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Acknowledgment to Reviewers

Original Contributions

Monocyte Count Is a Predictor of Novel Plaque Formation: A 7-Year Follow-up Study of 2610 Persons Without Carotid Plaque at Baseline The Tromsø Study

Incidence and Short-Term Prognosis of Transient Ischemic Attack in a Population-Based Study

Editorial Comment— Transient Ischemic Attacks Are Emergencies

Blood Pressure Control and Risk of Stroke: A Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study

ALOX5AP Gene and the PDE4D Gene in a Central European Population of Stroke Patients

₁-Antichymotrypsin Gene (SERPINA3) A/T Polymorphism as a Risk Factor for Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Stratified Gray-Scale Median Analysis and Color Mapping of the Carotid Plaque: Correlation With Endarterectomy Specimen Histology of 28 Patients

Markedly Reduced Apparent Blood Volume on Bolus Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Predictor of Hemorrhage After Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke

Blood Oxygen Level–Dependent MRI of Cerebral CO₂ Reactivity in Severe Carotid Stenosis and Occlusion

Identification of Embolic Stroke Patterns by Diffusion-Weighted MRI in Clinically Defined Lacunar Stroke Syndromes

Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction: The Role of Lumen Diameter

Relations of Serum High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Interleukin-6 Levels With Silent Brain Infarction

A Simple 3-Item Stroke Scale: Comparison With the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale and Prediction of Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion

Reliability of the Modified Rankin Scale Across Multiple Raters: Benefits of a Structured Interview

Cilostazol Prevents the Progression of the Symptomatic Intracranial Arterial Stenosis: The Multicenter Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial of Cilostazol in Symptomatic Intracranial Arterial Stenosis

Clinical Predictors of Transient Ischemic Attack, Stroke, or Death Within 30 Days of Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting

Utility of Outcome Measures After Treatment for Intracranial Aneurysms: A Prospective Trial Involving 520 Patients

A Pilot Study of Normobaric Oxygen Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Determinants of Quality of Life in Stroke Survivors and Their Informal Caregivers

Sex Differences in Stroke Care and Outcomes: Results From the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network

Study of the Relationship Between Social Deprivation and Outcome After Stroke

Cardiac Power During Exercise and the Risk of Stroke in Men

Recovery From Aphasia After Hemicraniectomy for Infarction of the Speech-Dominant Hemisphere

Family History of Stroke in Patients With Transient Ischemic Attack in Relation to Hypertension and Other Intermediate Phenotypes

Psychosocial Impact of Screening for Intracranial Aneurysms in Relatives With Familial Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Is Heparin Treatment the Optimal Management for Cerebral Venous Thrombosis?: Effect of Abciximab, Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator, and Enoxaparin in Experimentally Induced Superior Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis

Functional Recovery in Aged and Young Rats After Embolic Stroke: Treatment With a Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitor

Adrenomedullin Enhances Therapeutic Potency of Mesenchymal Stem Cells After Experimental Stroke in Rats

Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer of Heparin-Binding Epidermal Growth Factor-Like Growth Factor Enhances Neurogenesis and Angiogenesis After Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Rats

Short Communications

Postacute C-Reactive Protein Levels Are Elevated in Cervical Artery Dissection

Endovascular Stent-Assisted Angioplasty in the Management of Traumatic Internal Carotid Artery Dissections

Research Reports

Derivation of Transcranial Doppler Criteria for Rescue Intra-arterial Thrombolysis: Multicenter Experience From the Interventional Management of Stroke Study

Early Recanalization Rates and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Tandem Internal Carotid Artery/Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion and Isolated Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion

Biallelic Somatic and Germ Line CCM1 Truncating Mutations in a Cerebral Cavernous Malformation Lesion

Comments, Opinions, and Reviews

William M. Feinberg Lecture: Cognitive Vitality and the Role of Stroke and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

Special Reports

Emergency Administration of Abciximab for Treatment of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: Results of a Randomized Phase 2 Trial

Progress Reviews

Are Lacunar Strokes Really Different?: A Systematic Review of Differences in Risk Factor Profiles Between Lacunar and Nonlacunar Infarcts

Editorial Comment— Time to Burn the TOAST

Safety and Efficacy of Endovascular Treatment of Carotid Artery Stenosis Compared With Carotid Endarterectomy: A Cochrane Systematic Review of the Randomized Evidence

Cochrane Corner

Anticoagulants Versus Antiplatelet Therapy for Preventing Stroke in Patients With Nonrheumatic Atrial Fibrillation and a History of Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack

Emerging Therapies

Protected Carotid Artery Stenting Versus Endarterectomy in High-Risk Patients Reflections From SAPPHIRE

AHA/ASA Scientific Statement

Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Ischemic Stroke: 2005 Guidelines Update A Scientific Statement From the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

AHA Special Reports

Clinical Trial Registration: A Statement From the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

Letters to the Editor

Stroke in the Very Elderly • Response

Embolus Detection and Differentiation Using Multifrequency Transcranial Doppler

Postcarotid Endarterectomy Hyperfusion or Reperfusion Syndrome • Response

Emerging Therapies: Clopidogrel and Aspirin