Stroke -- Table of Contents (35 [1])

Volume 35, Issue 1; January 1, 2004

Editorials
Expedited Publications
Original Contributions
Research Reports
Comments, Opinions, and Reviews
Letters to the Editor
Emerging Therapies
Controversies in Stroke
Program Schedule and Abstracts of the 29th International Stroke Conference

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	Editorials
	Our Readers Speak Vladimir Hachinski Stroke. 2004;35:1; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000111515.14897.3B. Full Text \| PDF
	Expedited Publications
	Preventive Antibacterial Treatment Improves the General Medical and Neurological Outcome in a Mouse Model of Stroke Christian Meisel, Konstantin Prass, Johann Braun, Ilya Victorov, Tilo Wolf, Dirk Megow, Elke Halle, Hans-Dieter Volk, Ulrich Dirnagl, and Andreas Meisel Stroke. 2004;35:2-6; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000109041.89959.4C. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Original Contributions
	Risk Factors for First-Ever Stroke in Older People in the North East of England: A Population-Based Study Helen Rodgers, Jane Greenaway, Tina Davies, Ruth Wood, Nicholas Steen, and Richard Thomson Stroke. 2004;35:7-11; published online before print December 4 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106914.60740.78. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Inflammation, Homocysteine, and Vitamin B6 Status After Ischemic Stroke P.J. Kelly, J.P. Kistler, V.E. Shih, R. Mandell, N. Atassi, M. Barron, H. Lee, S. Silveira, and K.L. Furie Stroke. 2004;35:12-15; published online before print December 4 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106481.59944.2F. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Alcohol Intake and Cerebral Abnormalities on Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Community-Based Population of Middle-Aged Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study Jingzhong Ding, Marsha L. Eigenbrodt, Thomas H. Mosley, Jr, Richard G. Hutchinson, Aaron R. Folsom, Tamara B. Harris, and F. Javier Nieto Stroke. 2004;35:16-21; published online before print December 4 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000105929.88691.8E. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Low Serum Magnesium Predicts Neurological Events in Patients With Advanced Atherosclerosis Jasmin Amighi, Schila Sabeti, Oliver Schlager, Wolfgang Mlekusch, Markus Exner, Wolfgang Lalouschek, Ramazanali Ahmadi, Erich Minar, and Martin Schillinger Stroke. 2004;35:22-27; published online before print December 4 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000105928.95124.1F. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Parity and Risk of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Women: A Nested Case-Control Study Based on National Swedish Registries David Gaist, Lars Pedersen, Sven Cnattingius, and Henrik Toft Sørensen Stroke. 2004;35:28-32; published online before print December 4 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000105933.16654.B4. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Editorial Comment—Parity and Risk of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: An Emerging Association Aaron S. Dumont and Neal F. Kassell Stroke. 2004;35:32-33; published online before print December 4 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000108265.61436.E2. Full Text \| PDF
	Predictive Value of Inflammatory and Hemostatic Parameters, Atherosclerotic Risk Factors, and Chest X-Ray for Aortic Arch Atheromatosis Philipp Ehlermann, Wladimir Mirau, Jürgen Jahn, Andrew Remppis, and Abdolhamid Sheikhzadeh Stroke. 2004;35:34-39; published online before print December 4 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106484.62689.45. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	A Common Polymorphism of the Protein Z Gene Is Associated With Protein Z Plasma Levels and With Risk of Cerebral Ischemia in the Young C. Lichy, S. Kropp, T. Dong-Si, J. Genius, T. Dolan, T. Hampe, F. Stoll, K. Reuner, C. Grond-Ginsbach, and A. Grau Stroke. 2004;35:40-45; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106909.75418.E4. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Increased Pelvic Vein Thrombi in Cryptogenic Stroke: Results of the Paradoxical Emboli From Large Veins in Ischemic Stroke (PELVIS) Study Steven C. Cramer, Guy Rordorf, Jeffrey H. Maki, Larry A. Kramer, James C. Grotta, W. Scott Burgin, Judith A. Hinchey, Curtis Benesch, Karen L. Furie, Helmi L. Lutsep, Ellen Kelly, and W.T. Longstreth, Jr Stroke. 2004;35:46-50; published online before print December 4 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106137.42649.AB. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and the Risk of Stroke John W. Cole, Amelia N. Pinto, J. Richard Hebel, David W. Buchholz, Christopher J. Earley, Constance J. Johnson, Richard F. Macko, Thomas R. Price, Michael A. Sloan, Barney J. Stern, Robert J. Wityk, Marcella A. Wozniak, and Steven J. Kittner Stroke. 2004;35:51-56; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000105393.57853.11. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Novel Diagnostic Test for Acute Stroke John R. Lynch, Robert Blessing, William D. White, Hilary P. Grocott, Mark F. Newman, and Daniel T. Laskowitz Stroke. 2004;35:57-63; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000105927.62344.4C. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Transcranial Doppler and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Can Evaluate the Hemodynamic Effect of Carotid Artery Occlusion Fabrizio Vernieri, Francesco Tibuzzi, Patrizio Pasqualetti, Nicola Rosato, Francesco Passarelli, Paolo Maria Rossini, and Mauro Silvestrini Stroke. 2004;35:64-70; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106486.26626.E2. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Editorial Comment—Cerebral Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: How Far Away From a Routine Diagnostic Tool? Arno Villringer, Jens Steinbrink, and Hellmuth Obrig Stroke. 2004;35:70-72, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000110122.57772.C3. Full Text \| PDF
	Long-Term Ambulatory Monitoring for Cerebral Emboli Using Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Andrew D. Mackinnon, Rune Aaslid, and Hugh S. Markus Stroke. 2004;35:73-78; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106915.83041.0A. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Detection of Reversed Basilar Flow With Power-Motion Doppler After Acute Occlusion Predicts Favorable Outcome Marc Ribo, Zsolt Garami, Ken Uchino, Joon Song, Carlos A. Molina, and Andrei V. Alexandrov Stroke. 2004;35:79-82; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106760.25228.2C. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Multi-Slice CT Angiography in Diagnosing Total Versus Near Occlusions of the Internal Carotid Artery: Comparison With Catheter Angiography Chi-Jen Chen, Tsong-Hai Lee, Hui-Ling Hsu, Ying-Chi Tseng, Shinn-Kuang Lin, Li-Jen Wang, and Yon-Cheong Wong Stroke. 2004;35:83-85; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106139.38566.B2. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Clinicotopographical Correlation of Corticospinal Tract Stroke: A Color-Coded Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study C. Lie, J.G. Hirsch, C. Roßmanith, M.G. Hennerici, and A. Gass Stroke. 2004;35:86-92; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106912.09663.EB. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Editorial Comment— Finding Landmarks for Understanding White Matter Stroke Paul M. Matthews Stroke. 2004;35:92-93. Full Text \| PDF
	Influence of Arterial Input Function on Hypoperfusion Volumes Measured With Perfusion-Weighted Imaging Vincent N. Thijs, Diederik M. Somford, Roland Bammer, Wim Robberecht, Michael E. Moseley, and Gregory W. Albers Stroke. 2004;35:94-98; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106136.15163.73. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Intravascular Clots in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Pascal Favrole, Jean-Pierre Guichard, Isabelle Crassard, Marie-Germaine Bousser, and Hugues Chabriat Stroke. 2004;35:99-103, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106483.41458.AF. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Direction of Flow in Posterior Communicating Artery on Magnetic Resonance Angiography in Patients With Occipital Lobe Infarcts Jacqueline C.F. Jongen, Cees L. Franke, Lino M.P. Ramos, Jan T. Wilmink, and Jan van Gijn Stroke. 2004;35:104-108; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106772.87186.C7. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Effect of Incomplete (Spontaneous and Postthrombolytic) Recanalization After Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study T. Neumann-Haefelin, R. du Mesnil de Rochemont, J.B. Fiebach, A. Gass, C. Nolte, T. Kucinski, J. Rother, M. Siebler, O.C. Singer, K. Szabo, A. Villringer, and P.D. Schellinger Stroke. 2004;35:109-114; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106482.31425.D1. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Editorial Comment—Degree of Arterial Recanalization: An End Point For Efficacy in Future Intravenous Thrombolytic Trials Carlos A. Molina Stroke. 2004;35:114-115; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000110121.57772.18. Full Text \| PDF
	Effects of a Perindopril-Based Blood Pressure–Lowering Regimen on the Risk of Recurrent Stroke According to Stroke Subtype and Medical History: The PROGRESS Trial N. Chapman, R. Huxley, C. Anderson, M.G. Bousser, J. Chalmers, S. Colman, S. Davis, G. Donnan, S. MacMahon, B. Neal, C. Warlow, and M. Woodward Stroke. 2004;35:116-121; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106480.76217.6F. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Poststroke Hyperglycemia: Natural History and Immediate Management Christopher S. Gray, Anthony J. Hildreth, George K.M.M. Alberti, and Janice E. O’Connell Stroke. 2004;35:122-126; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106916.81680.C0. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Randomized Controlled Trial of an Early Discharge Rehabilitation Service: The Belfast Community Stroke Trial Michael Donnelly, Michael Power, Mary Russell, and Ken Fullerton Stroke. 2004;35:127-133; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106911.96026.8F. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Spasticity After Stroke: Its Occurrence and Association With Motor Impairments and Activity Limitations Disa K. Sommerfeld, Elsy U.-B. Eek, Anna-Karin Svensson, Lotta Widén Holmqvist, and Magnus H. von Arbin Stroke. 2004;35:134-139; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000105386.05173.5E. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Editorial Comment—Spasticity After Stroke: What’s the Catch? Steven C. Cramer Stroke. 2004;35:139-140; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000105387.38892.98. Full Text \| PDF
	Effects of Semantic Treatment on Verbal Communication and Linguistic Processing in Aphasia After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial Suzanne J.C. Doesborgh, Mieke W.E. van de Sandt-Koenderman, Diederik W.J. Dippel, Frans van Harskamp, Peter J. Koudstaal, and Evy G. Visch-Brink Stroke. 2004;35:141-146; published online before print December 4 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000105460.52928.A6. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Predicting Major Neurological Improvement With Intravenous Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator Treatment of Stroke Devin L. Brown, Karen C. Johnston, Douglas P. Wagner, and E. Clarke Haley, Jr Stroke. 2004;35:147-150; published online before print December 4 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000105396.93273.72. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Improving the Predictive Accuracy of Recanalization on Stroke Outcome in Patients Treated With Tissue Plasminogen Activator Carlos A. Molina, Andrei V. Alexandrov, Andrew M. Demchuk, Maher Saqqur, Ken Uchino, and José Alvarez-Sabín Stroke. 2004;35:151-156; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106485.04500.4A. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Editorial Comment—The MOST Score: Modifying the Open-Artery "Good"–Closed-Artery "Bad" Approach to Thrombolysis Prognosis Robert A. Felberg Stroke. 2004;35:156-157; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000108266.11282.BF. Full Text \| PDF
	Age and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale Score Within 6 Hours After Onset Are Accurate Predictors of Outcome After Cerebral Ischemia: Development and External Validation of Prognostic Models C. Weimar, I.R. König, K. Kraywinkel, A. Ziegler, and H.C. Diener Stroke. 2004;35:158-162; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106761.94985.8B. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Decreased Levels of Plasma Vitamin C and Increased Concentrations of Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Markers After Stroke Concepción Sánchez-Moreno, John F. Dashe, Tammy Scott, David Thaler, Marshal F. Folstein, and Antonio Martin Stroke. 2004;35:163-168; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000105391.62306.2E. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Folate, Vitamin B₆, and B₁₂ Intakes in Relation to Risk of Stroke Among Men Ka He, Anwar Merchant, Eric B. Rimm, Bernard A. Rosner, Meir J. Stampfer, Walter C. Willett, and Alberto Ascherio Stroke. 2004;35:169-174; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106762.55994.86. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Antiplatelet Effect of Aspirin in Patients With Cerebrovascular Disease Mark J. Alberts, Deborah L. Bergman, Elise Molner, Borko D. Jovanovic, Issei Ushiwata, and Jun Teruya Stroke. 2004;35:175-178; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106763.46123.F6. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Inhibition of Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 Protein Expression by Antisense Oligonucleotides Is Neuroprotective After Transient Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Rat Raghu Vemuganti, Robert J. Dempsey, and Kellie K. Bowen Stroke. 2004;35:179-184; published online before print December 4 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106479.53235.3E. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Na⁺/H⁺ Exchanger Inhibitor, SM-20220, Is Protective Against Excitotoxicity in Cultured Cortical Neurons Yuji Matsumoto, Seiji Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Takashi Tsuboi, Susumu Terakawa, Naohito Ohashi, and Kazuo Umemura Stroke. 2004;35:185-190; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106910.42815.C2. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Dysexecutive Syndrome After Mild Cerebral Ischemia?: Mice Learn Normally but Have Deficits in Strategy Switching Benjamin Winter, Bettina Bert, Heidrun Fink, Ulrich Dirnagl, and Matthias Endres Stroke. 2004;35:191-195; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000107188.29688.2C. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Alternative Strategies for Stroke Care: Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Utility Analyses From a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial Anita Patel, Martin Knapp, Inigo Perez, Andrew Evans, and Lalit Kalra Stroke. 2004;35:196-203; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000105390.20430.9F. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Editorial Comment—Stroke Cost-Effectiveness Research: Are Acceptability Curves Acceptable? Robert Holloway and Andrew W. Dick Stroke. 2004;35:203-204; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000108267.46809.C4. Full Text \| PDF
	Research Reports
	Improved Detection of Microbubble Signals Using Power M-Mode Doppler Maher Saqqur, Naeem Dean, Marcia Schebel, Michael D. Hill, Abdul Salam, Ashfaq Shuaib, and Andrew M. Demchuk Stroke. 2004;35:e14-e17; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106771.62928.66. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting With and Without Cerebral Protection: Clinical Alert From the Endarterectomy Versus Angioplasty in Patients With Symptomatic Severe Carotid Stenosis (EVA-3S) Trial Stroke. 2004;35:e18-e20; published online before print December 4 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106913.33940.DD. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Editorial Comment—With or Without Protection? The Second Important Question in Carotid Artery Stenting Michael Forsting Stroke. 2004;35:e20-e21; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000110686.67987.3D. Full Text \| PDF
	Acute Ischemic Stroke in Hospitalized Medicare Patients: Evaluation and Treatment Canopy Roychoudhury, Bradley S. Jacobs, Patricia L. Baker, Daniel Schultz, Rajendra H. Mehta, and Steven R. Levine Stroke. 2004;35:e22-e23; published online before print December 4 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106138.71007.BF. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Comments, Opinions, and Reviews
	William M. Feinberg Lecture: Stroke Therapy in the Year 2025: Burden, Breakthroughs, and Barriers to Progress Joseph P. Broderick Stroke. 2004;35:205-211; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000106160.34316.19. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Systematic Review of Methods and Results of Studies of the Genetic Epidemiology of Ischemic Stroke Enrico Floßmann, Ursula G.R. Schulz, and Peter M. Rothwell Stroke. 2004;35:212-227; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000107187.84390.AA. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Letters to the Editor
	"Conception Origin" Versus "Fetal Origins" Hypothesis and Stroke Piet Hein Jongbloet Stroke. 2004;35:e1-e2; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000107232.50242.1B. Full Text \| PDF
	Early Ischemic Signs Should Not Be Used as Exclusion Criteria in Thrombolysis Trials • Response Gerhard F. Hamann, Anthony J. Furlan, and Randall T. Higashida Stroke. 2004;35:e3-e4; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000107774.74679.16. Full Text \| PDF
	Restarting Oral Anticoagulation After Intracranial Hemorrhage • Response Andrew Butler, R. Campbell Tait, Mark H. Eckman, Daniel E. Singer, Jonathan Rosand, Katherine A. Knudsen, and Steven M. Greenberg Stroke. 2004;35:e5-e6; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000107226.46616.86. Full Text \| PDF
	Predicting Functional Outcome After Intra-Arterial Thrombolysis: Aspects of ASPECTS • Response: Gustavo Saposnik, Michael D. Hill, Michael Eliasziw, Alastair M. Buchan, Howard A. Rowley, Anthony J. Furlan, and Gregory Schulz Stroke. 2004;35:e7-e8; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000107771.06671.7E. Full Text \| PDF
	Re: External Carotid Artery Territory Ischemia Impairs Outcome in the Endovascular Filament Model of Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Rats • Response: Determinants of Body Weight Changes in the MCAO Filament Model Tiina Virtanen, Jukka Jolkkonen, Juhani Sivenius, Michael Dittmar, and Markus Horn Stroke. 2004;35:e9-e10; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000107295.05923.F4. Full Text \| PDF
	Yin and Yang of Uric Acid in Patients With Stroke • Response Angel Chamorro, Anna M. Planas, Christopher J. Weir, Scott W. Muir, Matthew R. Walters, and Kennedy R. Lees Stroke. 2004;35:e11-e12; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000107762.79571.7D. Full Text \| PDF
	Call TIAs "TIBs" • Response Michael Hoffmann and Peter M. Rothwell Stroke. 2004;35:e13; published online before print December 11 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000107772.20485.B6. Full Text \| PDF
	Emerging Therapies
	Defining the Natural History of Unruptured Aneurysms Peter A. Rasmussen and Marc R. Mayberg Stroke. 2004;35:232-233; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000107769.23095.FE. Full Text \| PDF
	Controversies in Stroke
	Steroids May Have a Role in Stroke Therapy John W. Norris Stroke. 2004;35:228-229; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000105930.29558.DB. Full Text \| PDF
	Steroids Have No Role in Stroke Therapy Niphon Poungvarin Stroke. 2004;35:229-230; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000105931.81723.26. Full Text \| PDF
	Steroids for Stroke: Another Potential Therapy Discarded Prematurely? Stephen M. Davis and Geoffrey A. Donnan Stroke. 2004;35:230-231; published online before print December 18 2003, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000105932.01846.7B. Full Text \| PDF
	Program Schedule and Abstracts of the 29th International Stroke Conference
	Program Schedule and Abstracts Stroke. 2004;35:234. PDF
	Oral Presentations Stroke. 2004;35:235-252. PDF
	Poster Presentations Stroke. 2004;35:253-340. PDF

Spotlight

TOC Spotlight File

Volume 35, Issue 1; January 1, 2004

Editorials

Our Readers Speak

Expedited Publications

Preventive Antibacterial Treatment Improves the General Medical and Neurological Outcome in a Mouse Model of Stroke

Original Contributions

Risk Factors for First-Ever Stroke in Older People in the North East of England: A Population-Based Study

Inflammation, Homocysteine, and Vitamin B6 Status After Ischemic Stroke

Alcohol Intake and Cerebral Abnormalities on Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Community-Based Population of Middle-Aged Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

Low Serum Magnesium Predicts Neurological Events in Patients With Advanced Atherosclerosis

Parity and Risk of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Women: A Nested Case-Control Study Based on National Swedish Registries

Editorial Comment—Parity and Risk of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: An Emerging Association

Predictive Value of Inflammatory and Hemostatic Parameters, Atherosclerotic Risk Factors, and Chest X-Ray for Aortic Arch Atheromatosis

A Common Polymorphism of the Protein Z Gene Is Associated With Protein Z Plasma Levels and With Risk of Cerebral Ischemia in the Young

Increased Pelvic Vein Thrombi in Cryptogenic Stroke: Results of the Paradoxical Emboli From Large Veins in Ischemic Stroke (PELVIS) Study

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and the Risk of Stroke

Novel Diagnostic Test for Acute Stroke

Transcranial Doppler and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Can Evaluate the Hemodynamic Effect of Carotid Artery Occlusion

Editorial Comment—Cerebral Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: How Far Away From a Routine Diagnostic Tool?

Long-Term Ambulatory Monitoring for Cerebral Emboli Using Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound

Detection of Reversed Basilar Flow With Power-Motion Doppler After Acute Occlusion Predicts Favorable Outcome

Multi-Slice CT Angiography in Diagnosing Total Versus Near Occlusions of the Internal Carotid Artery: Comparison With Catheter Angiography

Clinicotopographical Correlation of Corticospinal Tract Stroke: A Color-Coded Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study

Editorial Comment— Finding Landmarks for Understanding White Matter Stroke

Influence of Arterial Input Function on Hypoperfusion Volumes Measured With Perfusion-Weighted Imaging

Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Intravascular Clots in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis

Direction of Flow in Posterior Communicating Artery on Magnetic Resonance Angiography in Patients With Occipital Lobe Infarcts

Effect of Incomplete (Spontaneous and Postthrombolytic) Recanalization After Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

Editorial Comment—Degree of Arterial Recanalization: An End Point For Efficacy in Future Intravenous Thrombolytic Trials

Effects of a Perindopril-Based Blood Pressure–Lowering Regimen on the Risk of Recurrent Stroke According to Stroke Subtype and Medical History: The PROGRESS Trial

Poststroke Hyperglycemia: Natural History and Immediate Management

Randomized Controlled Trial of an Early Discharge Rehabilitation Service: The Belfast Community Stroke Trial

Spasticity After Stroke: Its Occurrence and Association With Motor Impairments and Activity Limitations

Editorial Comment—Spasticity After Stroke: What’s the Catch?

Effects of Semantic Treatment on Verbal Communication and Linguistic Processing in Aphasia After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Predicting Major Neurological Improvement With Intravenous Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator Treatment of Stroke

Improving the Predictive Accuracy of Recanalization on Stroke Outcome in Patients Treated With Tissue Plasminogen Activator

Editorial Comment—The MOST Score: Modifying the Open-Artery "Good"–Closed-Artery "Bad" Approach to Thrombolysis Prognosis

Age and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale Score Within 6 Hours After Onset Are Accurate Predictors of Outcome After Cerebral Ischemia: Development and External Validation of Prognostic Models

Decreased Levels of Plasma Vitamin C and Increased Concentrations of Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Markers After Stroke

Folate, Vitamin B6, and B12 Intakes in Relation to Risk of Stroke Among Men

Antiplatelet Effect of Aspirin in Patients With Cerebrovascular Disease

Inhibition of Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 Protein Expression by Antisense Oligonucleotides Is Neuroprotective After Transient Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Rat

Na+/H+ Exchanger Inhibitor, SM-20220, Is Protective Against Excitotoxicity in Cultured Cortical Neurons

Dysexecutive Syndrome After Mild Cerebral Ischemia?: Mice Learn Normally but Have Deficits in Strategy Switching

Alternative Strategies for Stroke Care: Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Utility Analyses From a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

Editorial Comment—Stroke Cost-Effectiveness Research: Are Acceptability Curves Acceptable?

Research Reports

Improved Detection of Microbubble Signals Using Power M-Mode Doppler

Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting With and Without Cerebral Protection: Clinical Alert From the Endarterectomy Versus Angioplasty in Patients With Symptomatic Severe Carotid Stenosis (EVA-3S) Trial

Editorial Comment—With or Without Protection? The Second Important Question in Carotid Artery Stenting

Acute Ischemic Stroke in Hospitalized Medicare Patients: Evaluation and Treatment

Comments, Opinions, and Reviews

William M. Feinberg Lecture: Stroke Therapy in the Year 2025: Burden, Breakthroughs, and Barriers to Progress

Systematic Review of Methods and Results of Studies of the Genetic Epidemiology of Ischemic Stroke

Letters to the Editor

"Conception Origin" Versus "Fetal Origins" Hypothesis and Stroke

Early Ischemic Signs Should Not Be Used as Exclusion Criteria in Thrombolysis Trials • Response

Restarting Oral Anticoagulation After Intracranial Hemorrhage • Response

Predicting Functional Outcome After Intra-Arterial Thrombolysis: Aspects of ASPECTS • Response:

Re: External Carotid Artery Territory Ischemia Impairs Outcome in the Endovascular Filament Model of Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Rats • Response: Determinants of Body Weight Changes in the MCAO Filament Model

Yin and Yang of Uric Acid in Patients With Stroke • Response

Call TIAs "TIBs" • Response

Emerging Therapies

Defining the Natural History of Unruptured Aneurysms

Controversies in Stroke

Steroids May Have a Role in Stroke Therapy

Steroids Have No Role in Stroke Therapy

Steroids for Stroke: Another Potential Therapy Discarded Prematurely?

Program Schedule and Abstracts of the 29th International Stroke Conference

Program Schedule and Abstracts

Oral Presentations

Poster Presentations

Spotlight

Folate, Vitamin B₆, and B₁₂ Intakes in Relation to Risk of Stroke Among Men

Na⁺/H⁺ Exchanger Inhibitor, SM-20220, Is Protective Against Excitotoxicity in Cultured Cortical Neurons