Summary:Background: The total endovascular repair of the aortic arch is becoming more and more an acceptable alternative to the open repair in selected patients. The aim of the present study is to perform a meta-analysis of the available ...
Summary:Background: This study aimed to evaluate risk factors for adverse outcomes and perioperative stroke and death in patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis undergoing open endarterectomy (CEA). The second objective was to assess ...
Abstract.Background: High rates of psychological distress are reported in functional conditions and vascular stroke, but there is limited understanding of how patients with functional neurological symptoms in stroke settings respond to ...
Psychometric Evaluation of the German Version of the Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale (DASS-21) in Outpatient NeurorehabilitationAbstract.Background: Depression can significantly influence the course ...
Summary:Background: The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic interaction between age and sex on peri-operative and follow-up outcomes following elective carotid endarterectomy (CEA) for asymptomatic and symptomatic carotid ...
Treatment and Management of SpasticityAbstract. In the care of neurological patients with a lesion of the first motor neuron, for example after stroke or multiple sclerosis, spasticity is a common problem with ...
Summary:Background: To assess the vascular and clinical course of acute symptomatic extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion. Patients and methods: Patients with an acute ischemic event in the anterior circulation and ...
Providing knowledge and support for caring relatives with the smartphone – the MoCaB projectAbstract.Background: Caring relatives often have a lack of knowledge of illness and care options. Surveys, as part of the MoCaB (...
Abstract.Background: Stroke is a major global health problem that contributes to a significant burden of morbidity and mortality. The association of several foods and nutrients with stroke has been well-established. However, the effect of the whole diet ...
Summary. Acute occlusion of the extracranial internal carotid artery (eICA) is associated with poor prognosis. Surgical desobliteration has not received adequate attention in recent years. We therefore conducted a literature review and ...
Practice recommendations for psychological interventions in neurological rehabilitation: multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and strokeAbstract.Background: Patients with neurological diseases face a great ...
An Unusual Hemisphere SyndromeAbstract. A patient with known hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia presents with transient right arm weakness and dizziness. A transient ischemic attack is diagnosed on clinical and ...
Abstract.Background: In randomized controlled trials (RCTs) direct acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) showed a superior risk-benefit profile in comparison to vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) for patients with ...
Abstract.Background: Diabetes mellitus increases the risk of ischaemic stroke in the general population but its impact on early outcome after the carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is controversial with conflicting ...
Depression is female – even after stroke? Cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons of gender effects in prevalence and depressive symptomsAbstract. Depression in the general population is more frequent in ...
Abstract.Background: This study aimed to utilize high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to investigate the characteristics of stable and vulnerable carotid arteriosclerotic plaques, with correlations to ...
Abstract. This paper outlines some actual developments in the behavioral treatment and rehabilitation of stroke and other brain injuries in post-acute and chronic conditions of brain lesion. It points to a number of processes that ...
Abstract. Patients with chronic stroke were given Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) over an intensive two-week course of treatment. The intervention resulted in a large improvement in use of the more-affected upper extremity in ...
Abstract. The ability to learn and the ability to reshape brain circuits are regarded as some of the most remarkable and important features of the brain. This ability declines with age due to largely unknown reasons, and it also is altered ...
Obesity Paradox and StrokeAbstract. The obesity paradox suggests that overweight and obese patients of older age may have higher survival rates after stroke as compared to normalweight patients. However, the results need a cautious interpretation due to ...