References

This page lists cited papers for presentations included in the Evidence-Based Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disease series. Links to PubMed and to an appropriate entry in the Stroke Trials Directory are provided for each citation when available.


Evidence Based Medicine Overview


Acute Ischemic Stroke


Hemorrhagic Stroke

Stroke Prevention


Stroke Rehabilitation



Principles of Evidence Based Medicine

ALLHAT Officers and Coordinators for the ALLHAT Collaborative Research Group.
Major outcomes in moderately hypercholesterolemic, hypertensive patients randomized to pravastatin vs usual care: The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT-LLT).
JAMA 2002 Dec 18;288(23):2998-3007.

American-Canadian Co-Operative Study Group.
Persantine Aspirin Trial in cerebral ischemia. Part II: Endpoint results.
Stroke 1985; 16:406-415
Stroke Trials Directory Entry:
Persantine Aspirin Trial

Antithrombotic Trialists' Collaboration. Collaborative meta-analysis of randomised trials of antiplatelet therapy for prevention of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke in high risk patients.
BMJ 2002; 324:71-86.

Antonio L. Dans; Leonila F. Dans; Gordon H. Guyatt; Scott Richardson; for the Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group.
Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: XIV. How to Decide on the Applicability of Clinical Trial Results to Your Patient
JAMA 1998;279:545-549.

Berge E, Abdelnoor M, Nakstad PH, Sandset PM. Low molecular-weight heparin versus aspirin in patients with acute ischaemic stroke and atrial fibrillation: a double-blind randomised study. HAEST Study Group. Heparin in Acute Embolic Stroke Trial. (HAEST)
Lancet 2000; 355:1205-1210
Stroke Trials Directory Entry:
HAEST

Bousser MG, Eschwege E, Haguenau M, et al; "AICLA" controlled trial of aspirin and dipyridamole in the secondary prevention of athero-thrombotic cerebral ischemia.
Stroke 1983; 14:5-14
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: AICLA

Broderick JP, Adams HP Jr, Barsan W, et al. Guidelines for the management of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: A statement for healthcare professionals from a special writing group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association.
Stroke 1999 Apr;30(4):905-15.

CAPRIE Steering Committee. A randomised, blinded, trial of clopidogrel versus aspirin in patients at risk of ischaemic events (CAPRIE).
Lancet 1996 Nov 16;348(9038):1329-39.
Stroke Trials Directory Entry:
CAPRIE

Cardiac Arrhythmia Pilot Study (CAPS) Investigators. Effects of encainide, flecainide, imipramine and moricizine on ventricular arrhythmias during the year after acute myocardial infarction: the CAPS.
Am J Cardiol. 1988 Mar 1;61(8):501-9.

Chimowitz MI, Kokkinos J, Strong J,  et al. Warfarin-Aspirin Symptomatic Intracranial Disease Study (WASID).
Neurology 1995; 45: 1488-1493.
Stroke Trials Directory Entry:
WASID

Chimowitz MI, Lynn MJ, Howlett-Smith H, et al; Comparison of warfarin and aspirin for symptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis. Warfarin-Aspirin Symptomatic Intracranial Disease Trial Investigators.
NEJM 2005 Mar 31;352(13):1305-16.

Clark WM, Wechsler LR, Sabounjian LA, Schwiderski UE; Citicoline Stroke Study Group.A phase III randomized efficacy trial of 2000 mg citicoline in acute ischemic stroke patients.
Neurology 2001 Nov 13;57(9):1595-602.
Stroke Trials Directory Entry:
Citicoline ECCO 2000

Clark WM, Williams BJ, Selzer KA, Zweifler RM, Sabounjian LA, Gammans RE. A randomized efficacy trial of citicoline in patients with acute ischemic stroke.
Stroke 1999 Dec;30(12):2592-7.
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: Citicoline 007

Dans AL, Dans LF, Guyatt GH, Richardson S.  Users' guides to the medical literature: XIV. How to decide on the applicability of clinical trial results to your patient. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group.
JAMA 1998 Feb 18;279(7):545-9.

Diener HC, Cunha L, Forbes C, et al; European Stroke Prevention Study. 2. Dipyramidole and acetylsalicylic acid in the secondary prevention of stroke.  
J Neurol Sci.
1996 Nov;143(1-2):1-13.
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: ESPS2

Diener HC. Dipyridamole trials in stroke prevention.
Neurology 1998; 51(Suppl 3):S17-S19

Diener HC, Bogousslavsky J, Brass LM, et al; MATCH investigators. Aspirin and clopidogrel compared with clopidogrel alone after recent ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack in high-risk patients (MATCH): randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Lancet 2004 Jul 24-30;364(9431):331-7.
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: MATCH

Drummond MF, Richardson WS, O'Brien BJ, Levine M, Heyland D.
Users' guides to the medical literature. XIII. How to use an article on economic analysis of clinical practice. A. Are the results of the study valid? Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group.
JAMA 1997; 277:1552-1557.

Echt DS, Liebson , PR Mitchell, et al. Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (CAST) Investigators. Mortality and morbidity in patients receiving encainide, flecainide, or placebo.
NEJM 1991 Mar 21;324(12):781-8.

Feinstein AR, Horwitz RI. Problems in the "Evidence" of "Evidence-Based Medicine."
Am J Med 1997;103:529-535

Gibbs JM, Wise RJ, Thomas DJ, Mansfield AO, Russell RW.
Cerebral haemodynamic changes after extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1987 Feb;50(2):140-50.

Gorelick PB. Carotid endarterectomy: where do we draw the line?
Stroke 1999 Sep;30(9):1745-50.

Grodstein F, Clarkson TB, Manson JE. Divergent Data on Post-Menopausal Hormone Therapy.
NEJM 2003; 348:645-650.

Gross DE, Brenner SL, Esformes I, Gross ML.
Arthroscopic treatment of degenerative joint disease of the knee.
Orthopedics. 1991 Dec;14(12):1317-21.

Guiraud-Chaumeil B, Rascol A, David J, et al; Prevention of recurrences of cerebral ischemic vascular accidents by platelet antiaggregants. Results of a 3-year controlled therapeutic trial.
Rev Neurol (Paris). 1982;138(5):367-85.

Guyatt GH, Haynes RB, Jaeschke RZ, et al;  Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: XXV. Evidence-based medicine: principles for applying the Users' Guides to patient care. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group.
JAMA 2000 Sep 13;284(10):1290-6.

Guyatt GH, Sackett DL, Cook DJ. Users' guides to the medical literature. II. How to use an article about therapy or prevention. A. Are the results of the study valid? Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group.
JAMA 1993; 270:2598-2601.

Guyatt G, Schunemann H, Cook D, Jaeschke R, Pauker S, Bucher H; American College of Chest Physicians. Grades of recommendation for antithrombotic agents.
Chest 2001; 119:3S-7S.

Hass WK Easton JD, Adams HP, et al.
A randomized trial comparing ticlopidine hydrochloride with aspirin for the prevention of stroke in high-risk patients. Ticlopidine Aspirin Stroke Study Group.
Stroke 321:501-507.

Jaeschke R, Guyatt GH, Sackett DL. Users' guides to the medical literature. II. How to use an article about therapy or prevention. B. What were the results and will they help me in caring for my patients? Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group.
JAMA 1994; 271:59-63.

Moseley JB, O'Malley K, Petersen NJ, et al.
A controlled trial of arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee.
NEJM 2002 Jul 11;347(2):81-8.

Moses JW, Leon MB, Popma JJ, et al; SIRIUS Investigators.
Sirolimus-eluting stents versus standard stents in patients with stenosis in a native coronary artery.
NEJM 2003 Oct 2;349(14):1315-23.

NINDS t-PA Stroke Study Group. Intracerebral hemorrhage after intravenous t-PA therapy for ischemic stroke. 
Stroke 1997; 28:2109-2118.

NINDS t-PA Stroke Study Group. Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Acute Ischemic Stroke (NINDS). NEJM 1995; 333:1581-1587
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: NINDS-tPA Stroke Trial

Powers WJ, Martin WR, Herscovitch P, Raichle ME, Grubb RL Jr.
Extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery: hemodynamic and metabolic effects.
Neurology. 1984 Sep;34(9):1168-74.

Rothwell, PM. Treating individuals 2. Subgroup analysis in randomised controlled trials: importance, indications, and interpretation.
Lancet 2005 Jan 8-14;365(9454):176-86.

Samson Y, JC Baron, MG Bousser, et al.
Effects of extra-intracranial arterial bypass on cerebral blood flow and oxygen metabolism in humans
Stroke 1985 16: 609-616.

Smith, WS, Sung G, Starkman S, et al. J for the MERCI Trial Investigators.
Safety and Efficacy of Mechanical Embolectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Results of the MERCI Trial.

Stroke 2005 36:1432 - 1438.


Thrombolytic Therapy for the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke

Archer CR, and Horenstein S.
Basilar artery occlusion: clinical and radiological correlation
Stroke 1977 8: 383-390.

Becker KJ, Monsein LH, Ulatowski J, et al.
Intraarterial thrombolysis in vertebrobasilar occlusion
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1996 17: 255-262.


Bockenheimer S, Reinhuber F, Mohs C
Intra-arterial thrombolysis of vessels supplying the brain
Radiologe. 1991 Apr;31(4):210-5.


Brandt T, von Kummer R, Müller-Küppers M, and Hacke W.
Thrombolytic Therapy of Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion: Variables Affecting Recanalization and Outcome
Stroke 1996 27: 875-881.


Caplan LR
Occlusion of the vertebral or basilar artery. Follow up analysis of some patients with benign outcome.
Stroke. 1979 May-Jun;10(3):277-82.

Clark WM; Wissman S; Albers GW; Jhamandas JH; Madden KP; Hamilton S; for the ATLANTIS Study Investigators
Recombinant Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator (Alteplase) for Ischemic Stroke 3 to 5 Hours After Symptom Onset: The ATLANTIS Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
JAMA. 1999;282:2019-2026
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: ATLANTIS


Cook DJ, Guyatt GH, Laupacis A, Sackett DL.
Rules of evidence and clinical recommendations on the use of antithrombotic agents.
Chest. 1992 Oct; 102 (4 Suppl): 305S-311S

Del Zoppo G, Ferbert A, Otis S et al. Local instra-arterial fibrinolytic therapy in acute carotid terrority stroke: a pilot study.
Stroke 1998; Mar: 19(3): 307-13.

Donnan GA, Davis SM, Chambers BR, et al.
Trials of streptokinase in severe acute ischaemic stroke.
Lancet. 1995 Mar 4;345(8949):578-9.
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: ASK

Fagan, Morgenstern, Pettita et al.
Cost-effectiveness of tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke. Cost-effectiveness of tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischmic stroke.
NINDS rt-PA Stroke Study Group.
Neurology 1998 Apr; 50: 883-90.


Ferbert A, Bruckmann H, and Drummen R et al.
Clinical features of proven basilar artery occlusion
Stroke 1990 21: 1135-1142.



Fields WS, Ratinov G, Weibel J, Campos RJ.
Survival following basilar artery occlusion.
Arch Neurol. 1966 Nov;15(5):463-71.



Furlan A; Higashida R; Wechsler L; Gent M; et al; for the PROACT Investigators
Intra-arterial Prourokinase for Acute Ischemic Stroke: The PROACT II Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
JAMA. 1999;282:2003-2011
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: PROACT II

Gönner F, Remonda L, Mattle H, et al.
Local Intra-Arterial Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Stroke 1998 29: 1894-1900.

Hacke W, Kaste M, Fieschi C, et al.
Intravenous thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator for acute hemispheric stroke. The European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study (ECASS).
JAMA. 1995 Oct 4;274(13):1017-25
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: ECASS

Hacke W, Kaste M, Fiesti C, et al.
Second European-Australasian Acute Stroke Study Investigators.
Randomized double-blind plecebo-controlled trial of thrombolytic therapy with intravenous alteplase in acute ischaemic stroke (ECASS II).
Lancet 1998 Oct 17; 352: 1245-51.

Hacke W, Zeumer H, Ferbert A, Bruckmann H, and del Zoppo GJ
Intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy improves outcome in patients with acute vertebrobasilar occlusive disease
Stroke 1988 19: 1216-1222.


Higashida RT, Halbach VV, Barnwell SL, Dowd CF, Hieshima GB.
Thrombolytic therapy in acute stroke.
J Endovasc Surg. 1994 Sep;1:4-15.

Kwiatkowski TG, Libman RB, Frankel M, et al.
Effects of tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke at one year. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator Stroke Study Group.
N Engl J Med. 1999 Jun 10;340(23):1781-7

Marler JR, Tilley BC, Lu M, et al.
Early stroke treatment associated with better outcome: the NINDS rt-PA stroke study.
Neurology. 2000 Dec 12;55(11): 1649-55.

Mori E, Tabuchi M, Yoshida T, and Yamadori A.
Intracarotid urokinase with thromboembolic occlusion of the middle cerebral artery
Stroke 1988 19: 802-812

Multicenter Acute Stroke Trial--Europe Study Group.
Thrombolytic therapy with streptokinase in acute ischemic stroke.
N Engl J Med. 1996 Jul 18;335(3):145-50.
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: MAST-E

Multicentre Acute Stroke Trial--Italy (MAST-I) Group.
Randomised controlled trial of streptokinase, aspirin, and combination of both in treatment of acute ischaemic stroke.
Lancet 1995 Dec 9;346(8989):1509-1514.
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: MAST-I

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke rt-PA Stroke Study Group.
Tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke.
N Engl J Med. 1995 Dec 14;333(24):1581-7.
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: NINDS-TPA Stroke Trial

NINDS t-PA Stroke Study Group.
Intracerebral hemorrhage after intravenous t-PA therapy for ischemic stroke.
Stroke. 1997 Nov;28(11):2109-18

NINDS t-PA Stroke Study Group.
Generalized efficacy of t-PA for acute stroke. Subgroup analysis of the NINDS t-PA Stroke Trial.
Stroke. 1997 Nov;28(11):2119-25.

Second European-Australasian Acute Stroke Study Investigators.
Randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial of thrombolytic therapy with intravenous alteplase in acute ischaemic stroke (ECASS II).
Lancet. 1998 Oct 17;352(9136):1245-51
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: ECASS II

Smith WS, Sung G, Starkman S, et al.
Safety and efficacy of mechanical embolectomy in acute ischemic stroke: results of the MERCI trial.
Stroke. 2005 Jul;36(7):1439-40.

Theron J, Courtheoux P, Casasco A, et al.
Local intraarterial fibrinolysis in the carotid territory
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1989 10: 753-765.

Voetsch B, DeWitt LD, Pessin MS, Caplan LR
Basilar artery occlusive disease in the New England Medical Center Posterior Circulation Registry.
Arch Neurol. 2004 Apr;61(4):496-504.

Zeumer H, Freitag HJ, Zanella F, Thie A, Arning C.
Local intra-arterial fibrinolytic therapy in patients with stroke: urokinase versus recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (r-TPA).
Neuroradiology. 1993;35(2):159-6


Antithrombotic Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Intravenous heparin for the prevention of stroke progression in acute partial stable stroke.
Duke RJ, Bloch RF, Turpie AG, Trebilcock R, Bayer N.
Ann Intern Med. 1986 Dec;105(6):825-8
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: Intravenous Heparin for the Prevention of Stroke . . .

The International Stroke Trial (IST): a randomised trial of aspirin, subcutaneous heparin, both, or neither among 19435 patients with acute ischaemic stroke.
International Stroke Trial Collaborative Group.
Lancet. 1997 May 31;349(9065):1569-81
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: IST

Low molecular weight heparinoid, ORG 10172 (danaparoid), and outcome after acute ischemic stroke: a randomized controlled trial.
The Publications Committee for the Trial of ORG 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) Investigators.
JAMA. 1998 Apr 22-29;279(16):1265-72
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: TOAST

Low-molecular-weight heparin for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke.
Kay R, Wong KS, Yu YL, Chan YW, Tsoi TH, Ahuja AT, Chan FL, Fong KY, Law CB, Wong A.
N Engl J Med. 1995 Dec 14;333(24):1588-93

Fraxiparine in Ischemic Stroke Study (FISS).
7th European Stroke Conference. Edinburgh, United Kingdom, May 27-30, 1998. Abstracts.
Cerebrovasc Dis 1998;8(Suppl 4):64
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: FISS

Fraxiparin in Ischemic Stroke Study
Presented at the European Stroke Conference (May 2005).
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: FISS-tris

Tinzaparin in acute ischaemic stroke (TAIST): a randomised aspirin-controlled trial.
Bath PM, Lindenstrom E, Boysen G, De Deyn P, Friis P, Leys D, Marttila R, Olsson J, O'Neill D, Orgogozo J, Ringelstein B, van der Sande J, Turpie AG.
Lancet. 2001 Sep 1;358(9283):702-10
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: TAIST

Treatment of acute ischemic stroke with the low-molecular-weight heparin certoparin: results of the TOPAS trial. Therapy of Patients With Acute Stroke (TOPAS) Investigators.
Diener HC, Ringelstein EB, von Kummer R, Langohr HD, Bewermeyer H, Landgraf H, Hennerici M, Welzel D, Grave M, Brom J, Weidinger G.
Stroke 2001;32:22
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: TOPAS

Low molecular-weight heparin versus aspirin in patients with acute ischaemic stroke and atrial fibrillation: a double-blind randomised study. HAEST Study Group. Heparin in Acute Embolic Stroke Trial.
Berge E, Abdelnoor M, Nakstad PH, Sandset PM.
Lancet 2000;355:1205
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: HAEST

A randomized trial of aspirin or heparin in hospitalized patients with recent transient ischemic attacks. A pilot study.
Biller J, Bruno A, Adams HP Jr, Godersky JC, Loftus CM, Mitchell VL, Banwart KJ, Jones MP.
Stroke. 1989 Apr;20(4):441-7

Heparin therapy for recent transient focal cerebral ischemia.
Keith DS, Phillips SJ, Whisnant JP, Nishimaru K, O'Fallon WM.
Mayo Clin Proc. 1987 Dec;62(12):1101-6

Anticoagulant treatment in progressing stroke.
Carter AB.
Br Med J. 1961 Jul 8;5244:70-3

Baker RN, Broward JA, Fang HC, et al Anticoagulant therapy in cerebral infarction: report on cooperative study.
Neurology 1962;12:823-835

Heparin treatment in sinus venous thrombosis.
Einhaupl KM, Villringer A, Meister W, Mehraein S, Garner C, Pellkofer M, Haberl RL, Pfister HW, Schmiedek P.
Lancet. 1991 Sep 7;338(8767):597-600

Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of anticoagulant treatment with low-molecular-weight heparin for cerebral sinus thrombosis.
de Bruijn SF, Stam J.
Stroke. 1999 Mar;30(3):484-8

CAST: randomised placebo-controlled trial of early aspirin use in 20,000 patients with acute ischaemic stroke.
CAST (Chinese Acute Stroke Trial) Collaborative Group.
Lancet. 1997 Jun 7;349(9066):1641-9
Stroke Trials Directory Entry: CAST


Diagnostic Testing for Patients with Ischemic Stroke

Kent DL, Larson EB.
Disease, level of impact, and quality of research methods. Three dimensions of clinical efficacy assessment applied to magnetic resonance imaging.
Invest Radiol 1992; 27:245-254.

Jaeschke R, Guyatt GH, Sackett DL.
Users' guides to the medical literature. III. How to use an article about a diagnostic test. B. What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients? The Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group.
JAMA. 1994 Mar 2;271(9):703-7.

Dixon AK, Southern JP, Teale A, Freer CE, Hall LD, Williams A, Sims C.
Magnetic resonance imaging of the head and spine: effective for the clinician or the patient?
BMJ 1991;302:79-82.

Lijmer JG, Mol BW, Heisterkamp S, Bonsel GJ, Prins MH, van der Meulen JH, Bossuyt PM.
Empirical evidence of design-related bias in studies of diagnostic tests.
JAMA 1999; 282:1061-1066

Jaeschke R, Guyatt G, Sackett DL.
Users' guides to the medical literature. III. How to use an article about a diagnostic test. A. Are the results of the study valid? Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group.
JAMA. 1994 Feb 2;271(5):389-91.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke rt-PA Stroke Study Group
Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Acute Ischemic Stroke
NEJM 1995; 333:1581-1587

International Stroke Trial Collaborative Group.
The International Stroke Trial (IST): a randomised trial of aspirin, subcutaneous heparin, both, or neither among 19435 patients with acute ischaemic stroke.
Lancet 1997; 349:1569-1581
Stroke Trials Directory entry: IST

CAST (Chinese Acute Stroke Trial) Collaborative Group.
CAST: randomised placebo-controlled trial of early aspirin use in 20,000 patients with acute ischaemic stroke.
Lancet 1997; 349:1641-1649
Stroke Trials Directory entry: CAST

North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial Collaborators.
Beneficial effect of carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients with high-grade carotid stenosis.
N Engl J Med. 1991 Aug 15;325(7):445-53.
Stroke Trials Directory entry: NASCET

Howard G et al
J Stroke Cerebrovascular Disease 1991;1:166-173

U-King-Im JM, Trivedi RA, Graves MJ, Higgins NJ, Cross JJ, Tom BD, Hollingworth W, Eales H, Warburton EA, Kirkpatrick PJ, Antoun NM, Gillard JH.
Contrast-enhanced MR angiography for carotid disease: diagnostic and potential clinical impact.
Neurology. 2004 Apr 27;62(8):1282-90.

EAFT (European Atrial Fibrillation Trial) Study Group.
Secondary prevention in non-rheumatic atrial fibrillation after transient ischaemic attack or minor stroke.
Lancet 1993; 342: 1255-1262

Rem JA, Hachinski VC, Boughner DR, Barnett HJ.
Value of cardiac monitoring and echocardiography in TIA and stroke patients.
Stroke 1985; 16:950-956

Koudstaal PJ, van Gijn J, Klootwijk AP, van der Meche FG, Kappelle LJ.
Holter monitoring in patients with transient and focal ischemic attacks of the brain.
Stroke 1986;17:192-195

Jabaudon D, Sztajzel J, Sievert K, Landis T, Sztajzel R.
Usefulness of ambulatory 7-day ECG monitoring for the detection of atrial fibrillation and flutter after acute stroke and transient ischemic attack.
Stroke. 2004 Jul;35(7):1647-51.

Schievink WI.
Spontaneous dissection of the carotid and vertebral arteries.
NEJM 2001; 344:898-906

Levy C, Laissy JP, Raveau V, Amarenco P, Servois V, Bousser MG, Tubiana JM.
Carotid and vertebral artery dissections: three-dimensional time-of-flight MR angiography and MR imaging versus conventional angiography.
Radiology 1994; 190:97-103

Ozdoba C, Sturzenegger M, Schroth G.
Internal carotid artery dissection: MR imaging features and clinical-radiologic correlation.
Radiology 1996; 191-198

Auer A, Felber S, Schmidauer C, Waldenberger P, Aichner F.
Magnetic resonance angiographic and clinical features of extracranial vertebral artery dissection.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1998 Apr;64(4):474-81.

MRI and MR angiography of vertebral artery dissection.
Mascalchi M, Bianchi MC, Mangiafico S, Ferrito G, Puglioli M, Marin E, Mugnai S, Canapicchi R, Quilici N, Neuroradiology 1997; 39:329-340

Levine SR, Brey RL, Tilley BC, Thompson JL, Sacco RL, Sciacca RR, Murphy A, Lu Y, Costigan TM, Rhine C, Levin B, Triplett DA, Mohr JP; APASS Investigators.
Antiphospholipid antibodies and subsequent thrombo-occlusive events in patients with ischemic stroke.
JAMA. 2004 Feb 4;291(5):576-84.

Federman DG, Kirsner RS.
An update on hypercoagulable disorders.
Arch Int Med 2001; 161: 1051-1056

Tripodi A, Mannucci PM.
Laboratory investigation of thrombophilia.
Clin Chem 2001; 47:1597-1606

Barger AP, Hurley R.
Evaluation of the hypercoagulable state. Whom to screen, how to test and treat.
Postgrad Med 2000; 108:59-66

Perry IJ, Refsum H, Morris RW, Ebrahim SB, Ueland PM, Shaper AG.
Prospective study of serum total homocysteine concentration and risk of stroke in middle-aged British men.
Lancet 1995; 346:1395-98

Toole JF, Malinow MR, Chambless LE, Spence JD, Pettigrew LC, Howard VJ, Sides EG, Wang CH, Stampfer M.
Lowering homocysteine in patients with ischemic stroke to prevent recurrent stroke, myocardial infarction, and death: the Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) randomized controlled trial.
JAMA. 2004 Feb 4;291(5):565-75.

Feinglass EJ, Arnett FC, Dorsch CA, Zizic TM, Stevens MB.
Neuropsychiatric manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus: diagnosis, clinical spectrum, and relationship to other features of the disease.
Medicine 1976; 55: 323-339

Tan EM, Cohen AS, Fries JF, Masi AT, McShane DJ, Rothfield NF, Schaller JG, Talal N, Winchester RJ.
The 1982 revised criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus.
Arthritis & Rheumatism 1982; 25: 1271-1277

Olsen ML, O'Connor S, Arnett FC, Rosenbaum D, Grotta JC, Warner NB.
Autoantibodies and rheumatic disorders in a neurology inpatient population: a prospective study.
Am J Med 1991; 90:479-488

Loh E, Sutton MS, Wun CC, Rouleau JL, Flaker GC, Gottlieb SS, Lamas GA, Moye LA, Goldhaber SZ, Pfeffer MA.
Ventricular dysfunction and the risk of stroke after myocardial infarction.
NEJM 1997; 336: 251-257

Ray SG, Metcalfe MJ, Oldroyd KG, Pye M, Martin W, Christie J, Dargie HJ, Cobbe SM.
Do radionuclide and echocardiographic techniques give a universal cut off value for left ventricular ejection fraction that can be used to select patients for treatment with ACE inhibitors after myocardial infarction?
Br Heart J 1995; 73:466-469

Greenland P, Knopman DS, Mikell FL, Asinger RW, Anderson DC, Good DC.
Echocardiography in diagnostic assessment of stroke.
Ann Int Med 1981; 95:51-53

Lovett JL, Sandok BA, Giuliani ER, Nasser FN.
Two-dimensional echocardiography in patients with focal cerebral ischemia.
Ann Int Med 1981; 95:1-4

JA Robbins, KB Sagar, M French and PJ Smith
Influence of echocardiography on management of patients with systemic emboli
Stroke 1983; 14:546-549

G Pop, GR Sutherland, PJ Koudstaal, TW Sit, G de Jong, and JR Roelandt
Transesophageal echocardiography in the detection of intracardiac embolic sources in patients with transient ischemic attacks
Stroke 1990; 560-565

Pearson AC, Labovitz AJ, Tatineni S, Gomez CR.
Superiority of transesophageal echocardiography in detecting cardiac source of embolism in patients with cerebral ischemia of uncertain etiology.
JACC 1991; 17:66-72

DeRook FA, Comess KA, Albers GW, Popp RL.
Transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of stroke.
Ann Int Med 1992; 117; 922-932

GW Albers, KA Comess, FA DeRook, P Bracci, JE Atwood, A Bolger and J Hotson
Transesophageal echocardiographic findings in stroke subtypes
Stroke 1994; 25:23-28

Mas JL, Arquizan C, Lamy C, Zuber M, Cabanes L, Derumeaux G, Coste J; Patent Foramen Ovale and Atrial Septal Aneurysm Study Group.
Recurrent cerebrovascular events associated with patent foramen ovale, atrial septal aneurysm, or both.
N Engl J Med. 2001 Dec 13;345(24):1740-6.

Stadnik TW, Demaerel P, Luypaert RR, Chaskis C, Van Rompaey KL, Michotte A, Osteaux MJ.
Imaging tutorial: differential diagnosis of bright lesions on diffusion-weighted MR images.
Radiographics. 2003 Jan-Feb;23(1):e7.


Management of Intracerebral Hemorrhage


Barrett RJ, Hussain R, Coplin WM et al.
Frameless stereotactic aspiration and thrombolysis of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.
Neurocrit Care. 2005;3(3):237-45.

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