–Receptor-Binding Estrogen Analogue: In Vitro and In Vivo Analysis

Prereperfusion Saline Infusion Into Ischemic Territory Reduces Inflammatory Injury After Transient Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Rats

Decrease of Proinflammatory Molecules Correlates With Neuroprotective Effect of the Fluorinated Salicylate Triflusal After Postnatal Excitotoxic Damage

Short Communications

Safety of Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Acute Stroke in Menstruating Women

Progress Review

Guglielmi Detachable Coil Embolization of Posterior Circulation Aneurysms: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Controversies in Stroke

Angioplasty and Stenting Should Be Performed Only in the Setting of a Clinical Trial

Angioplasty and Stenting Should Not Be Restricted to Clinical Trials

Carotid Stenting Is Unproven: Randomization Is a Must

Corrections

Major Ongoing Stroke Trials

AHA Scientific Statement

Recommendations for the Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals from the Committee on Cerebrovascular Imaging of the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Radiology

Letters to the Editor

Cerebral Atherosclerosis and Coronary Calcification

Parallel Morning and Evening Surge in Stroke Onset, Blood Pressure, and Physical Activity

Patient Selection for Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting

Nitric Oxide May Contribute to the Long-Term Impairment of Synaptic Transmission After Transient Ischemia