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Volume 36, Issue 2; February 1, 2005

Advances in Stroke 2004
Original Contributions
Short Communications
Comments, Opinions, and Reviews
Special Reports
Progress Review
Cochrane Corner
Letters to the Editor
Emerging Therapies
Controversies in Stroke
Corrections
Major Ongoing Stroke Trials
Program Schedule and Abstracts of the 30th International Stroke Conference

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	Advances in Stroke 2004
	Introduction Vladimir Hachinski Stroke. 2005;36:177-178; published online before print January 13 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000154894.22403.3a. Full Text \| PDF
	Update on the Genetics of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease 2004 Mark J. Alberts and Elisabeth Tournier-Lasserve Stroke. 2005;36:179-181; published online before print December 29 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153066.74217.31. Full Text \| PDF
	The Janus Face of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Ischemic Stroke: Shifting Toward Downstream Targets Costantino Iadecola and Philip B. Gorelick Stroke. 2005;36:182-185; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153797.33611.d8. Full Text \| PDF
	Oxidative Stress: The Curse That Underlies Cerebral Vascular Dysfunction? Frank M. Faraci Stroke. 2005;36:186-188; published online before print January 13 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153067.27288.8b. Full Text \| PDF
	Exciting, Radical, Suicidal: How Brain Cells Die After Stroke Eng H. Lo, Michael A. Moskowitz, and Thomas P. Jacobs Stroke. 2005;36:189-192; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153069.96296.fd. Full Text \| PDF
	Adult or Perinatal Brain Injury: Does Sex Matter? Patricia D. Hurn, Susan J. Vannucci, and Henrik Hagberg Stroke. 2005;36:193-195; published online before print December 29 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153064.41332.f6. Full Text \| PDF
	Imaging Jean-Claude Baron and Steven Warach Stroke. 2005;36:196-199; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000154559.03784.db. Full Text \| PDF
	Thrombolysis: What More Does It Take? Markku Kaste Stroke. 2005;36:200-202; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153058.54341.72. Full Text \| PDF
	Options for Recanalization Therapy in Basilar Artery Occlusion Perttu J. Lindsberg, Lauri Soinne, Risto O. Roine, and Turgut Tatlisumak Stroke. 2005;36:203-204; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153796.49137.e8. Full Text \| PDF
	Critical Care and Emergency Medicine Neurology in Stroke Daniel Hanley and Werner Hacke Stroke. 2005;36:205-207; published online before print January 13 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000154923.27548.69. Full Text \| PDF
	Emerging Therapies for Cerebrovascular Disorders Antoni Davalos and Marc Fisher Stroke. 2005;36:208-210; published online before print December 29 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153062.32426.f6. Full Text \| PDF
	Stroke Review: Advances in Interventional Neuroradiology 2004 David Pelz, Tommy Andersson, Pedro Lylyk, Makoto Negoro, and Michael Soderman Stroke. 2005;36:211-214; published online before print December 29 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153059.41663.60. Full Text \| PDF
	What’s New in Stroke Rehabilitation: Back to Basics Robert W. Teasell and Lalit Kalra Stroke. 2005;36:215-217; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153061.02375.04. Full Text \| PDF
	Secondary Prevention of Recurrent Stroke Graeme J. Hankey Stroke. 2005;36:218-221; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153048.87248.3b. Full Text \| PDF
	Prevention and Health Services Delivery Larry B. Goldstein and Pierre Amarenco Stroke. 2005;36:222-224; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153050.27021.b1. Full Text \| PDF
	Health Policy and Outcomes Research 2004 David B. Matchar and Anthony G. Rudd Stroke. 2005;36:225-227; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153068.73805.43. Full Text \| PDF
	Original Contributions
	Risk Factors for Stroke in Subjects With Normal Blood Pressure: A Prospective Cohort Study Cairu Li, Gunnar Engström, Bo Hedblad, Göran Berglund, and Lars Janzon Stroke. 2005;36:234-238; published online before print December 23 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152328.66493.0a. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Outdoor Air Pollution and Stroke in Sheffield, United Kingdom: A Small-Area Level Geographical Study Ravi Maheswaran, Robert P. Haining, Paul Brindley, Jane Law, Tim Pearson, Peter R. Fryers, Stephen Wise, and Michael J. Campbell Stroke. 2005;36:239-243; published online before print December 16 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000151363.71221.12. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Trends in Fatal and Nonfatal Strokes Among Persons Aged 35 to $≥$ 85 Years During 1991–2002 in Finland Pia Pajunen, Rauni Pääkkönen, Helena Hämäläinen, Ilmo Keskimäki, Tiina Laatikainen, Marja Niemi, Hannu Rintanen, and Veikko Salomaa Stroke. 2005;36:244-248; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152945.28543.4a. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Role of the Interleukin-6 –174 G>C Gene Polymorphism in Retinal Artery Occlusion Martin Weger, Iris Steinbrugger, Anton Haas, Winfried März, Yosuf El-Shabrawi, Wolfgang Weger, Otto Schmut, and Wilfried Renner Stroke. 2005;36:249-252; published online before print December 16 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000151329.84830.37. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Carotid Plaque Pathology: Thrombosis, Ulceration, and Stroke Pathogenesis Mark Fisher, Annlia Paganini-Hill, Aldana Martin, Michele Cosgrove, James F. Toole, Henry J.M. Barnett, and John Norris Stroke. 2005;36:253-257; published online before print January 13 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152336.71224.21. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Editorial Comment—Plaque Pathology and Patient Selection for Carotid Endarterectomy J. Max Findlay Stroke. 2005;36:257-258; published online before print January 13 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152956.81155.af. Full Text \| PDF
	Chlamydia pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Legionella pneumophila in Elderly Patients With Stroke (C-PEPS, M-PEPS, L-PEPS): A Case-Control Study on the Infectious Burden of Atypical Respiratory Pathogens in Elderly Patients With Acute Cerebrovascular Disease Joseph Ngeh and Colin Goodbourn Stroke. 2005;36:259-265; published online before print December 29 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152961.11730.d9. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Blood Pressure and Vessel Recanalization in the First Hours After Ischemic Stroke Heinrich P. Mattle, Liliane Kappeler, Marcel Arnold, Urs Fischer, Krassen Nedeltchev, Luca Remonda, Stephan M. Jakob, and Gerhard Schroth Stroke. 2005;36:264-268; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153052.59113.89. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Editorial Comment—High Blood Pressure After Acute Cerebrovascular Occlusion: Risk or Risk Marker? Perttu J. Lindsberg Stroke. 2005;36:268-269; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153045.33710.bc. Full Text \| PDF
	Cardiac Troponins and N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Acute Ischemic Stroke Do Not Relate to Clinical Prognosis Thorleif Etgen, Hannsjoerg Baum, Kerstin Sander, and Dirk Sander Stroke. 2005;36:270-275; published online before print December 16 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000151364.19066.a1. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Biological Assessment of Aspirin Efficacy on Healthy Individuals: Heterogeneous Response or Aspirin Failure? Rocio Gonzalez-Conejero, Jose Rivera, Javier Corral, Carmen Acuña, Jose A. Guerrero, and Vincente Vicente Stroke. 2005;36:276-280; published online before print December 16 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000151362.65339.f9. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Restenosis After Carotid Angioplasty, Stenting, or Endarterectomy in the Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study (CAVATAS) Dominick J.H. McCabe, Anthony C. Pereira, Andrew Clifton, J. Martin Bland, Martin M. Brown on behalf of the CAVATAS Investigators Stroke. 2005;36:281-286; published online before print January 13 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152333.75932.fe. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Telemedicine for Safe and Extended Use of Thrombolysis in Stroke: The Telemedic Pilot Project for Integrative Stroke Care (TEMPiS) in Bavaria Heinrich J. Audebert, Christian Kukla, Stephan Clarmann von Claranau, Johannes Kühn, Bijan Vatankhah, Johannes Schenkel, Guntram W. Ickenstein, Roman L. Haberl, Markus Horn on behalf of the TEMPiS Group Stroke. 2005;36:287-291; published online before print December 29 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153015.57892.66. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Aggressive Mechanical Clot Disruption: A Safe Adjunct to Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Stroke? Elizabeth A. Noser, Hashem M. Shaltoni, Christiana E. Hall, Andrei V. Alexandrov, Zsolt Garami, Edwin D. Cacayorin, Joon K. Song, James C. Grotta, and Morgan S. Campbell, III Stroke. 2005;36:292-296; published online before print December 29 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152331.93770.18. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	A Randomized Controlled Trial of Early Supported Discharge and Continued Rehabilitation at Home After Stroke: Five-Year Follow-Up of Patient Outcome Ann-Mari Thorsén, Lotta Widés Holmqvist, Jesús de Pedro-Cuesta, and Lena von Koch Stroke. 2005;36:297-303; published online before print December 23 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152288.42701.a6. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Preference-Based Quality of Life in Patients With Cerebral Aneurysms Joseph T. King, Jr, Joel Tsevat, and Mark S. Roberts Stroke. 2005;36:303-309; published online before print January 13 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152950.46598.f1. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Mortality After Stroke: Retrospective Cohort Study Jasmin Arrich, Wolfgang Lalouschek, and Marcus Müllner Stroke. 2005;36:310-314; published online before print December 29 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152962.92621.b5. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Are There Inequalities in the Provision of Stroke Care?: Analysis of an Inner-City Stroke Register Christopher McKevitt, Catherine Coshall, Kate Tilling, and Charles Wolfe Stroke. 2005;36:315-320; published online before print December 23 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152332.32267.19. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Folate Deficiency Increases Postischemic Brain Injury Matthias Endres, Michael Ahmadi, Inna Kruman, Detlev Biniszkiewicz, Andreas Meisel, and Karen Gertz Stroke. 2005;36:321-325; published online before print December 29 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153008.60517.ab. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Albumin Treatment Reduces Neurological Deficit and Protects Blood–Brain Barrier Integrity After Acute Intracortical Hematoma in the Rat Ludmila Belayev, Isabel Saul, Raul Busto, Kristine Danielyan, Alexey Vigdorchik, Larissa Khoutorova, and Myron D. Ginsberg Stroke. 2005;36:326-331; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152949.31366.3d. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Aggravation of Focal Cerebral Ischemia by Tissue Plasminogen Activator Is Reversed by 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibitor but Does Not Depend on Endothelial NO Synthase Ertugrul Kilic, Ülkan Kilic, Christian M. Matter, Thomas F. Lüscher, Claudio L. Bassetti, and Dirk M. Hermann Stroke. 2005;36:332-336; published online before print December 29 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152273.24063.f7. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Estradiol Regulates Angiopoietin-1 mRNA Expression Through Estrogen Receptor- ${alpha}$ in a Rodent Experimental Stroke Model Agnieszka A. Ardelt, Louise D. McCullough, Kenneth S. Korach, Michael M. Wang, Diane H. Munzenmaier, and Patricia D. Hurn Stroke. 2005;36:337-341; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153795.38388.72. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Impaired Endothelium-Dependent Responses and Enhanced Influence of Rho-Kinase in Cerebral Arterioles in Type II Diabetes Sean P. Didion, Cynthia M. Lynch, Gary L. Baumbach, and Frank M. Faraci Stroke. 2005;36:342-347; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152952.42730.92. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Holo-Transferrin and Thrombin Can Interact to Cause Brain Damage Takehiro Nakamura, Guohua Xi, Jung-Weon Park, Ya Hua, Julian T. Hoff, and Richard F. Keep Stroke. 2005;36:348-352; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153044.60858.1b. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	A Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor- ${gamma}$ Agonist Reduces Infarct Size in Transient but Not in Permanent Ischemia Tomokazu Shimazu, Ikuo Inoue, Nobuo Araki, Yoshio Asano, Masahiko Sawada, Daisuke Furuya, Harumitsu Nagoya, and Joel H. Greenberg Stroke. 2005;36:353-359; published online before print December 23 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152271.21943.a2. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Short Communications
	Headache at Stroke Onset in 2196 Patients With Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack Susanne Tentschert, Romana Wimmer, Stefan Greisenegger, Wilfried Lang, and Wolfgang Lalouschek Stroke. 2005;36:e1-e3; published online before print December 16 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000151360.03567.2b. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Neurochemical Monitoring of Glycerol Therapy in Patients With Ischemic Brain Edema Christian Berger, Oliver W. Sakowitz, Karl L. Kiening, and Stefan Schwab Stroke. 2005;36:e4-e6; published online before print December 23 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000151328.70519.e9. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Comments, Opinions, and Reviews
	Are Cost Benefits of Anticoagulation for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Underestimated? Paul S.J. Miller, Fredrik L. Andersson, and Lalit Kalra Stroke. 2005;36:360-366; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153002.56324.8c. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Systematic Review of Early Recurrent Stenosis After Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting Klaus Gröschel, Axel Riecker, Jörg B. Schulz, Ulrike Ernemann, and Andreas Kastrup Stroke. 2005;36:367-373; published online before print December 29 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152357.82843.9f. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Special Reports
	Ethnic Disparities in Stroke: Epidemiology, Acute Care, and Postacute Outcomes James P. Stansbury, Huanguang Jia, Linda S. Williams, W. Bruce Vogel, and Pamela W. Duncan Stroke. 2005;36:374-386; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153065.39325.fd. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Editorial Comment—Ethnic Disparities in Stroke: Epidemiology, Acute Care, and Postacute Outcomes Stanley Tuhrim Stroke. 2005;36:386-387; published online before print December 29 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153060.06006.00. Full Text \| PDF
	Progress Review
	Magnetic Resonance Imaging Criteria for Thrombolysis in Acute Cerebral Infarct N. Hjort, K. Butcher, S.M. Davis, C.S. Kidwell, on behalf of the UCLA Thrombolysis Investigators, W.J. Koroshetz, J. Röther, P.D. Schellinger, S. Warach, and L. Østergaard Stroke. 2005;36:388-397; published online before print December 23 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152268.47919.be. Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Cochrane Corner
	Force Platform Feedback for Standing Balance Training After Stroke Ruth Barclay-Goddard, Ted Stevenson, William Poluha, Michael E.K. Moffatt, and Shayne P. Taback Stroke. 2005;36:412-413; published online before print January 13 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152342.01701.96. Full Text \| PDF
	Letters to the Editor
	Influence of Dietary Patterns on Stroke Risk in China Tsung O. Cheng Stroke. 2005;36:228; published online before print December 29 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000155270.83841.9a. Full Text \| PDF
	Correlation of Systemic Inflammatory Response With Infarct Volume in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients • Response Hedley C.A. Emsley, Craig J. Smith, Rachel F. Georgiou, Andy Vail, Pippa J. Tyrrell, Elisa M. Barberan, Nancy J. Rothwell, Stephen J. Hopkins, Heinrich Audebert, and Romal L. Haberl Stroke. 2005;36:228-229; published online before print December 29 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000155197.88944.ac. Full Text \| PDF
	Insular Lesions and Hyperglycemia in Acute Stroke Revisited • Response Hanne Christensen, Louise Allport, Ken Butcher, and Stephen Davis Stroke. 2005;36:229-230; published online before print December 29 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152959.64134.cf. Full Text \| PDF
	NINDS Reanalysis Committee’s Reanalysis of the NINDS Trial • Response Jeffrey Mann, Timothy John Ingall, William Michael O’Fallon, Kjell Asplund, Lewis Robert Goldfrank, Vicki S. Hertzberg, Thomas Arthur Louis, and Teresa J. Hengy Christianson Stroke. 2005;36:230-231; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152953.71415.01. Full Text \| PDF
	Early Recurrent Stroke or Neurological Deterioration? • Response Hanne Christensen and Peter M. Rothwell Stroke. 2005;36:231-232; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000155857.79420.0d. Full Text \| PDF
	Systemic Inflammatory Response Depends on Initial Stroke Severity but Is Attenuated by Successful Thrombolysis • Response Kerstin Sander, Dirk Sander, Heinrich Audebert, and Romal L. Haberl Stroke. 2005;36:232; published online before print January 13 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152951.14573.f8. Full Text \| PDF
	Telephone Assessment of Stroke Outcome Is Reliable José G. Merino, Susan U. Lattimore, and Steven Warach Stroke. 2005;36:232-233; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153055.43138.2f. Full Text \| PDF
	Emerging Therapies
	Devices, Drugs, and the Food and Drug Administration: Increasing Implications for Ischemic Stroke Anthony J. Furlan and Marc Fisher Stroke. 2005;36:398-399; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153057.07181.94. Full Text \| PDF
	Approval of the MERCI Clot Retriever: A Critical View Kyra J. Becker and Thomas G. Brott Stroke. 2005;36:400-403; published online before print January 13 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153056.25397.ff. Full Text \| PDF
	The Food and Drug Administration Medical Device Review Process: Clearance of a Clot Retriever for Use in Ischemic Stroke Richard P. Felten, Neil R.P. Ogden, Carlos Peña, Miriam C. Provost, Michael J. Schlosser, and Celia M. Witten Stroke. 2005;36:404-406; published online before print December 29 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153063.54972.91. Full Text \| PDF
	Controversies in Stroke
	Patients With Small, Asymptomatic, Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms and No History of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Should Be Treated Conservatively Geoffrey A. Donnan and Stephen M. Davis Stroke. 2005;36:407; published online before print December 23 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152269.73262.68. Full Text \| PDF
	Patients With Small, Asymptomatic, Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms and No History of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Should Generally Be Treated Conservatively: For David O. Wiebers Stroke. 2005;36:408-409; published online before print January 6 2005, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152270.22970.48. Full Text \| PDF
	Patients With Small, Asymptomatic, Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms and No History of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Should Be Treated Conservatively: Against Bryce Weir Stroke. 2005;36:410-411; published online before print December 23 2004, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000152272.34969.80. Full Text \| PDF
	Corrections
	Correction Stroke. 2005;36:414, doi:10.1161/01.str.0000154676.74009.f5. Full Text \| PDF
	Correction Stroke. 2005;36:415, doi:10.1161/01.str.0000154677.51138.7b. Full Text \| PDF
	Major Ongoing Stroke Trials
	Major Ongoing Stroke Trials Stroke. 2005;36:e7-e16, doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000153932.30738.ad. Full Text \| PDF
	Program Schedule and Abstracts of the 30th International Stroke Conference
	Program Schedule and Abstracts of the 30th International Stroke Conference Stroke. 2005;36:416. PDF

Spotlight

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Volume 36, Issue 2; February 1, 2005

Advances in Stroke 2004

Introduction

Update on the Genetics of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease 2004

The Janus Face of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Ischemic Stroke: Shifting Toward Downstream Targets

Oxidative Stress: The Curse That Underlies Cerebral Vascular Dysfunction?

Exciting, Radical, Suicidal: How Brain Cells Die After Stroke

Adult or Perinatal Brain Injury: Does Sex Matter?

Imaging

Thrombolysis: What More Does It Take?

Options for Recanalization Therapy in Basilar Artery Occlusion

Critical Care and Emergency Medicine Neurology in Stroke

Emerging Therapies for Cerebrovascular Disorders

Stroke Review: Advances in Interventional Neuroradiology 2004

What’s New in Stroke Rehabilitation: Back to Basics

Secondary Prevention of Recurrent Stroke

Prevention and Health Services Delivery

Health Policy and Outcomes Research 2004

Original Contributions

Risk Factors for Stroke in Subjects With Normal Blood Pressure: A Prospective Cohort Study

Outdoor Air Pollution and Stroke in Sheffield, United Kingdom: A Small-Area Level Geographical Study

Trends in Fatal and Nonfatal Strokes Among Persons Aged 35 to 85 Years During 1991–2002 in Finland

Role of the Interleukin-6 –174 G>C Gene Polymorphism in Retinal Artery Occlusion

Carotid Plaque Pathology: Thrombosis, Ulceration, and Stroke Pathogenesis

Editorial Comment—Plaque Pathology and Patient Selection for Carotid Endarterectomy

Chlamydia pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Legionella pneumophila in Elderly Patients With Stroke (C-PEPS, M-PEPS, L-PEPS): A Case-Control Study on the Infectious Burden of Atypical Respiratory Pathogens in Elderly Patients With Acute Cerebrovascular Disease

Blood Pressure and Vessel Recanalization in the First Hours After Ischemic Stroke

Editorial Comment—High Blood Pressure After Acute Cerebrovascular Occlusion: Risk or Risk Marker?

Cardiac Troponins and N-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Acute Ischemic Stroke Do Not Relate to Clinical Prognosis

Biological Assessment of Aspirin Efficacy on Healthy Individuals: Heterogeneous Response or Aspirin Failure?

Restenosis After Carotid Angioplasty, Stenting, or Endarterectomy in the Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study (CAVATAS)

Telemedicine for Safe and Extended Use of Thrombolysis in Stroke: The Telemedic Pilot Project for Integrative Stroke Care (TEMPiS) in Bavaria

Aggressive Mechanical Clot Disruption: A Safe Adjunct to Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Stroke?

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Early Supported Discharge and Continued Rehabilitation at Home After Stroke: Five-Year Follow-Up of Patient Outcome

Preference-Based Quality of Life in Patients With Cerebral Aneurysms

Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Mortality After Stroke: Retrospective Cohort Study

Are There Inequalities in the Provision of Stroke Care?: Analysis of an Inner-City Stroke Register

Folate Deficiency Increases Postischemic Brain Injury

Albumin Treatment Reduces Neurological Deficit and Protects Blood–Brain Barrier Integrity After Acute Intracortical Hematoma in the Rat

Aggravation of Focal Cerebral Ischemia by Tissue Plasminogen Activator Is Reversed by 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase Inhibitor but Does Not Depend on Endothelial NO Synthase

Estradiol Regulates Angiopoietin-1 mRNA Expression Through Estrogen Receptor- in a Rodent Experimental Stroke Model

Impaired Endothelium-Dependent Responses and Enhanced Influence of Rho-Kinase in Cerebral Arterioles in Type II Diabetes

Holo-Transferrin and Thrombin Can Interact to Cause Brain Damage

A Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor- Agonist Reduces Infarct Size in Transient but Not in Permanent Ischemia

Short Communications

Headache at Stroke Onset in 2196 Patients With Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack

Neurochemical Monitoring of Glycerol Therapy in Patients With Ischemic Brain Edema

Comments, Opinions, and Reviews

Are Cost Benefits of Anticoagulation for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Underestimated?

Systematic Review of Early Recurrent Stenosis After Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting

Special Reports

Ethnic Disparities in Stroke: Epidemiology, Acute Care, and Postacute Outcomes

Editorial Comment—Ethnic Disparities in Stroke: Epidemiology, Acute Care, and Postacute Outcomes

Progress Review

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Criteria for Thrombolysis in Acute Cerebral Infarct

Cochrane Corner

Force Platform Feedback for Standing Balance Training After Stroke

Letters to the Editor

Influence of Dietary Patterns on Stroke Risk in China

Correlation of Systemic Inflammatory Response With Infarct Volume in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients • Response

Insular Lesions and Hyperglycemia in Acute Stroke Revisited • Response

NINDS Reanalysis Committee’s Reanalysis of the NINDS Trial • Response

Early Recurrent Stroke or Neurological Deterioration? • Response

Systemic Inflammatory Response Depends on Initial Stroke Severity but Is Attenuated by Successful Thrombolysis • Response

Telephone Assessment of Stroke Outcome Is Reliable

Emerging Therapies

Devices, Drugs, and the Food and Drug Administration: Increasing Implications for Ischemic Stroke

Approval of the MERCI Clot Retriever: A Critical View

The Food and Drug Administration Medical Device Review Process: Clearance of a Clot Retriever for Use in Ischemic Stroke

Controversies in Stroke

Patients With Small, Asymptomatic, Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms and No History of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Should Be Treated Conservatively

Patients With Small, Asymptomatic, Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms and No History of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Should Generally Be Treated Conservatively: For

Patients With Small, Asymptomatic, Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms and No History of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Should Be Treated Conservatively: Against

Corrections

Correction

Correction

Major Ongoing Stroke Trials

Major Ongoing Stroke Trials

Program Schedule and Abstracts of the 30th International Stroke Conference

Program Schedule and Abstracts of the 30th International Stroke Conference

Trends in Fatal and Nonfatal Strokes Among Persons Aged 35 to $≥$ 85 Years During 1991–2002 in Finland

Estradiol Regulates Angiopoietin-1 mRNA Expression Through Estrogen Receptor- ${alpha}$ in a Rodent Experimental Stroke Model

A Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor- ${gamma}$ Agonist Reduces Infarct Size in Transient but Not in Permanent Ischemia