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Editorials

Community Outreach for Stroke Education

Original Contributions

Stroke Incidence, Recurrence, and Case-Fatality in Relation to Socioeconomic Position: A Population-Based Study of Middle-Aged Swedish Men and Women

Mortality Rates for Stroke in England From 1979 to 2004: Trends, Diagnostic Precision, and Artifacts

Ethnic Group Disparities in 10-Year Trends in Stroke Incidence and Vascular Risk Factors: The South London Stroke Register (SLSR)

Genetic Factors for Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke in Japanese Individuals

Transient Global Amnesia: Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Lesions and Cerebrovascular Disease

Associations of Proinflammatory Cytokines With the Risk of Recurrent Stroke

Serum Calcium as Prognosticator in Ischemic Stroke

Diagnostic Accuracy of Magnetic Resonance Angiography for Internal Carotid Artery Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Early Hemorrhagic Transformation of Brain Infarction: Rate, Predictive Factors, and Influence on Clinical Outcome: Results of a Prospective Multicenter Study

Relationships Between Infarct Growth, Clinical Outcome, and Early Recanalization in Diffusion and Perfusion Imaging for Understanding Stroke Evolution (DEFUSE)

A Brief Prehospital Stroke Severity Scale Identifies Ischemic Stroke Patients Harboring Persisting Large Arterial Occlusions

Hemostatic and Inflammatory Risk Factors for Intracerebral Hemorrhage in a Pooled Cohort

Plasma Levels of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor After Treatment for Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations

Etiologic Diagnosis of Ischemic Stroke Subtypes With Plasma Biomarkers

Intradural Saccular Aneurysms Treated by Guglielmi Detachable Bare Coils at a Single Institution Between 1993 and 2005: Clinical Long-Term Follow-Up for a Total of 1810 Patient-Years in Relation to Morphological Treatment Results

Dependence in Prestroke Mobility Predicts Adverse Outcomes Among Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke

Prediction of Functional Outcome in Patients With Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage: The FUNC Score

Stroke Outcome in Those Over 80: A Multicenter Cohort Study Across Canada

Variables Associated With 7-Day, 30-Day, and 1-Year Fatality After Ischemic Stroke

Predictors of Death and Stroke After Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting: A Subgroup Analysis of the Pro-CAS Data

The Challenges of Community-Based Research: The Beauty Shop Stroke Education Project

Brain Lesion Volume and Capacity for Consent in Stroke Trials: Potential Regulatory Barriers to the Use of Surrogate Markers

Geometry of the Carotid Bifurcation Predicts Its Exposure to Disturbed Flow

Characterization of White Matter Injury in a Hypoxic-Ischemic Neonatal Rat Model by Diffusion Tensor MRI

Microemboli Composed of Cholesterol Crystals Disrupt the Blood-Brain Barrier and Reduce Cognition

Ischemic Postconditioning Inhibits Apoptosis After Focal Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in the Rat

Dopamine D1-Like Receptors Depress Excitatory Synaptic Transmissions in Striatal Neurons After Transient Forebrain Ischemia

Research Letters

Postpartum Cervicocephalic Artery Dissection

Postural Dependency of Right to Left Shunt: Role of Contrast-Enhanced Transcranial Doppler and Its Potential Clinical Implications

MRI-Based Separation of Congenital and Acquired Vertebrobasilar Artery Anomalies in Ischemic Stroke of the Posterior Circulation

Early Disruption of the Blood–Brain Barrier After Thrombolytic Therapy Predicts Hemorrhage in Patients With Acute Stroke

Large Ischemic Lesions on Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Done Before Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator Thrombolysis Predicts a Poor Outcome in Patients With Acute Stroke

Interventional Acute Ischemic Stroke Therapy With Intracranial Self-Expanding Stent

Comments, Opinions, and Reviews

Large Artery Intracranial Occlusive Disease: A Large Worldwide Burden but a Relatively Neglected Frontier

Cochrane Corner

Organized Inpatient (Stroke Unit) Care for Stroke

Vinpocetine for Acute Ischemic Stroke

Emerging Therapies

EXPRESS Transient Ischemic Attack Study: Speed the Process!

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American Heart Association Newly Elected Fellows, Spring 2008

American Heart Association Newly Elected Fellows, Spring 2008

Letters to the Editor

Diagnosis of Right-to-Left Shunts by Transcranial Doppler in Patients With Insufficient Temporal Bone Window

Response to Letter by Topcuoglu

Uric Acid and Neuroprotection

Incomplete Modeling of the Thromboembolectomy Technique

Response to Letter by Yousaf et al

Two Different Studies on Carotid Stent Cell Design Importance, or Are We Just Saying the Same Thing?

Carotid Stent Cell Design: Lack of Benefit or Lack of Evidence?

Size Matters! Stent-Length Is Associated With Thrombembolic Complications After Carotid Artery Stenting

Response to Letters by Settaci et al, Cremonesi et al, and Gröschel et al

Statins Suppress the Development of Aneurysms: Fact or Fiction?

Response to Letter by Paraskevas

The Color of Ruptures

Response to Letter by Nguyen and Raymond

Pregnancy Is an Essential Spontaneous Screening Stress Test for the Risk of Early Stroke in Women

Searching Additional Databases Except PubMed Are Necessary for a Systematic Review

Response to Letter by Zheng et al