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Editorials

Should Stroke Be Considered Both a Brain Attack and a Heart Attack?

Hypertension and Cerebral Blood Flow: Implications for the Development of Vascular Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly

Mismatch and Defuse: Harvesting the Riches of Multicenter Neuroimaging-Based Stroke Studies

Anticoagulation in Cerebral Ischemia Associated With Intracranial Artery Dissections Is Safe, but Is It Enough to Recommend It?

Thrombolysis for Acute Stroke in Pediatrics

Timing of Neuropsychological Outcome Measures in Patients With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Making the Most of Secondary Prevention

Poststroke Care: Chronicles of a Neglected Battle

Brain Microbleeds and Cognitive Function

The Economics of Thrombolysis

Herbal Medicine in Stroke: Does It Have a Future?

Regulatory Device Approval for Stroke: Fair and Balanced?

Original Contributions

Short-Term Risk for Stroke Is Doubled in Persons With Newly Treated Type 2 Diabetes Compared With Persons Without Diabetes: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Metabolic Syndrome and the Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke Among Japanese Men and Women

Risk of Myocardial Infarction or Vascular Death After First Ischemic Stroke: The Northern Manhattan Study

Maternal and Infant Characteristics Associated With Perinatal Arterial Stroke in the Preterm Infant

Longitudinal Changes in Cerebral Blood Flow in the Older Hypertensive Brain

High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Is Not Associated With Carotid Intima-Media Progression: The Carotid Atherosclerosis Progression Study

Power M-Mode Doppler and Single-Gate Spectral Analysis Using a 2-MHz Pulsed-Wave Doppler Transducer to Directly Detect Cervical Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis: Use of the Continuity Principle: Report of a Novel Technique

Brain Atrophy Is Related to Lacunar Lesions and Tissue Microstructural Changes in CADASIL

Adipophilin Expression Is Increased in Symptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis: Correlation With Red Blood Cells and Cholesterol Crystals • Online Data

Size Matters: Hemorrhage Volume as an Objective Measure to Define Significant Intracranial Hemorrhage Associated With Thrombolysis

Digital Map of Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarcts Associated With Posterior Cerebral Artery Trunk and Branch Occlusion

Reproducibility of High-Resolution MRI for the Identification and the Quantification of Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque Components: Consequences for Prognosis Studies and Therapeutic Trials

Validation of an Acute Ischemic Stroke Model: Does Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Lesion Volume Offer a Clinically Significant Improvement in Prediction of Outcome? • Definitions and Explanations

Evaluation of the Clinical–Diffusion and Perfusion–Diffusion Mismatch Models in DEFUSE

Impairment of Cerebral Perfusion and Infarct Patterns Attributable to Vasospasm After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Prospective MRI and DSA Study

Prognosis and Safety of Anticoagulation in Intracranial Artery Dissections in Adults

Infrared Laser Therapy for Ischemic Stroke: A New Treatment Strategy: Results of the NeuroThera Effectiveness and Safety Trial-1 (NEST-1)

Thrombolysis for Ischemic Stroke in Children: Data From the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

Serum Cellular Fibronectin and Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 as Screening Biomarkers for the Prediction of Parenchymal Hematoma After Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Multicenter Confirmatory Study

Depressive Disorders After 20 Months in Elderly Stroke Patients: A Case-Control Study

Recovery of Cognitive Function After Surgery for Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Predictive Variables for Mortality After Acute Ischemic Stroke

Combining Multiple Approaches for the Secondary Prevention of Vascular Events After Stroke: A Quantitative Modeling Study

Stroke Units in Their Natural Habitat: Systematic Review of Observational Studies

Association Between Disability Measures and Healthcare Costs After Initial Treatment for Acute Stroke

Readmission and Death After Hospitalization for Acute Ischemic Stroke: 5-Year Follow-Up in the Medicare Population

The Virtual International Stroke Trials Archive

Can We Improve the Statistical Analysis of Stroke Trials?: Statistical Reanalysis of Functional Outcomes in Stroke Trials • OAST Supplemental Appendix I: Statistical Tests Compared (see Table I) • OAST Supplemental Appendix II: Supplementary Analyses • OAST Supplemental Appendix III: Trial Data (see Tables II and III<$DOWNLINK><$DOWNLINK><$DOWNLINK>) • OAST Supplemental Appendix IV: Results (see Table IV)

Arterial Baroreflex: A Novel Target for Preventing Stroke in Rat Hypertension

Complex Hemodynamics at the Apex of an Arterial Bifurcation Induces Vascular Remodeling Resembling Cerebral Aneurysm Initiation

New Pediatric Model of Ischemic Stroke in Infant Piglets by Photothrombosis: Acute Changes in Cerebral Blood Flow, Microvasculature, and Early Histopathology

Nitric Oxide Synthase Isoforms Undertake Unique Roles During Excitotoxicity

Research Letters

Has Free Radical Release Across the Brain After Carotid Endarterectomy Traditionally Been Underestimated?: Significance of Reperfusion Hemodynamics

Clinical Significance of Microbleeds in Subcortical Vascular Dementia

Estimated Cost Savings of Increased Use of Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Canada

Usefulness of Cardiovascular Investigations in Stroke Management: Clinical Relevance and Economic Implications

Comments, Opinions, and Reviews

Lipoprotein (a) and Stroke: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies

Life After Cerovive: A Personal Perspective on Ischemic Neuroprotection in the Post–NXY-059 Era

Meta-Analysis of Traditional Chinese Patent Medicine for Ischemic Stroke

Special Reports

The 2006 William Feinberg Lecture: Shifting the Paradigm From Stroke to Global Vascular Risk Estimation

Cochrane Corner

Colony Stimulating Factors (Blood Growth Factors) Are Promising but Unproven for Treating Stroke

Electromyographic Biofeedback for the Recovery of Motor Function After Stroke

Letters to the Editor

GPx-3 Gene Promoter Variation and the Risk of Arterial Ischemic Stroke

Response to Letter by Grond-Ginsbach et al

Assessment of Emergency Medical Technicians Serving the Phoenix Metropolitan Matrix of Primary Stroke Centers

Central Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: Isolated Dizziness Caused by Small Cerebellar Hemorrhage

Response to Letter by Johkura

Therapy of Basilar Artery Occlusion: Individual Protocols Needed

Response to Letter by Vatankhah et al

Cardiac Surgery for Infective Endocarditis, Complicated by Septic Cardioembolic Stroke

Sex Hormones and Stroke Rehabilitation in Men and Women

Response to Letter by Tsuda

Depressive Symptoms, Risk of Stroke and the Stress Response

Response to Letter by Vale

Emerging Therapies

An Example of US Food and Drug Administration Device Regulation: Medical Devices Indicated for Use in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Carotid Angioplasty and Stent Placement after EVA-3S Trial

AHA/ASA Guideline

Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Adults: 2007 Update: A Guideline From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Stroke Council, High Blood Pressure Research Council, and the Quality of Care and Outcomes in Research Interdisciplinary Working Group: The American Academy of Neurology affirms the value of this guideline as an educational tool for neurologists.

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Major Ongoing Stroke Trials

Major Ongoing Stroke Trials