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Fiorino C, Palumbo D, Mori M, Palazzo G, Pellegrini AE, Albarello L, Belardo A, Canevari C, Cossu A, Damascelli A, Elmore U, Mazza E, Pavarini M, Passoni P, Puccetti F, Slim N, Steidler S, Del Vecchio A, Di Muzio NG, Chiti A, Rosati R, De Cobelli F. Early regression index (ERI) on MR images as response predictor in esophageal cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy: Interim analysis of the prospective ESCAPE trial. Radiother Oncol 2024; 194:110160. [PMID: 38369025 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2024.110160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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PURPOSE The early regression index (ERI) predicts treatment response in rectal cancer patients. Aim of current study was to prospectively assess tumor response to neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy (nCRT) of locally advanced esophageal cancer using ERI, based on MRI. MATERIAL AND METHODS From January 2020 to May 2023, 30 patients with esophageal cancer were enrolled in a prospective study (ESCAPE). PET-MRI was performed: i) before nCRT (tpre); ii) at mid-radiotherapy, tmid; iii) after nCRT, 2-6 weeks before surgery (tpost); nCRT delivered 41.4 Gy/23fr with concurrent carboplatin and paclitaxel. For patients that skipped surgery, complete clinical response (cCR) was assessed if patients showed no local relapse after 18 months; patients with pathological complete response (pCR) or with cCR were considered as complete responders (pCR + cCR). GTV volumes were delineated by two observers (Vpre, Vmid, Vpost) on T2w MRI: ERI and other volume regression parameters at tmid and tpost were tested as predictors of pCR + cCR. RESULTS Complete data of 25 patients were available at the time of the analysis: 3/25 with complete response at imaging refused surgery and 2/3 were cCR; in total, 10/25 patients showed pCR + cCR (pCR = 8/22). Both ERImid and ERIpost classified pCR + cCR patients, with ERImid showing better performance (AUC:0.78, p = 0.014): A two-variable logistic model combining ERImid and Vpre improved performances (AUC:0.93, p < 0.0001). Inter-observer variability in contouring GTV did not affect the results. CONCLUSIONS Despite the limited numbers, interim analysis of ESCAPE study suggests ERI as a potential predictor of complete response after nCRT for esophageal cancer. Further validation on larger populations is warranted.
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- C Fiorino
- Medical Physics, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy.
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- Radiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Medical Physics, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Medical Physics, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Pathology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Medical Physics, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Gastric Surgery, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Radiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Gastric Surgery, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Oncology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Medical Physics, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Radiotherapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Gastric Surgery, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Radiotherapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Radiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Medical Physics, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Radiotherapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy; Vita-Salute University, Milano, Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy; Vita-Salute University, Milano, Italy
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- Gastric Surgery, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy; Vita-Salute University, Milano, Italy
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- Radiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy; Vita-Salute University, Milano, Italy
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Romani I, Sarti C, Nencini P, Pracucci G, Zedde M, Cianci V, Nucera A, Moller J, Orsucci D, Toni D, Palumbo P, Casella C, Pinto V, Barbarini L, Bella R, Scoditti U, Ragno M, Mezzapesa DM, Tassi R, Volpi G, Diomedi M, Bigliardi G, Cavallini AM, Chiti A, Ricci S, Cecconi E, Linoli G, Sacco S, Rasura M, Giordano A, Bonetti B, Melis M, Cariddi LP, Dossi RC, Grisendi I, Aguglia U, Di Ruzza MR, Melis M, Sbardella E, Vista M, Valenti R, Musolino RF, Passarella B, Direnzo V, Pennisi G, Genovese A, Di Marzio F, Sgobio R, Acampa M, Nannucci S, Dagostino F, Dell'Acqua ML, Cuzzoni MG, Picchioni A, Calchetti B, Notturno F, Di Lisi F, Forlivesi S, Delodovici ML, Buechner SC, Biagini S, Accavone D, Manna R, Morrone A, Inzitari D. Prevalence of Fabry disease and GLA variants in young patients with acute stroke: The challenge to widen the screening. The Fabry-Stroke Italian Registry. J Neurol Sci 2024; 457:122905. [PMID: 38295534 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2024.122905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Revised: 12/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
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BACKGROUND Fabry disease (FD) is a treatable X-linked lysosomal storage disorder caused by GLA gene variants leading to alpha-galactosidase A deficiency. FD is a rare cause of stroke, and it is still controversial whether in stroke patients FD should be searched from the beginning or at the end of the diagnostic workup (in cryptogenic strokes). METHODS Fabry-Stroke Italian Registry is a prospective, multicentric screening involving 33 stroke units. FD was sought by measuring α-galactosidase A activity (males) and by genetic tests (males with reduced enzyme activity and females) in patients aged 18-60 years hospitalized for TIA, ischemic stroke, or intracerebral hemorrhage. We diagnosed FD in patients with 1) already known pathogenic GLA variants; 2) novel GLA variants if additional clinical, laboratory, or family-derived criteria were present. RESULTS Out of 1906 patients, we found a GLA variant in 15 (0.79%; 95%CI 0.44-1.29) with a certain FD diagnosis in 3 (0.16%; 95%CI 0.03-0.46) patients, none of whom had hemorrhage. We identified 1 novel pathogenic GLA variant. Ischemic stroke etiologies in carriers of GLA variants were: cardioaortic embolism (33%), small artery occlusion (27%), other causes (20%), and undetermined (20%). Mild severity, recurrence, previous TIA, acroparesthesias, hearing loss, and small artery occlusion were predictors of GLA variant. CONCLUSION In this large multicenter cohort the frequency of FD and GLA variants was consistent with previous reports. Limiting the screening for GLA variants to patients with cryptogenic stroke may miss up to 80% of diagnoses. Some easily recognizable clinical features could help select patients for FD screening.
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- Ilaria Romani
- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology and Child Health, University of Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology and Child Health, University of Florence, Italy; Stroke Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology and Child Health, University of Florence, Italy; Stroke Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology and Child Health, University of Florence, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Stroke Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Neurology, Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Stroke Unit - Neurology, Spaziani Hospital, Frosinone, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Emergency Department Stroke Unit, Umberto I Polyclinic Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology, Neurophysiopathology, and Stroke Unit, Santo Stefano Hospital, Prato, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Neurology and Stroke Unit, Di Summa - Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
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- Acute Cerebrovascular Diseases Unit, G. Rodoloco-San Marco Polyclinic University Hospital, Catania, Italy; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, University of Catania, Italy
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- Neurology - Stroke Care Program, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy
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- Division of Neurology, ASUR Marche AV5, Ascoli Piceno-San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
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- Neurosonology and Stroke Unit, Siena University Hospital, Siena, Italy
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- Neurology, San Iacopo Hospital, Pistoia, Italy
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- Comprehensive Stroke Center, Department of Neuroscience, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; Neurovascular Treatment Unit, Tor Vergata Polyclinic Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Neurology Clinic, Ospedale Civile di Baggiovara, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Italy
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- Department of Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Stroke Center - Neurology, Città Di Castello Hospital, Perugia, Italy; Stroke Center - Neurology, Gubbio-Gualdo Tadino Hospital, Perugia, Italy
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- Neurology and Stroke Unit, SS. Filippo e Nicola Hospital, Avezzano, Italy; Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Verona University Hospital, Verona, Italy
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- Neurology, Monserrato University Hospital, Cagliari, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Stroke Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology, Neurophysiopathology, and Stroke Unit, Santo Stefano Hospital, Prato, Italy
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- Neurology and Stroke Unit, Di Summa - Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
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- Acute Cerebrovascular Diseases Unit, G. Rodoloco-San Marco Polyclinic University Hospital, Catania, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Science, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Neurology - Stroke Care Program, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy
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- Division of Neurology, ASUR Marche AV5, Ascoli Piceno-San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
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- University Neurology, Bari Polyclinic Hospital, Bari, Italy
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- Neurosonology and Stroke Unit, Siena University Hospital, Siena, Italy
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- Neurovascular Treatment Unit, Tor Vergata Polyclinic Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Neurology Clinic, Ospedale Civile di Baggiovara, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Italy
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- Department of Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Stroke Center - Neurology, Città Di Castello Hospital, Perugia, Italy; Stroke Center - Neurology, Gubbio-Gualdo Tadino Hospital, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology and Child Health, University of Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology and Child Health, University of Florence, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gemelli University Hospital, Rome, Italy; Rare Diseases and Periodic Fevers Research Centre, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology and Child Health, University of Florence, Italy; Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Neurometabolic Diseases, Neuroscience Department, Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology and Child Health, University of Florence, Italy; Stroke Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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Fodor A, Brombin C, Deantoni CL, Giannini L, Ferrario F, Villa SL, Mangili P, Rancoita PMV, Cozzarini C, Picchio M, Del Vecchio A, Fiorino C, Di Serio MCS, Chiti A, Di Muzio NG. Extended nodal radiotherapy for prostate cancer relapse guided with [11C]-choline PET/CT: ten-year results in patients enrolled in a prospective trial. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2024; 51:590-603. [PMID: 37747578 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-023-06445-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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AIMS To report long-term outcomes of relapsed prostate cancer (PC) patients treated in a prospective single-arm study with extended-nodal radiotherapy (ENRT) and [11C]-choline positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT)-guided simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) to positive lymph nodes (LNs). METHODS From 12/2009 to 04/2015, 60 PC patients with biochemical relapse and positive LNs only were treated in this study. ENRT at a median total dose (TD) = 51.8 Gy/28 fr and PET/CT-guided SIB to positive LNs at a median TD = 65.5 Gy was prescribed. Median PSA at relapse was 2.3 (interquartile range, IQR:1.3-4.0) ng/ml. Median number of positive LNs: 2 (range: 1-18). Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) was prescribed for 48 patients for a median of 30.7 (IQR: 18.5-43.1) months. RESULTS Median follow-up from the end of salvage treatment was 121.8 (IQR: 116.1, 130.9) months; 3-, 5-, and 10-year BRFS were 45.0%, 36.0%, and 24.0%, respectively; DMFS: 67.9%, 57.2%, and 45.2%; CRFS: 62.9%, 53.9%, and 42.0%; and OS: 88.2%, 76.3%, and 47.9%, respectively. Castration resistance (p < 0.0001) and ≥ 6 positive LN (p = 0.0024) significantly influenced OS at multivariate analysis. Castration resistance (p < 0.0001 for both) influenced DMFS and CRFS in multivariate analysis. CONCLUSIONS In PC relapsed patients treated with ENRT and [11C]-choline-PET/CT-guided SIB for positive LNs, with 10-year follow-up, a median Kaplan-Meier estimate CRFS of 67 months and OS of 110 months were obtained. These highly favorable results should be confirmed in a prospective, randomized trial.
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- A Fodor
- Department of Radiation Oncology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
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- University Center for Statistics in the Biomedical Sciences, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Medical Physics, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- University Center for Statistics in the Biomedical Sciences, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Medical Physics, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Medical Physics, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- University Center for Statistics in the Biomedical Sciences, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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Paciaroni M, Caso V, Romoli M, Becattini C, Salerno A, Rapillo C, Simonnet F, Strambo D, Canavero I, Zedde M, Pascarella R, Sohn SI, Sacco S, Ornello R, Barlinn K, Schoene D, Rahmig J, Mosconi MG, Leone De Magistris I, Alberti A, Venti M, Silvestrelli G, Ciccone A, Padroni M, Laudisi M, Zini A, Gentile L, Kargiotis O, Tsivgoulis G, Tassi R, Guideri F, Acampa M, Masotti L, Grifoni E, Rocco A, Diomedi M, Karapanayiotides T, Engelter ST, Polymeris AA, Zietz A, Bandini F, Caliandro P, Reale G, Moci M, Zauli A, Cappellari M, Emiliani A, Gasparro A, Terruso V, Mannino M, Giorli E, Toni D, Andrighetti M, Falcou A, Palaiodimou L, Ntaios G, Sagris D, Karagkiozi E, Adamou A, Halvatsiotis P, Flomin Y, Scoditti U, Genovese A, Popovic N, Pantoni L, Mele F, Molitierno N, Lochner P, Pezzini A, Del Sette M, Sassos D, Giannopoulos S, Kosmidou M, Ntais E, Lotti EM, Mastrangelo V, Chiti A, Naldi A, Vanacker P, Ferrante M, Volodina V, Mancuso M, Giannini N, Baldini M, Vadikolias K, Kitmeridou S, Saggese CE, Tassinari T, Saia V, Michel P. Anticoagulation in acute ischemic stroke patients with mechanical heart valves: To bridge or not with heparin. The ESTREM study. Eur Stroke J 2023; 8:1030-1040. [PMID: 37452632 PMCID: PMC10683741 DOI: 10.1177/23969873231186863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION The best therapeutic strategy for patients with mechanical heart valves (MHVs) having acute ischemic stroke during treatment with vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) remain unclear. Being so, we compared the outcomes for: (i) full dose heparin along with VKA (bridging therapy group) and (ii) restarting VKA without heparin (nonbridging group). PATIENTS AND METHODS For this multicenter observational cohort study, data on consecutive acute ischemic stroke patients with MHV was retrospectively collected from prospective registries. Propensity score matching (PSM) was adopted to adjust for any treatment allocation confounders. The primary outcome was the composite of stroke, systemic embolism, symptomatic cerebral bleeding, and major extracerebral bleeding at 90 days. RESULTS Overall, 255 out of 603 patients (41.3%) received bridging therapy: 36 (14.1%) had combined outcome, compared with 28 (8.0%) in the nonbridging group (adjusted OR 1.83; 95% CI 1.05-3.18; p = 0.03). Within the bridging group, 13 patients (5.1%) compared to 12 (3.4%) in the nonbridging group had an ischemic outcome (adjusted OR 1.71; 95% CI 0.84-3.47; p = 0.2); major bleedings were recorded in 23 (9.0%) in the bridging group and 16 (4.6%) in the nonbridging group (adjusted OR 1.88; 95% CI 0.95-3.73; p = 0.07). After PSM, 36 (14.2%) of the 254 bridging patients had combined outcome, compared with 23 (9.1%) of 254 patients in the nonbridging group (OR 1.66; 95% CI 0.95-2.85; p = 0.07). CONCLUSION Acute ischemic stroke patients with MHV undergoing bridging therapy had a marginally higher risk of ischemic or hemorrhagic events, compared to nonbridging patients.
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- Maurizio Paciaroni
- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Neurology and Stroke Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Center, Neurology Service,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Stroke Center, Neurology Service,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Stroke Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Stroke Center, Neurology Service,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Stroke Center, Neurology Service,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Emergency Neurology, IRCCS Casimiro Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
- Cerebrovascular Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta,” Milano, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, AUSL - IRCCS of Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Dresden University Stroke Center, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Dresden University Stroke Center, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Dresden University Stroke Center, Dresden, Germany
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- S.C. di Neurologia e S.S. di Stroke Unit, ASST di Mantova, Mantova, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Second Department of Neurology, “Attikon” Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- Internal Medicine, San Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy
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- Internal Medicine, San Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, University Department of Geriatric Medicine FELIX PLATTER, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, ASL 3 Genovese, Genova, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Sant’Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Stroke Unit – Emergency Department, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy
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- Second Department of Neurology, “Attikon” Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Second Department of Internal Medicine-Propaedeutic and Diabetes Center, Medical School, University General Hospital “Attikon,” National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
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- Stroke and Neurorehabilitation Unit MC ‘Universal Clinic “Oberig” Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Stroke Unit, Emergency Department, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Emergency Department, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Clinic of Neurology, University Clinical Center of Vòsvodina, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Saarland University, Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Neurology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Neurology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
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- Neurology Unit, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- NeuroVascular Center and Stroke Unit Antwerp, Department of Neurology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
- Translational Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Groeninge Hospital, Kortrijk, Belgium
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- Operative Research Unit of Neurology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
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- Municipal Budgetary Healthcare Institution of Novosibirsk, City Clinical Hospital # 1, Novosibirsk (Russia) at the Novosibirsk State Medical University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Department of Neurology, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit, Santa Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure (Savona), Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit, Santa Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure (Savona), Italy
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- Neurology and Stroke Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy
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Francolini G, Franzese C, Di Cataldo V, Detti B, Loi M, Salvestrini V, Visani L, Chiti A, Scorsetti M, Livi L. Three Months PSA Response after PSMA-Guided Approach for Biochemical Relapse after Prostatectomy (PSICHE Trial). Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:e411. [PMID: 37785362 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.1555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Prostate bed salvage radiotherapy (SRT) is currently the main approach for early biochemical relapse (BR) after radical prostatectomy (RP). Nonetheless, 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT implementation in this scenario prompted significant changes in patients' management. Our trial is aimed to prospectively assess the oncological outcomes after a pre-defined, 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT based treatment strategy. In this analysis, we present early results focusing on three-months biochemical outcomes after treatment. MATERIALS/METHODS Inclusion criteria were BR after RP (PSA ≥0.2 ng/ml; < 1 ng/ml) +/- postoperative SRT. All patients with PSA persistence after RP (PSA >0.2 ng/ml within 16 weeks from surgery) were excluded from the trial. After centralized 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT, a pre-defined treatment approach was proposed, consisting in Observation and re-staging at further PSA progression in case of negative 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT and previous postoperative RT, prostate bed SRT in case of negative imaging or positive imaging within prostate bed, Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) to all sites of disease in patients with pelvic nodal recurrence or oligometastatic disease (defined as (< 3 non-visceral metastatic lesions) or Androgen deprivation therapy +/- other systemic treatment indicated for hormone sensitive prostate cancer for widespread metastatic disease. PSA ≤0.2 ng/ml or ≤ 50% of baseline were defined as Complete or partial biochemical response (CBR or PBR), respectively. RESULTS At present, 135 patients were enrolled within the protocol. Current analysis is focused on a cohort of patients with at least three months of follow up and excludes all patients who underwent only observation after re-staging due to previous prostate bed SRT (n = 42). In this subgroup, PBR or CBR were detected in 28 (66.7%) and 25 (59.5%) patients, respectively. PSA reduction if compared to baseline was detected in 34 patients, for an overall biochemical response rate of 80.9%. Biochemical progression after treatment was reported in 3 patients, who underwent a second 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT re-staging with detection of distant metastases. CONCLUSION Promising results after a 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT targeted salvage treatment strategy were reported in terms of early biochemical response. This approach may allow to defer systemic treatment in this setting. Biochemical relapse free and progression free survival will be the objects of further analysis after longer follow-up.
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- G Francolini
- Radiation Oncology, Careggi University Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology, Careggi University Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology, Careggi University Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology, Careggi University Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Istituto Fiorentino di Cura e Assistenza (IFCA), CyberKnife Center, Florence, Italy
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- Istituto Fiorentino di Cura e Assistenza (IFCA), CyberKnife Center, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Milan, Italy; Humanitas University, Rozzano (Milan), Italy
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- Department of Experimental Clinical and Biomedical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Di Carlo A, Baldereschi M, Bovis F, Piccardi B, Linoli G, Orlandi G, Volpi G, Chiti A, Tassi R, Brescia A, Inzitari D. Effect of an educational intervention to increase stroke awareness among Italian high school students: A prospective study in Tuscany. Eur Stroke J 2023; 8:769-776. [PMID: 37641553 PMCID: PMC10472968 DOI: 10.1177/23969873231175405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Stroke in young people shares traditional modifiable risk factors with older groups, and greatly affects quality of life. However, evidence on the effectiveness of educational interventions in young populations, aiming at spreading stroke knowledge and enhancing prevention, is still scarce. We evaluated baseline knowledge of stroke and possible improvements after an educational intervention among Italian high school students, also considering differences related to sex and type of school. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Using a mixed educational strategy, a prospective evaluation of stroke knowledge was performed in five humanities and sciences (lyceums) and five vocational high schools of Tuscany (students of the 12th and 13th grade). A baseline assessment with a structured questionnaire (21 questions) was followed by a standardized oral presentation, using audiovisual materials. After 3 months, the same questionnaire was re-administered to evaluate the long-term impact of the educational intervention. RESULTS Overall, 573 students (50.8% males; age range, 17-19 years) were enrolled; 288 (50.3%) were from lyceums and 285 (49.7%) from vocational schools. Follow-up participation was 97.2%. Baseline performances were comparable between groups for most variables examined. At 3 months, all groups showed a significant improvement from baseline regarding reaction to a stroke event, identification of stroke risk factors, such as smoking (from 62.9% to 83.7%; p < 0.001) and alcohol abuse (from 49.6% to 67.2%; p < 0.001), and symptoms. Knowledge of the existence of stroke units and thrombolysis increased from 25.4% to 60.7% (p < 0.001) and from 35.8% to 84.0% (p < 0.001), respectively. CONCLUSIONS Our educational intervention improved stroke awareness in high school students. The effects persisted after 3 months. Improved knowledge in young populations may reduce stroke burden in adult life, increase timely access to therapies, and spread knowledge across families.
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- Antonio Di Carlo
- Institute of Neuroscience, Italian National Research Council, Florence, Italy
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Italian National Research Council, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genova, Liguria, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, San Donato Hospital, South-East Tuscany Local Health Authority, Arezzo, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Neurology and Neurophysiopathology Unit, San Iacopo and SS Cosma e Damiano Hospitals, Central Tuscany Local Health Authority, Pistoia and Pescia, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Apuane Hospital, North-West Tuscany Local Health Authority, Massa, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Santa Maria alle Scotte University Hospital, Siena, Italy
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- Scientific Committee Stroke Patients Association ALICe, Grosseto, Italy
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- Institute of Neuroscience, Italian National Research Council, Florence, Italy
- Department of Neurofarba, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
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Caliandro P, Cancelloni V, Marco M, Reale G, Zauli A, Agnelli G, Caso V, Becattini C, Calabresi P, Giulia Mosconi M, Giustozzi M, Tsivgoulis G, Julian Seiffge D, Engelter ST, Lyrer P, Polymeris AA, Dittrich T, Zietz A, Marco De Marchis G, Putaala J, Strbian D, Tomppo L, Michel P, Strambo D, Salerno A, Remillard S, Buehrer M, Bavaud O, Vanacker P, Zuurbier S, Yperzeele L, Loos CM, Cappellari M, Emiliani A, Zedde M, Abdul-Rahim A, Dawson J, Cronshaw R, Schirinzi E, Del Sette M, Stretz C, Kala N, Reznik M, Schomer A, Mac Grory B, Jayaraman M, McTaggart R, Yaghi S, Furie KL, Masotti L, Grifoni E, Toni D, Risitano A, Falcou A, Petraglia L, Maria Lotti E, Padroni M, Pavolucci L, Lochner P, Silvestrelli G, Ciccone A, Alberti A, Venti M, Leone De Magistris I, Kargiotis O, Rocco A, Diomedi M, Marcheselli S, Antonenko K, Rota E, Tassinari T, Saia V, Palmerini F, Aridon P, Arnao V, Monaco S, Cottone S, Baldi A, D’Amore C, Ageno W, Pegoraro S, Ntaios G, Sagris D, Giannopoulos S, Kosmidou M, Ntais E, Romoli M, Pantoni L, Rosa S, Bertora P, Chiti A, Canavero I, Emanuele Saggese C, Plocco M, Giorli E, Palaiodimou L, Bakola E, Bandini F, Gasparro A, Terruso V, Mannino M, Pezzini A, Ornello R, Sacco S, Popovic N, Scoditti U, Genovese A, Denti L, Flomin Y, Mancuso M, Ferrari E, Chiara Caselli M, Ulivi L, Giannini N, Vadikolias K, Liantinioti C, Chondrogianni M, Halvatsiotis P, Carletti M, Karagkiozi E, Athanasakis G, Makaritsis K, Lanari A, Tatlisumak T, Acciarresi M, Vannucchi V, Lorenzini G, Tassi R, Guideri F, Acampa M, Martini G, Sohn SI, Mumoli N, Tadi P, Letteri F, Maccarrone M, Poli L, Magoni M, Galati F, Tiseo C, Gourbali V, Orlandi G, Giuntini M, Corea F, Bellesini M, Girardi L, Maimone Baronello M, Karapanayiotides T, Rueckert C, Csiba L, Szabó L, Rigatelli A, Imberti D, Zabzuni D, Pieroni A, Barlinn K, Pallesen LP, Barlinn J, Doronin B, Volodina V, Deleu D, Bonetti B, Porta C, Gentile L, Eskandari A, Paciaroni M. Risk of recurrent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation treated with oral anticoagulants alone or in combination with anti-platelet therapy. Eur Stroke J 2023; 8:722-730. [PMID: 37458099 PMCID: PMC10472945 DOI: 10.1177/23969873231183211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Ischaemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are at high risk of stroke recurrence despite oral anticoagulation therapy. Patients with cardiovascular comorbidities may take both antiplatelet and oral anticoagulation therapy (OAC/AP). Our study aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of OAC/AP therapy as secondary prevention in people with AF and ischaemic stroke. PATIENTS AND METHODS We performed a post-hoc analysis of pooled individual data from multicenter prospective cohort studies and compared outcomes in the OAC/AP cohort and patients on DOAC/VKA anticoagulation alone (OAC cohort). Primary outcome was a composite of ischaemic stroke, systemic embolism, intracranial bleeding, and major extracranial bleeding, while secondary outcomes were ischaemic and haemorrhagic events considered separately. A multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to identify independent predictors for outcome events. To compare the risk of outcome events between the two cohorts, the relation between the survival function and the set of explanatory variables were calculated by Cox proportional hazard models and the results were reported as adjusted hazard ratios (HR). Finally another analysis was performed to compare the overall risk of outcome events in both OAC/AP and OAC cohorts after propensity score matching (PSM). RESULTS During a mean follow-up time of 7.5 ± 9.1 months (median follow-up time 3.5 months, interquartile range ±3), 2284 stroke patients were on oral anticoagulants and 215 were on combined therapy. The multivariable model demonstrated that the composite outcome is associated with age (OR: 1.03, 95% CI: 1.01-1.04 for each year increase) and concomitant antiplatelet therapy (OR: 2.2, 95% CI: 1.48-3.27), the ischaemic outcome with congestive heart failure (OR: 1.55, 95% CI: 1.02-2.36) and concomitant antiplatelet therapy (OR: 1.93, 95% CI: 1.19-3.13) and the haemorrhagic outcome with age (OR: 1.03, 95% CI: 1.01-1.06 for each year increase), alcoholism (OR: 2.15, 95% CI: 1.06-4.39) and concomitant antiplatelet therapy (OR: 2.22, 95% CI: 1.23-4.02). Cox regression demonstrated a higher rate of the composite outcome (hazard ratio of 1.93 [95% CI, 1.35-2.76]), ischaemic events (HR: 2.05 [95% CI: 1.45-2.87]) and bleeding outcomes (HR: 1.90 [95% CI, 1.06-3.40]) in OAC/AP cohort. After PSM analysis, the composite outcome remained more frequent in people treated with OAC + AP (RR: 1.70 [95% CI, 1.05-2.74]). DISCUSSION Secondary prevention with combination of oral anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy after ischaemic stroke was associated with worse outcomes in our cohort. CONCLUSION Further research is needed to improve secondary prevention by investigating the mechanisms of recurrent ischaemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.
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Lopci E, Lazzeri M, Disconzi L, Maffei D, Fasulo V, Avolio P, Paciotti M, Pasini L, Benetti A, Hurle R, Saita A, Colombo P, Marzo K, Leonardi L, Balzarini L, Chiti A, Guazzoni G, Casale P, Buffi N, Lughezzani G. Prospective comparison of PSMA PET/CT vs. mpMRI in patients with a high suspicion of prostate cancer and previously negative biopsy: Preliminary data from PROSPET-BX trial. Eur Urol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(23)01013-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Tiberio P, Antunovic L, Gaudio M, Viganò A, Pastore M, Miggiano C, Jacobs F, Benvenuti C, Farina E, Chiti A, Santoro A, De Sanctis R. The relationship among bowel FDG-PET uptake, pathological complete response, and eating habits in breast cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Eur J Cancer 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(22)01520-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tiberio P, Antunovic L, Gaudio M, Viganò A, Pastore M, Miggiano C, Jacobs F, Benvenuti C, Farina E, Chiti A, Santoro A, De Sanctis R. 48P The relationship among bowel FDG-PET uptake, pathological complete response, and the influence of eating and exercise habits in breast cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.09.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Paciaroni M, Caso V, Agnelli G, Mosconi MG, Giustozzi M, Seiffge DJ, Engelter ST, Lyrer P, Polymeris AA, Kriemler L, Zietz A, Putaala J, Strbian D, Tomppo L, Michel P, Strambo D, Salerno A, Remillard S, Buehrer M, Bavaud O, Vanacker P, Zuurbier S, Yperzeele L, Loos CMJ, Cappellari M, Emiliani A, Zedde M, Abdul-Rahim A, Dawson J, Cronshaw R, Schirinzi E, Del Sette M, Stretz C, Kala N, Reznik M, Schomer A, Grory BM, Jayaraman M, McTaggart R, Yaghi S, Furie KL, Masotti L, Grifoni E, Toni D, Risitano A, Falcou A, Petraglia L, Lotti EM, Padroni M, Pavolucci L, Lochner P, Silvestrelli G, Ciccone A, Alberti A, Venti M, Traballi L, Urbini C, Kargiotis O, Rocco A, Diomedi M, Marcheselli S, Caliandro P, Zauli A, Reale G, Antonenko K, Rota E, Tassinari T, Saia V, Palmerini F, Aridon P, Arnao V, Monaco S, Cottone S, Baldi A, D'Amore C, Ageno W, Pegoraro S, Ntaios G, Sagris D, Giannopoulos S, Kosmidou M, Ntais E, Romoli M, Pantoni L, Rosa S, Bertora P, Chiti A, Canavero I, Saggese CE, Plocco M, Giorli E, Palaiodimou L, Bakola E, Tsivgoulis G, Bandini F, Gasparro A, Terruso V, Mannino M, Pezzini A, Ornello R, Sacco S, Popovic N, Scoditti U, Genovese A, Denti L, Flomin Y, Mancuso M, Ferrari E, Caselli MC, Ulivi L, Giannini N, De Marchis GM. Recurrent Ischemic Stroke and Bleeding in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Who Suffered an Acute Stroke While on Treatment With Nonvitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants: The RENO-EXTEND Study. Stroke 2022; 53:2620-2627. [PMID: 35543133 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.121.038239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND In patients with atrial fibrillation who suffered an ischemic stroke while on treatment with nonvitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants, rates and determinants of recurrent ischemic events and major bleedings remain uncertain. METHODS This prospective multicenter observational study aimed to estimate the rates of ischemic and bleeding events and their determinants in the follow-up of consecutive patients with atrial fibrillation who suffered an acute cerebrovascular ischemic event while on nonvitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant treatment. Afterwards, we compared the estimated risks of ischemic and bleeding events between the patients in whom anticoagulant therapy was changed to those who continued the original treatment. RESULTS After a mean follow-up time of 15.0±10.9 months, 192 out of 1240 patients (15.5%) had 207 ischemic or bleeding events corresponding to an annual rate of 13.4%. Among the events, 111 were ischemic strokes, 15 systemic embolisms, 24 intracranial bleedings, and 57 major extracranial bleedings. Predictive factors of recurrent ischemic events (strokes and systemic embolisms) included CHA2DS2-VASc score after the index event (odds ratio [OR], 1.2 [95% CI, 1.0-1.3] for each point increase; P=0.05) and hypertension (OR, 2.3 [95% CI, 1.0-5.1]; P=0.04). Predictive factors of bleeding events (intracranial and major extracranial bleedings) included age (OR, 1.1 [95% CI, 1.0-1.2] for each year increase; P=0.002), history of major bleeding (OR, 6.9 [95% CI, 3.4-14.2]; P=0.0001) and the concomitant administration of an antiplatelet agent (OR, 2.8 [95% CI, 1.4-5.5]; P=0.003). Rates of ischemic and bleeding events were no different in patients who changed or not changed the original nonvitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants treatment (OR, 1.2 [95% CI, 0.8-1.7]). CONCLUSIONS Patients suffering a stroke despite being on nonvitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant therapy are at high risk of recurrent ischemic stroke and bleeding. In these patients, further research is needed to improve secondary prevention by investigating the mechanisms of recurrent ischemic stroke and bleeding.
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- Maurizio Paciaroni
- Neurology, Stroke Unit, IRCCS MultiMedica, Milano, Italy (M. Paciaroni).,Stroke Unit, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, V.C., G.A., M.G.M., M.G., A.A., M.V., L.T., C.U.)
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- Stroke Unit, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, V.C., G.A., M.G.M., M.G., A.A., M.V., L.T., C.U.)
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- Stroke Unit, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, V.C., G.A., M.G.M., M.G., A.A., M.V., L.T., C.U.)
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- Stroke Unit, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, V.C., G.A., M.G.M., M.G., A.A., M.V., L.T., C.U.)
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- Stroke Unit, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, V.C., G.A., M.G.M., M.G., A.A., M.V., L.T., C.U.)
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- Department of Neurology, Stroke Center, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland (D.J.S., S.T.E., P. Lyrer, A.A.P., L.K., A. Zietz, G.M.D.M.).,Department of Neurology, Inselspital University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland (D.J.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, Stroke Center, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland (D.J.S., S.T.E., P. Lyrer, A.A.P., L.K., A. Zietz, G.M.D.M.)
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- Department of Neurology, Stroke Center, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland (D.J.S., S.T.E., P. Lyrer, A.A.P., L.K., A. Zietz, G.M.D.M.)
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- Department of Neurology, Stroke Center, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland (D.J.S., S.T.E., P. Lyrer, A.A.P., L.K., A. Zietz, G.M.D.M.)
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- Department of Neurology, Stroke Center, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland (D.J.S., S.T.E., P. Lyrer, A.A.P., L.K., A. Zietz, G.M.D.M.)
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- Department of Neurology, Stroke Center, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland (D.J.S., S.T.E., P. Lyrer, A.A.P., L.K., A. Zietz, G.M.D.M.)
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- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital and Neurosciences University of Helsinki, Finland (J.P., D. Strbian, L.T.)
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- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital and Neurosciences University of Helsinki, Finland (J.P., D. Strbian, L.T.)
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- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital and Neurosciences University of Helsinki, Finland (J.P., D. Strbian, L.T.)
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- Stroke Center, Neurology Service, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (P.M., D. Strambo, A. Salerno, S.R., M.B., O.B.)
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- Stroke Center, Neurology Service, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (P.M., D. Strambo, A. Salerno, S.R., M.B., O.B.)
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- Stroke Center, Neurology Service, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (P.M., D. Strambo, A. Salerno, S.R., M.B., O.B.)
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- Stroke Center, Neurology Service, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (P.M., D. Strambo, A. Salerno, S.R., M.B., O.B.)
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- Stroke Center, Neurology Service, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (P.M., D. Strambo, A. Salerno, S.R., M.B., O.B.)
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- Stroke Center, Neurology Service, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (P.M., D. Strambo, A. Salerno, S.R., M.B., O.B.)
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- NeuroVascular Center, Stroke Unit Antwerp, Department of Neurology, Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium (P.V., S.Z., L.Y., C.M.J.L.).,Translational Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium (P.V., S.Z., L.Y., C.M.J.L.).,Groeninge Hospital, Kortrijk, Belgium (P.V.)
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- NeuroVascular Center, Stroke Unit Antwerp, Department of Neurology, Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium (P.V., S.Z., L.Y., C.M.J.L.).,Translational Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium (P.V., S.Z., L.Y., C.M.J.L.)
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- NeuroVascular Center, Stroke Unit Antwerp, Department of Neurology, Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium (P.V., S.Z., L.Y., C.M.J.L.).,Translational Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium (P.V., S.Z., L.Y., C.M.J.L.)
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- NeuroVascular Center, Stroke Unit Antwerp, Department of Neurology, Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium (P.V., S.Z., L.Y., C.M.J.L.).,Translational Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium (P.V., S.Z., L.Y., C.M.J.L.)
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- Stroke Unit, DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy (M.C., A.E.)
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- Stroke Unit, DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy (M.C., A.E.)
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (A.A.-R., J.D., R.C.)
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (A.A.-R., J.D., R.C.)
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (A.A.-R., J.D., R.C.)
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- Struttura Complessa di Neurologia, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, Italy (E.S., M.D.S.)
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- Struttura Complessa di Neurologia, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, Italy (E.S., M.D.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (C.S., N.K., M. Reznik, A. Schomer, B.M.G., M.J., R.M., S.Y., K.L.F.)
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- Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (C.S., N.K., M. Reznik, A. Schomer, B.M.G., M.J., R.M., S.Y., K.L.F.)
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- Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (C.S., N.K., M. Reznik, A. Schomer, B.M.G., M.J., R.M., S.Y., K.L.F.)
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- Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (C.S., N.K., M. Reznik, A. Schomer, B.M.G., M.J., R.M., S.Y., K.L.F.)
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- Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (C.S., N.K., M. Reznik, A. Schomer, B.M.G., M.J., R.M., S.Y., K.L.F.).,Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (B.M.G.)
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- Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (C.S., N.K., M. Reznik, A. Schomer, B.M.G., M.J., R.M., S.Y., K.L.F.)
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- Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (C.S., N.K., M. Reznik, A. Schomer, B.M.G., M.J., R.M., S.Y., K.L.F.)
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- Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (C.S., N.K., M. Reznik, A. Schomer, B.M.G., M.J., R.M., S.Y., K.L.F.)
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- Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (C.S., N.K., M. Reznik, A. Schomer, B.M.G., M.J., R.M., S.Y., K.L.F.)
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- Internal Medicine, San Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy (L.M., E. Grifoni)
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- Internal Medicine, San Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy (L.M., E. Grifoni)
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (D.T., A. Risitano, L. Petraglia)
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (D.T., A. Risitano, L. Petraglia)
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- Stroke Unit, Emergency Department, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy (A.F.)
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (D.T., A. Risitano, L. Petraglia)
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- U.O. Neurologia Presidio Ospedaliero di Ravenna Azienda USL della Romagna, Italy (E.M.L., M. Padroni, L. Pavolucci)
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- U.O. Neurologia Presidio Ospedaliero di Ravenna Azienda USL della Romagna, Italy (E.M.L., M. Padroni, L. Pavolucci)
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- U.O. Neurologia Presidio Ospedaliero di Ravenna Azienda USL della Romagna, Italy (E.M.L., M. Padroni, L. Pavolucci)
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- Department of Neurology, Saarland University, Medical Center, Homburg, Germany (P. Lochner)
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- S.C. di Neurologia e S.S. di Stroke Unit, ASST di Mantova, Italy (G.S., A. Ciccone)
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- S.C. di Neurologia e S.S. di Stroke Unit, ASST di Mantova, Italy (G.S., A. Ciccone)
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- Stroke Unit, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, V.C., G.A., M.G.M., M.G., A.A., M.V., L.T., C.U.)
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- Stroke Unit, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, V.C., G.A., M.G.M., M.G., A.A., M.V., L.T., C.U.)
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- Stroke Unit, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, V.C., G.A., M.G.M., M.G., A.A., M.V., L.T., C.U.)
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- Stroke Unit, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, V.C., G.A., M.G.M., M.G., A.A., M.V., L.T., C.U.)
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy (A. Rocco, M.D.)
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy (A. Rocco, M.D.)
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- Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Rozzano, Milano, Italy (S. Marcheselli)
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- Neurology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy (P.C.)
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- Department of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy (A. Zauli, G.R.)
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- Department of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy (A. Zauli, G.R.)
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- Department of Neurology, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine (K.A.)
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- S.C. Neurologia-Stroke Unit, Novi Ligure/Tortona, ASL Alessandria, Italy (E.R.)
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- Department of Neurology, Stroke Unit, Santa Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure (Savona), Italy (T.T., V.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, Stroke Unit, Santa Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure (Savona), Italy (T.T., V.S.)
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (BiND), University of Palermo, Italy (P.A.)
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- Neurologia-Stroke Unit ARNAS Civico, Palermo, Italy (V.A., S. Monaco, S.C.)
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- Neurologia-Stroke Unit ARNAS Civico, Palermo, Italy (V.A., S. Monaco, S.C.)
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- Neurologia-Stroke Unit ARNAS Civico, Palermo, Italy (V.A., S. Monaco, S.C.)
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- Stroke Unit, Ospedale di Portogruaro, Venice, Italy (A.B., C.D.)
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- Stroke Unit, Ospedale di Portogruaro, Venice, Italy (A.B., C.D.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Italy (W.A., S.P.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Italy (W.A., S.P.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece (G.N., D.S.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece (G.N., D.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Greece (S.G., M.K., E.N.)
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- Department of Neurology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Greece (S.G., M.K., E.N.)
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- Department of Neurology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Greece (S.G., M.K., E.N.)
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- Neurology and Stroke Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy (M. Romoli)
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- L. Sacco' Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (L. Pantoni, P.B.)
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- Neurology Unit, ASST Fatebenefratelli - Sacco, Milan, Italy (S.R.)
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- L. Sacco' Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (L. Pantoni, P.B.)
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- Neurologia, Ospedale Apuano, Massa Carrara, Italy (A. Chiti)
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- Emergency Neurology, IRCCS Casimiro Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy (I.C.).,Cerebrovascular Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico "Carlo Besta," Milano, Italy (I.C.)
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- Unità di Terapia Neurovascolare. Ospedale "Fabrizio Spaziani," Frosinone, Italy (C.E.S., M.P.)
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- Unità di Terapia Neurovascolare. Ospedale "Fabrizio Spaziani," Frosinone, Italy (C.E.S., M.P.)
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy (E. Giorli)
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- Second Department of Neurology, "Attikon" University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece (L. Palaiodimou, E.B., G.T.)
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- Second Department of Neurology, "Attikon" University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece (L. Palaiodimou, E.B., G.T.)
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- Second Department of Neurology, "Attikon" University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece (L. Palaiodimou, E.B., G.T.)
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- Department of Neurology, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy (F.B.)
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- Neurologia, Ospedali Riuniti, Palermo, Italy (A. Gasparro, V.T., M. Mannino)
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- Neurologia, Ospedali Riuniti, Palermo, Italy (A. Gasparro, V.T., M. Mannino)
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- Neurologia, Ospedali Riuniti, Palermo, Italy (A. Gasparro, V.T., M. Mannino)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Italy (A.P.)
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Italy (R.O., S.S.)
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Italy (R.O., S.S.)
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- Clinic of Neurology, Clinical Center of Vòsvodina, University of Novi Sad, Serbia (N.P.)
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- Emergency Department, Stroke Unit, University of Parma, Italy. (U.S., A. Genovese)
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- Emergency Department, Stroke Unit, University of Parma, Italy. (U.S., A. Genovese)
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- Dipartimento Geriatrico Riabilitativo, Stroke Unit, University of Parma, Italy. (L.D.)
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- Stroke and Neurorehabilitation Unit, MC Universal Clinic 'Oberig' Kyiv, Ukraine (Y.F.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, E.F., M.C.C., L.U., N.G.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, E.F., M.C.C., L.U., N.G.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, E.F., M.C.C., L.U., N.G.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, E.F., M.C.C., L.U., N.G.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, E.F., M.C.C., L.U., N.G.)
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- Department of Neurology, Stroke Center, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Switzerland (D.J.S., S.T.E., P. Lyrer, A.A.P., L.K., A. Zietz, G.M.D.M.)
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De Sanctis R, Antunovic L, Benvenuti C, Jacobs F, Gaudio M, Ilieva M, Viganò A, Chiti A, Santoro A. 50P Brain 18-FDG-PET patterns in early breast cancer subtypes: Relationship with headache. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.03.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Francolini G, Di Cataldo V, Detti B, Allegra A, Burchini L, Ciccone L, Cerbai C, Mattioli C, Frosini G, Guerrieri B, Aquilano M, Salvestrini V, Chiti A, Sollini M, Simontacchi G, Desideri I, Livi L. PO-1363 Detection rate of 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT from a prospective study: PSICHE trial (NCT05022914). Radiother Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(22)03327-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Hurle R, Gobbo A, Casale P, Saita A, Buffi N, Lughezzani G, Sollini M, Rodari M, Pini C, Gelardi F, Contieri R, Guazzoni G, Chiti A, Lazzeri M. [18F]-FDG PET/CT for bladder cancer staging and decision-making in patients with High-Risk Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (HR-NMIBC). Eur Urol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(22)00316-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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De Giuli V, Grassi M, Besana M, Zedde M, Zini A, Lodigiani C, Marcheselli S, Cavallini A, Micieli G, Rasura M, DeLodovici ML, Tomelleri G, Checcarelli N, Chiti A, Giorli E, Del Sette M, Tancredi L, Toriello A, Braga M, Morotti A, Pezzini D, Locatelli M, Mazzoleni V, Bonacina S, Gamba M, Magoni M, Patella R, Spalloni A, Maria Simone A, Pascarella R, Beretta S, Padovani A, Gasparotti R, Pezzini A. Subclinical Vascular Brain Lesions in Young Adults With Acute Ischemic Stroke. Stroke 2021; 53:1190-1198. [PMID: 34727743 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.121.036038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Subclinical vascular brain lesions are highly prevalent in elderly patients with stroke. Little is known about predisposing factors and their impact on long-term outcome of patients with stroke at a young age. METHODS We quantified magnetic resonance-defined subclinical vascular brain lesions, including lacunes and white matter hyperintensities, perivascular spaces and cerebral microbleeds, and assessed total small-vessel disease (SVD) score in patients with first-ever acute ischemic stroke aged 18 to 45 years, and followed them up, as part of the multicentre Italian Project on Stroke in Young Adults. The primary end point was a composite of ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack, myocardial infarction, or other arterial events. We assessed the predictive accuracy of magnetic resonance features and whether the addition of these markers improves outcome prediction over a validated clinical tool, such as the Italian Project on Stroke in Young Adults score. RESULTS Among 591 patients (males, 53.8%; mean age, 37.5±6.4 years), 117 (19.8%) had subclinical vascular brain lesions. Family history of stroke was associated with lacunes (odds ratio, 2.24 [95% CI, 1.30-3.84]) and total SVD score (odds ratio, 2.06 [95% CI, 1.20-3.53] for score≥1), hypertension with white matter hyperintensities (odds ratio, 2.29 [95% CI, 1.22-4.32]). After a median follow-up of 36.0 months (25th-75th percentile, 38.0), lacunes and total SVD score were associated with primary end point (hazard ratio, 2.13 [95% CI, 1.17-3.90] for lacunes; hazard ratio, 2.17 [95% CI, 1.20-3.90] for total SVD score ≥1), and the secondary end point brain ischemia (hazard ratio, 2.55 [95% CI, 1.36-4.75] for lacunes; hazard ratio, 2.61 [95% CI, 1.42-4.80] for total SVD score ≥1). The predictive performances of the models, including magnetic resonance features were comparable to those of the random model. Adding individual magnetic resonance features to the Italian Project on Stroke in Young Adults score did not improve model prediction. CONCLUSIONS Subclinical vascular brain lesions affect ≈2 in 10 young adults with ischemic stroke. Although lacunes and total SVD score are associated with thrombotic recurrence, they do not improve accuracy of outcome prediction over validated clinical predictors.
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- Valeria De Giuli
- U.O. Neurologia (V.D.G.), Istituti Ospitalieri, ASST Cremona, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento, Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia, Italia (M. Grassi)
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- U.O. Radiologia (M. Besana), Istituti Ospitalieri, ASST Cremona, Italia
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- S.C. Neurologia, Stroke Unit (M.Z.), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale, IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Italia
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- IRCCS Istituto di Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, UOC Neurologia e Rete Stroke metropolitana, Ospedale Maggiore, Italia (A.Z.)
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- Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano-Milano, Italia
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- Neurologia d'Urgenza e Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano-Milano, Italia
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- Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto "C. Mondino", Pavia, Italia
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- Neurologia d'Urgenza (G.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto "C. Mondino", Pavia, Italia
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- Stroke Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea, Università "La Sapienza", Roma, Italia (M.R., R. Patella, A.S.)
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- U.O. Neurologia, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Borgo Trento, Verona, Italia (G.T.)
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- Neurologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italia (A. Chiti)
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- U.O. Neurologia, Ospedale S. Andrea, La Spezia, Italia (E.G.)
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- U.O. Neurologia, IRCCS Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italia (M.D.S.)
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- U.O. Neurologia, Ospedale San Paolo, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milano, Italia (L.T.)
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- U.O.C. Neurologia, A.O Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona", Salerno, Italia (A.T.)
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- U.O.C Neurologia, Stroke Unit, ASST Vimercate, Italia (M. Braga, S. Beretta)
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- U.O. Neurologia, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italia (A.M.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Clinica Neurologica (D.P., M.L., V.M., S. Bonacina, A. Padovani, A. Pezzini), Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Clinica Neurologica (D.P., M.L., V.M., S. Bonacina, A. Padovani, A. Pezzini), Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Clinica Neurologica (D.P., M.L., V.M., S. Bonacina, A. Padovani, A. Pezzini), Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Clinica Neurologica (D.P., M.L., V.M., S. Bonacina, A. Padovani, A. Pezzini), Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italia
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- Stroke Unit, Neurologia Vascolare, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italia (M. Gamba, M.M.)
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- Stroke Unit, Neurologia Vascolare, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italia (M. Gamba, M.M.)
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- Stroke Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea, Università "La Sapienza", Roma, Italia (M.R., R. Patella, A.S.)
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- Stroke Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea, Università "La Sapienza", Roma, Italia (M.R., R. Patella, A.S.)
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- Neuroradiologia (R. Pascarella), Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale, IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Italia
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- U.O.C Neurologia, Stroke Unit, ASST Vimercate, Italia (M. Braga, S. Beretta)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Clinica Neurologica (D.P., M.L., V.M., S. Bonacina, A. Padovani, A. Pezzini), Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italia
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- U.O. Neuroradiologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Radiologia e Sanità Pubblica (R.G.), Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Clinica Neurologica (D.P., M.L., V.M., S. Bonacina, A. Padovani, A. Pezzini), Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italia
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Cavinato L, Gozzi N, Sollini M, Carlo-Stella C, Chiti A, Ieva F. Recurrence-specific supervised graph clustering for subtyping Hodgkin Lymphoma radiomic phenotypes. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2021; 2021:2155-2158. [PMID: 34891715 DOI: 10.1109/embc46164.2021.9629625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The prediction at baseline of patients at high risk for therapy failure or recurrence would significantly impact on Hodgkin Lymphoma patients treatment, informing clinical practice. Current literature is extensively searching insights in radiomics, a promising framework for high-throughput imaging feature extraction, to derive biomarkers and quantitative prognostic factors from images. However, existing studies are limited by intrinsic radiomic limitations, high dimensionality among others. We propose an exhaustive patient representation and a recurrence-specific multi-view supervised clustering algorithm for estimating patient-to-patient similarity graph and learning recurrence probability. We stratified patients in two risk classes and characterize each group in terms of clinical variables.
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Romani I, Nencini P, Sarti C, Pracucci G, Zedde M, Nucera A, Cianci V, Moller J, Toni D, Orsucci D, Casella C, Pinto V, Palumbo P, Barbarini L, Bella R, Ragno M, Scoditti U, Mezzapesa DM, Tassi R, Diomedi M, Cavallini A, Volpi G, Chiti A, Bigliardi G, Sacco S, Linoli G, Ricci S, Giordano A, Bonetti B, Rasura M, Cecconi E, Princiotta Cariddi L, Currò Dossi R, Melis M, Consoli D, Guidetti D, Biagini S, Accavone D, Inzitari D. Fabry-Stroke Italian Registry (FSIR): a nationwide, prospective, observational study about incidence and characteristics of Fabry-related stroke in young-adults. Presentation of the study protocol. Neurol Sci 2021; 43:2433-2439. [PMID: 34609660 PMCID: PMC8918192 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-021-05615-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Background TIA and stroke, both ischemic and hemorrhagic, may complicate Fabry disease at young-adult age and be the first manifestation that comes to the clinician’s attention. No definite indications have yet been elaborated to guide neurologists in Fabry disease diagnostics. In current practice, it is usually sought in case of cryptogenic strokes (while Fabry-related strokes can also occur by classical pathogenic mechanisms) or through screening programs in young cerebrovascular populations. Data on recurrence and secondary prevention of Fabry’s stroke are scanty. Methods The study had a prospective observational design involving 33 Italian neurological Stroke Units. Considering the incidence of TIA/stroke in the European population aged < 60 years and the frequency of Fabry disease in this category (as foreseen by a pilot study held at the Careggi University-Hospital, Florence), we planned to screen for Fabry disease a total of 1740 < 60-year-old individuals hospitalized for TIA, ischemic, or hemorrhagic stroke. We investigated TIA and stroke pathogenesis through internationally validated scales and we gathered information on possible early signs of Fabry disease among all cerebrovascular patients. Every patient was tested for Fabry disease through dried blood spot analysis. Patients who received Fabry disease diagnosis underwent a 12-month follow-up to monitor stroke recurrence and multi-system progression after the cerebrovascular event. Discussion The potential implications of this study are as follows: (i) to add information about the yield of systematic screening for Fabry disease in a prospective large cohort of acute cerebrovascular patients; (ii) to deepen knowledge of clinical, pathophysiological, and prognostic characteristics of Fabry-related stroke.
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- Ilaria Romani
- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology, and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology, and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology, and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Neurovascular Treatment Unit, Spaziani Hospital, Frosinone, Italy
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- Neurology, Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Emergency Department Stroke Unit, Umberto I Polyclinic Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, AOU Policlinico G. Martino, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Neurology and Stroke Unit, Di Summa - Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
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- Neurology, Neurophysiopathology, and Stroke Unit, Santo Stefano Hospital, Prato, Italy
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- Acute Cerebrovascular Diseases Unit, Vittorio Emanuele University Hospital, Catania, Italy
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- Division of Neurology, C. e G. Mazzoni Hospital and Madonna del Soccorso Hospital, Ascoli Piceno, Italy
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- Neurology - Stroke Care Program, Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy
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- Neurosonology and Stroke Unit, Siena University Hospital, Siena, Italy
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- Neurovascular Treatment Unit, Tor Vergata Polyclinic Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Neurology, San Iacopo Hospital, Pistoia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Sant'Agostino Estense New Hospital, Modena, Italy
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- Neurology and Stroke Unit, SS Filippo e Nicola Hospital , Avezzano, Italy
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- Stroke Center - Neurology, Città Di Castello Hospital and Gubbio-Gualdo Tadino Hospital, Città di Castello, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Verona University Hospital, Verona, Italy
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- Neurology, Monserrato University Hospital, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology, and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology, and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Pharmacology, and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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Arena P, Paciotti M, Maffei D, Matassa G, Jandric J, Fasulo V, Gobbo A, Frego N, Beatrici E, Hurle R, Saita A, Casale P, Lazzeri M, Lughezzani G, Guazzoni G, Chiti A, Buffi N. Additional value of 68GA-PSMA PET in patients who underwent choline-pet for biochemical recurrence after radical treatment for prostate cancer. EUR UROL SUPPL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(21)00970-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Locatelli M, Grassi M, Saba V, Iacovello L, di Castelnuovo A, de Gaetano G, Zedde M, Marcheselli S, Silvestrelli G, Ciccone A, Delodovici ML, Princiotta Cariddi L, Giossi A, Zini A, Paciaroni M, Acciarresi M, Azzini C, De Vito A, Gamba M, Magoni M, Del Sette M, Toriello A, Gandolfo C, Finocchi C, Bonifati DM, Tassi R, Martini G, Cavallini A, Morotti A, Bonacina S, Mazzoleni V, Pezzini D, Chiti A, Calabrò RS, Musolino R, La Spina P, Grillo F, Tomelleri G, Lodigiani C, Ritelli M, Colombi M, Padovani A, Pezzini A. Age-dependent effect of susceptibility factors on the risk of intracerebral haemorrhage: Multicenter Study on Cerebral Hemorrhage in Italy (MUCH-Italy). J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2021; 92:1068-1071. [PMID: 34253639 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-325648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the age-dependent impact of traditional stroke risk factors on the occurrence of intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH). METHODS We performed a case-control analysis, comparing consecutive patients with ICH with age-matched and sex-matched stroke-free controls, enrolled in the setting of the Multicenter Study on Cerebral Hemorrhage in Italy (MUCH-Italy) between 2002 and 2014 by multivariable logistic regression model within subgroups stratified by age quartiles (Q1-Q4). RESULTS We analysed 3492 patients and 3492 controls. The impact of untreated hypertension on the risk of ICH was higher in the lower than in the upper age quartile (OR 11.64, 95% CI 7.68 to 17.63 in Q1 vs OR 6.05, 95% CI 3.09 to 11.85 in Q4 with intermediate ORs in Q2 and Q3), while the opposite trend was observed for untreated hypercholesterolaemia (OR 0.63, 95% CI 0.45 to 0.97 in Q1 vs OR 0.36, 95% CI 0.26 to 0.56 in Q4 with intermediate ORs in Q2 and Q3). The effect of untreated diabetes and excessive alcohol intake was detected only in the older age group (OR 3.63, 95% CI 1.22 to 10.73, and OR 1.69, 95% CI 1.13 to 2.51, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Our findings provide evidence of age-dependent differences in the effects of susceptibility factors on the risk of ICH.
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- Martina Locatelli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento, Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento, Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Università dell'Insubria, Varese, Italia.,Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, NEUROMED, Pozzilli, Italia
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- S.C. Neurologia, Stroke Unit, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italia
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- Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Group, Rozzano, Italia
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- Stroke Unit, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Mantova, Mantova, Italia
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- Stroke Unit, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale di Mantova, Mantova, Italia
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- UO Neurologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona, Italia
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- Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, UOC Neurologia e Rete Stroke Metropolitana, IRCCS Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italia
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- Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italia
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- Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italia
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- Stroke Unit, Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Università di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italia
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- Stroke Unit, Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Università di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italia
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- Stroke Unit, Neurologia Vascolare, ASST Azienda Ospedaliera Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italia
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- Stroke Unit, Neurologia Vascolare, ASST Azienda Ospedaliera Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italia
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- UOC Neurologia, Università degli Studi di Salerno Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Salerno, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italia
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- UOC Neurologia, ASST Azienda Ospedaliera Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italia
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- Neurologia, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italia
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- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, Messina, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Messina, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Messina, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Messina, Italia
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- USD Stroke Unit, DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Verona, Italia
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- UOC Centro Trombosi e Malattie Emorragiche, IRCCS Humanitas Group, Rozzano, Italia
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- Sezione di Biologia e Genetica, Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italia
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- Sezione di Biologia e Genetica, Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italia
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Paciaroni M, Agnelli G, Giustozzi M, Caso V, Toso E, Angelini F, Canavero I, Micieli G, Antonenko K, Rocco A, Diomedi M, Katsanos AH, Shoamanesh A, Giannopoulos S, Ageno W, Pegoraro S, Putaala J, Strbian D, Sallinen H, Mac Grory BC, Furie KL, Stretz C, Reznik ME, Alberti A, Venti M, Mosconi MG, Vedovati MC, Franco L, Zepponi G, Romoli M, Zini A, Brancaleoni L, Riva L, Silvestrelli G, Ciccone A, Zedde ML, Giorli E, Kosmidou M, Ntais E, Palaiodimou L, Halvatsiotis P, Tassinari T, Saia V, Ornello R, Sacco S, Bandini F, Mancuso M, Orlandi G, Ferrari E, Pezzini A, Poli L, Cappellari M, Forlivesi S, Rigatelli A, Yaghi S, Scher E, Frontera JA, Masotti L, Grifoni E, Caliandro P, Zauli A, Reale G, Marcheselli S, Gasparro A, Terruso V, Arnao V, Aridon P, Abdul-Rahim AH, Dawson J, Saggese CE, Palmerini F, Doronin B, Volodina V, Toni D, Risitano A, Schirinzi E, Del Sette M, Lochner P, Monaco S, Mannino M, Tassi R, Guideri F, Acampa M, Martini G, Lotti EM, Padroni M, Pantoni L, Rosa S, Bertora P, Ntaios G, Sagris D, Baldi A, D’Amore C, Mumoli N, Porta C, Denti L, Chiti A, Corea F, Acciarresi M, Flomin Y, Popovic N, Tsivgoulis G. Risk Factors for Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation on Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants for Stroke Prevention. Stroke 2021; 52:1450-1454. [PMID: 33657853 PMCID: PMC10561687 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.120.031827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Maurizio Paciaroni
- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., M.G., V.C., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., L.F., G.Z.)
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., M.G., V.C., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., L.F., G.Z.)
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., M.G., V.C., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., L.F., G.Z.)
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., M.G., V.C., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., L.F., G.Z.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Città della Salute e della Scienza Hospital, University of Torino, Italy (E.T., F.A.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Città della Salute e della Scienza Hospital, University of Torino, Italy (E.T., F.A.)
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- Emergency Neurology, IRCCS Casimiro Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy (I.C., G. Micieli)
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- Emergency Neurology, IRCCS Casimiro Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy (I.C., G. Micieli)
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- Department of Neurology, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine (K.A.)
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy (A. Rocco, M.D.)
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy (A. Rocco, M.D.)
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- Department of Medicine (Neurology), McMaster University/Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada (A.H.K., A.S.)
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- Department of Medicine (Neurology), McMaster University/Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada (A.H.K., A.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Greece (S.G., E.N.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Italy (W.A., S.P.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Italy (W.A., S.P.)
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- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital and Neurosciences University of Helsinki, Finland (J.P., D. Strbian, H.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital and Neurosciences University of Helsinki, Finland (J.P., D. Strbian, H.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital and Neurosciences University of Helsinki, Finland (J.P., D. Strbian, H.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (B.C.M.G.)
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- Department of Neurology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (K.L.F., C.S., M.E.R.)
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- Department of Neurology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (K.L.F., C.S., M.E.R.)
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- Department of Neurology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (K.L.F., C.S., M.E.R.)
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., M.G., V.C., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., L.F., G.Z.)
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., M.G., V.C., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., L.F., G.Z.)
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., M.G., V.C., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., L.F., G.Z.)
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., M.G., V.C., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., L.F., G.Z.)
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., M.G., V.C., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., L.F., G.Z.)
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., M.G., V.C., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., L.F., G.Z.)
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- Neurology Unit, Rimini “Infermi” Hospital–AUSL Romagna, Rimini, Italy (M. Romoli)
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, IRCCS Istituto di Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A. Zini, L.B.), Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, IRCCS Istituto di Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (A. Zini, L.B.), Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology (L.R.), Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- S.C. di Neurologia e S.S. di Stroke Unit, ASST di Mantova, Italy (G.S., A. Ciccone)
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- S.C. di Neurologia e S.S. di Stroke Unit, ASST di Mantova, Italy (G.S., A. Ciccone)
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- Neurology Unit, Stroke Unit, Local Health Unit–IRCCS of Reggio Emilia, Italy (M.L.Z.)
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- Department of Neurology, Stroke Unit, Sant’Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy (E. Giorli)
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Greece (M.K.)
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- Department of Neurology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Greece (S.G., E.N.)
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- Second Department of Neurology, “Attikon” Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece (L. Palaiodimou, G.T.)
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- Second Department of Internal Medicine “Attikon” University Hospital Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (P.H.)
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit, Santa Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure (Savona), Italy (T.T., V.S.)
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- Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit, Santa Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure (Savona), Italy (T.T., V.S.)
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Applied Clinical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of L’Aquila, Italy (R.O., S.S.)
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Applied Clinical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of L’Aquila, Italy (R.O., S.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy (F.B.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, G.O., E.F.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, G.O., E.F.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, G.O., E.F.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Italy (A.P., L. Poli)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Italy (A.P., L. Poli)
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- SSO Stroke Unit, UO Neurologia, DAI di Neuroscienze, AOUI Verona, Italy (M.C., S.F.)
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- SSO Stroke Unit, UO Neurologia, DAI di Neuroscienze, AOUI Verona, Italy (M.C., S.F.)
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- Pronto Soccorso, Ospedale Borgo Trento, DAI Emergenza e Accettazione, AOUI Verona, Italy (A. Rigatelli)
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- Department of Neurology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY (S.Y., E. Scher, J.A.F.)
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- Department of Neurology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY (S.Y., E. Scher, J.A.F.)
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- Department of Neurology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY (S.Y., E. Scher, J.A.F.)
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- Internal Medicine, San Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy (L.M., E. Grifoni)
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- Internal Medicine, San Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy (L.M., E. Grifoni)
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- Neurology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy (P.C.)
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- Department of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy (A. Zauli, G.R.)
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- Department of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy (A. Zauli, G.R.)
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- Humanitas Clinical and Research Center–IRCCS, Rozzano, Milano, Italy (S. Marcheselli)
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Italy (V.A., P.A.)
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- Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Italy (V.A., P.A.)
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- Medical School and Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (A.H.A.-R., J.D.)
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- Medical School and Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (A.H.A.-R., J.D.)
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- Unità di Terapia Neurovascolare, Ospedale “Fabrizio Spaziani,” Frosinone, Italy (C.E.S.)
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- Municipal Budgetary Healthcare Institution of Novosibirsk, City Clinical Hospital No. 1, Novosibirsk State Medical University, Russia (B.D., V.V.)
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- Municipal Budgetary Healthcare Institution of Novosibirsk, City Clinical Hospital No. 1, Novosibirsk State Medical University, Russia (B.D., V.V.)
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (D.T., A. Risitano)
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (D.T., A. Risitano)
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- Struttura Complessa di Neurologia, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, Italy (E. Schirinzi, M.D.S.)
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- Struttura Complessa di Neurologia, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, Italy (E. Schirinzi, M.D.S.)
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- Department of Neurology, Saarland University, Medical Center, Homburg, Germany (P.L.)
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- Stroke Unit, Ospedale Civico, Palermo, Italy (S. Monaco, M. Mannino)
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- Stroke Unit, Ospedale Civico, Palermo, Italy (S. Monaco, M. Mannino)
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- Stroke Unit, AOU Senese, Siena, Italy (R.T., F.G., M. Acampa, G. Martini)
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- Stroke Unit, AOU Senese, Siena, Italy (R.T., F.G., M. Acampa, G. Martini)
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- Stroke Unit, AOU Senese, Siena, Italy (R.T., F.G., M. Acampa, G. Martini)
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- Stroke Unit, AOU Senese, Siena, Italy (R.T., F.G., M. Acampa, G. Martini)
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- U.O. Neurologia Presidio Ospedaliero di Ravenna Azienda USL della Romagna, Italy (E.M.L., M. Padroni)
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- U.O. Neurologia Presidio Ospedaliero di Ravenna Azienda USL della Romagna, Italy (E.M.L., M. Padroni)
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- ‘L. Sacco’ Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (L. Pantoni, P.B.)
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- Neurology Unit, ASST Fatebenefratelli–Sacco, Milan, Italy (S.R.)
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- ‘L. Sacco’ Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (L. Pantoni, P.B.)
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- Department of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece (G.N., D. Sagris)
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- Department of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece (G.N., D. Sagris)
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- Stroke Unit, Ospedale di Portogruaro, Venice, Italy (A.B., C.D.)
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- Stroke Unit, Ospedale di Portogruaro, Venice, Italy (A.B., C.D.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Magenta Hospital, Italy (N.M., C.P.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Magenta Hospital, Italy (N.M., C.P.)
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- Stroke Unit, Dipartimento Geriatrico Riabilitativo, University of Parma, Italy (L.D.)
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- Neurologia, Ospedale Apuano, Massa Carrara, Italy (A. Chiti)
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- UO Gravi Cerebrolesioni, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Foligno, Italy (F.C., M. Acciarresi)
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- UO Gravi Cerebrolesioni, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Foligno, Italy (F.C., M. Acciarresi)
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- Stroke and Neurorehabilitation Unit, MC Universal Clinic ‘Oberig’ Kyiv, Ukraine (Y.F.)
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- Clinic of Neurology, Clinical Center of Vòsvodina, University of Novi Sad, Serbia (N.P.)
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- Second Department of Neurology, “Attikon” Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece (L. Palaiodimou, G.T.)
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Salvadori E, Poggesi A, Pracucci G, Chiti A, Ciolli L, Del Bene A, Di Donato I, Marini S, Nannucci S, Orlandi G, Pasi M, Pescini F, Valenti R, Federico A, Dotti MT, Bonuccelli U, Inzitari D, Pantoni L. Longitudinal changes in MoCA performances in patients with mild cognitive impairment and small vessel disease. Results from the VMCI-Tuscany Study. Cereb Circ Cogn Behav 2021; 2:100008. [PMID: 36324712 PMCID: PMC9616337 DOI: 10.1016/j.cccb.2021.100008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a cognitive screening test largely employed in vascular cognitive impairment, but there are no data about MoCA longitudinal changes in patients with cerebral small vessel disease (SVD). We aimed to describe changes in MoCA performance in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and SVD during a 2-year follow-up, and to evaluate their association with transition to major neurocognitive disorder (NCD). MATERIALS AND METHODS Within the prospective observational VMCI-Tuscany Study, patients with MCI and SVD underwent a comprehensive clinical, neuropsychological, and functional evaluation at baseline, and after 1 and 2 years. RESULTS Among the 138 patients (mean age 74.4 ± 6.9 years; males: 57%) who completed the study follow-up, 44 (32%) received a major NCD diagnosis. Baseline MoCA scores (mean±SD) were lower in major NCD patients (20.5 ± 5) than in reverter/stable MCI (22.2 ± 4.3), and the difference approached the statistical threshold of significance (p=.051). The total cohort presented a decrease in MoCA score (mean±SD) of -1.3 ± 4.2 points (-2.6 ± 4.7 in major NCD patients, -0.7 ± 3.9 in reverter/stable MCI). A multivariate logistic model on the predictors of transition from MCI to major NCD, showed MoCA approaching the statistical significance (OR=1.09, 95% CI=1.00-1.19, p=.049). DISCUSSION In our sample of MCI patients with SVD, longitudinal changes in MoCA performances were consistent with an expected more pronounced deterioration in patients who received a diagnosis of major NCD. MoCA sensitivity to change and predictive utility need to be further explored in VCI studies based on larger samples and longer follow-up periods.
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- Emilia Salvadori
- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1172 - LilNCog - Lille Neuroscience & Cognition, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Stroke Unit, Emergency Department, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Institute of Neuroscience Italian National Research Council (CNR), Florence, Italy
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- Stroke and Dementia Lab, 'Luigi Sacco' Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Via Giovanni Battista Grassi 74, 20157 Milan, Italy
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Mazzoleni V, Grassi M, Lodigiani C, Rasura M, Zedde M, Gandolfo C, Zini A, DeLodovici ML, Paciaroni M, Del Sette M, Toriello A, Musolino R, Calabrò RS, Bovi P, Giossi A, Adami A, Silvestrelli G, Cavallini A, Marcheselli S, Bonifati DM, Checcarelli N, Tancredi L, Chiti A, Giorli E, Pezzini D, Locatelli M, Bonacina S, Giacalone G, Volta GD, Magoni M, Cerrato P, Bignamini V, Micieli G, Melis M, Sanguigni S, Braga M, Padovani A, Pezzini A. Migraine and Cryptogenic Ischemic Stroke. Ann Neurol 2021; 89:627-629. [PMID: 33368551 DOI: 10.1002/ana.25996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Valentina Mazzoleni
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurological Clinic, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of the Nervous System and Behavior Sciences, Unit of Medical and Genomic Statistics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Thrombosis and Hemorrhagic Diseases Center, IRCCS Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Rozzano-Milan, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Saint Andrea Hospital, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- SC Neurology, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, and Maternal-Child Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, UOC Neurology and Metropolitan Stroke Network, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- UOC Neurology, San Giovanni e Ruggi d'Aragona, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatric and Anesthesiology Sciences, Neurological Clinic, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- UO Neurology, Borgo Trento University Hospital, Verona, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, IRCCS C. Mondino Foundation Institute, Pavia, Italy
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- Emergency Neurology and Stroke Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital, Rozzano-Milan, Italy
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- Neurological Clinic III, San Paolo University Pole, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, Italy
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- Neurology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Sant' Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurological Clinic, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurological Clinic, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurological Clinic, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Vascular Neurology, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Stroke Unit, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Emergency Neurology, IRCCS C. Mondino Foundation Institute, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Madonna del Soccorso Hospital, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurological Clinic, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurological Clinic, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Paciaroni M, Agnelli G, Giustozzi M, Tsivgoulis G, Yaghi S, Grory BM, Furie KL, Tadi P, Zedde M, Abdul-Rahim AH, Dawson J, Lees KR, Alberti A, Venti M, Acciarresi M, D'Amore C, Mosconi MG, Bogini V, Cappellari M, Rigatelli A, Bonetti B, Putaala J, Tomppo L, Tatlisumak T, Bandini F, Marcheselli S, Pezzini A, Poli L, Padovani A, Masotti L, Grifoni E, Vannucchi V, Sohn SI, Lorenzini G, Tassi R, Guideri F, Acampa M, Martini G, Ntaios G, Athanasakis G, Makaritsis K, Karagkiozi E, Vadikolias K, Liantinioti C, Palaiodimou L, Mumoli N, Porta C, Galati F, Sacco S, Tiseo C, Corea F, Ageno W, Bellesini M, Silvestrelli G, Ciccone A, Scoditti U, Denti L, Mancuso M, Caselli MC, Maccarrone M, Ulivi L, Orlandi G, Giannini N, Tassinari T, Lodovici MLD, Rueckert C, Baldi A, Toni D, Gentile L, Letteri F, Giuntini M, Lotti EM, Flomin Y, Pieroni A, Kargiotis O, Karapanayiotides T, Monaco S, Mannino M, Baronello MM, Csiba L, Szabó L, Chiti A, Giorli E, Sette MD, Schirinzi E, Imberti D, Zabzuni D, Doronin B, Volodina V, Michel P, Eskandari A, Vanacker P, Barlinn K, Barlinn J, Deleu D, Gourbali V, Caso V. Timing of initiation of oral anticoagulants in patients with acute ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation comparing posterior and anterior circulation strokes. Eur Stroke J 2020; 5:374-383. [PMID: 33598556 DOI: 10.1177/2396987320937116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Introduction The aim of this study in patients with acute posterior ischaemic stroke (PS) and atrial fibrillation (AF) was to evaluate (1) the risks of recurrent ischaemic event and severe bleeding and (2) these risks in relation with oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT) and its timing. Materials and Methods Patients with PS were prospectively included; the outcome events of these patients were compared with those of patients with anterior stroke (AS) which were taken from previous registries. The primary outcome was the composite of stroke recurrence, transient ischaemic attack, symptomatic systemic embolism, symptomatic cerebral bleeding and major extracranial bleeding occurring within 90 days from acute stroke. Results A total of 2470 patients were available for the analysis: 473 (19.1%) with PS and 1997 (80.9%) with AS. Over 90 days, 213 (8.6%) primary outcome events were recorded: 175 (8.7%) in patients with AS and 38 (8.0%) in those with PS. In patients who initiated OAT within 2 days, the primary outcome occurred in 5 out of 95 patients (5.3%) with PS compared to 21 out of 373 patients (4.3%) with AS (OR 1.07; 95% CI 0.39-2.94). In patients who initiated OAT between days 3 and 7, the primary outcome occurred in 3 out of 103 patients (2.9%) with PS compared to 26 out of 490 patients (5.3%) with AS (OR 0.54; 95% CI 0.16-1.80). Discussion our findings suggest that, when deciding the time to initiate oral anticoagulation, the location of stroke, either anterior or posterior, does not predict the risk of outcome events. Conclusions Patients with PS or AS and AF appear to have similar risks of ischaemic or haemorrhagic events at 90 days with no difference concerning the timing of initiation of OAT.
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- Maurizio Paciaroni
- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.,Second Department of Neurology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Neurology Unit, Stroke Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale - IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Medical School and Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Medical School and Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Medical School and Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- SSO Stroke Unit, UO Neurologia, DAI di Neuroscienze, AOUI Verona, Italy
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- SSO Pronto Soccorso, Ospedale Borgo Trento, DAI Emergenza e Accettazione, AOUI Verona, Italy
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- SSO Stroke Unit, UO Neurologia, DAI di Neuroscienze, AOUI Verona, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy
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- Neurologia d'urgenza e Stroke Unit, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Internal Medicine, San Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy
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- Internal Medicine, San Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea
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- SC Medicina e Chirurgia d'Accettazione e d'Urgenza, Ospedale Lotti Pontedera, Azienda USL Toscana Nordovest, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Second Department of Neurology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Second Department of Neurology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale "Fornaroli" di Magenta (Milano), Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale "Fornaroli" di Magenta (Milano), Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Jazzolino Hospital, Vibo Valentia, Italy
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- Department of Applied Clinical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Applied Clinical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Neurologia - Stroke Unit, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Foligno, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- S.C. di Neurologia e S.S. di Stroke Unit, ASST di Mantova, Mantova, Italy
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- Dipartimento Geriatrico Riabilitativo, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.,Neurologia, Ospedale Apuano, Massa Carrara, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Santa Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure (Savona), Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Ospedale di Portogruaro, Portogruaro (Venice), Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- U.O. Neurologia Presidio Ospedaliero di Ravenna Azienda USL della Romagna, Italy
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- Stroke and Neurorehabilitation Unit MC 'Universal Clinic 'Oberig' Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Department of Human Neurosciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Stroke Unit, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.,Neurologia, Ospedale Apuano, Massa Carrara, Italy.,Department of Neurology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy.,Divisione di Neurologia, Ospedale Galliera, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy
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- Municipal Budgetary Healthcare Institution of Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk State Medical University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Municipal Budgetary Healthcare Institution of Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk State Medical University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Centre Cérébrovasculaire, Service de Neurologie, Département des Neurosciences Cliniques Centre Hopitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Centre Cérébrovasculaire, Service de Neurologie, Département des Neurosciences Cliniques Centre Hopitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, Antwerp University Hospital and Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Dresden University Stroke Center, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Dresden University Stroke Center, Dresden, Germany
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- Neurology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Huang HL, Gnanasegaran G, Paez D, Fanti S, Hacker M, Sathekge M, Bom HS, Cerci JJ, Chiti A, Lan X, Herrmann K, Scott AM, Vinjamuri S, Dorbala S, Estrada E, Pellet O, Orellana P, El-Haj N, Giammarile F, Abdel-Wahab M, Bomanji J. Nuclear medicine services after COVID-19: gearing up back to normality. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2020; 47:2048-2053. [PMID: 32367256 PMCID: PMC7197920 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-020-04848-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- H L Huang
- Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London Hospital, 5th Floor, 235 Euston Road, London, UK.,Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Division of Radiological Sciences, Singapore General Hospita, Bukit Merah, Singapore
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Oncology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, University of Pretoria and Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonnam National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- PET/CT Department at Quanta Diagnostics and Therapy, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Humanitas University and Humanitas Research Centre, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, L7 8XP, UK
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London Hospital, 5th Floor, 235 Euston Road, London, UK.
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Giustozzi M, Acciarresi M, Agnelli G, Caso V, Bandini F, Tsivgoulis G, Yaghi S, Furie KL, Tadi P, Becattini C, Zedde M, Abdul-Rahim AH, Lees KR, Alberti A, Venti M, D'Amore C, Giulia Mosconi M, Anna Cimini L, Bovi P, Carletti M, Rigatelli A, Cappellari M, Putaala J, Tomppo L, Tatlisumak T, Marcheselli S, Pezzini A, Poli L, Padovani A, Vannucchi V, Sohn SI, Lorenzini G, Tassi R, Guideri F, Acampa M, Martini G, Ntaios G, Athanasakis G, Makaritsis K, Karagkiozi E, Vadikolias K, Liantinioti C, Theodorou A, Halvatsiotis P, Mumoli N, Galati F, Sacco S, Tiseo C, Corea F, Ageno W, Bellesini M, Silvestrelli G, Ciccone A, Lanari A, Scoditti U, Denti L, Mancuso M, Ferrari E, Ulivi L, Orlandi G, Giannini N, Tassinari T, Luisa De Lodovici M, Rueckert C, Baldi A, Toni D, Letteri F, Giuntini M, Maria Lotti E, Flomin Y, Pieroni A, Kargiotis O, Karapanayiotides T, Monaco S, Maimone Baronello M, Csiba L, Szabó L, Chiti A, Giorli E, Del Sette M, Imberti D, Zabzuni D, Doronin B, Volodina V, Michel P, Vanacker P, Barlinn K, Barlinn J, Deleu D, Gourbali V, Paciaroni M, Masotti L. Safety of Anticoagulation in Patients Treated With Urgent Reperfusion for Ischemic Stroke Related to Atrial Fibrillation. Stroke 2020; 51:2347-2354. [PMID: 32646335 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.120.030143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The optimal timing for starting oral anticoagulant after an ischemic stroke related to atrial fibrillation remains a challenge, mainly in patients treated with systemic thrombolysis or mechanical thrombectomy. We aimed at assessing the incidence of early recurrence and major bleeding in patients with acute ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation treated with thrombolytic therapy and/or thrombectomy, who then received oral anticoagulants for secondary prevention. METHODS We combined the dataset of the RAF and the RAF-NOACs (Early Recurrence and Major Bleeding in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation Treated With Non-Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants) studies, which were prospective observational studies carried out from January 2012 to March 2014 and April 2014 to June 2016, respectively. We included consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation treated with either vitamin K antagonists or nonvitamin K oral anticoagulants. Primary outcome was the composite of stroke, transient ischemic attack, symptomatic systemic embolism, symptomatic cerebral bleeding, and major extracerebral bleeding within 90 days from the inclusion. Treated-patients were propensity matched to untreated-patients in a 1:1 ratio after stratification by baseline clinical features. RESULTS A total of 2159 patients were included, 564 (26%) patients received acute reperfusion therapies. After the index event, 505 (90%) patients treated with acute reperfusion therapies and 1287 of 1595 (81%) patients untreated started oral anticoagulation. Timing of starting oral anticoagulant was similar in reperfusion-treated and untreated patients (median 7.5 versus 7.0 days, respectively). At 90 days, the primary study outcome occurred in 37 (7%) patients treated with reperfusion and in 146 (9%) untreated patients (odds ratio, 0.74 [95% CI, 0.50-1.07]). After propensity score matching, risk of primary outcome was comparable between the 2 groups (odds ratio, 1.06 [95% CI, 0.53-2.02]). CONCLUSIONS Acute reperfusion treatment did not influence the risk of early recurrence and major bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation-related acute ischemic stroke, who started on oral anticoagulant.
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- Michela Giustozzi
- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Giustozzi, M. Acciarresi, G.A., V.C., C.B., A.A., M.V., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., M.P.)
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Giustozzi, M. Acciarresi, G.A., V.C., C.B., A.A., M.V., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., M.P.)
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Giustozzi, M. Acciarresi, G.A., V.C., C.B., A.A., M.V., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., M.P.)
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Giustozzi, M. Acciarresi, G.A., V.C., C.B., A.A., M.V., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., M.P.)
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- Department of Neurology, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy (F.B.)
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- Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis (G.T.).,Second Department of Neurology, "Attikon" University Hospital, National & KapodistrianUniversity of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece (G.T., C.L.)
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- Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (S.Y., K.L.F., P.T.)
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- Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (S.Y., K.L.F., P.T.)
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- Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (S.Y., K.L.F., P.T.)
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Giustozzi, M. Acciarresi, G.A., V.C., C.B., A.A., M.V., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., M.P.)
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- Neurology Unit, Stroke Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale - IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy (M.Z.)
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- School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, University of Glasgow (K.R.S.)
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Giustozzi, M. Acciarresi, G.A., V.C., C.B., A.A., M.V., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., M.P.)
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Giustozzi, M. Acciarresi, G.A., V.C., C.B., A.A., M.V., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., M.P.)
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Giustozzi, M. Acciarresi, G.A., V.C., C.B., A.A., M.V., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., M.P.)
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Giustozzi, M. Acciarresi, G.A., V.C., C.B., A.A., M.V., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., M.P.)
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Giustozzi, M. Acciarresi, G.A., V.C., C.B., A.A., M.V., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., M.P.)
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- SSO Stroke Unit, UO Neurologia, DAI di Neuroscienze, AOUI Verona, Italy (P.B., M. Carletti, M. Cappellari)
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- SSO Stroke Unit, UO Neurologia, DAI di Neuroscienze, AOUI Verona, Italy (P.B., M. Carletti, M. Cappellari)
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- Pronto Soccorso - Ospedale Borgo Trento, DAI emergenza e accettazione, AOUI Verona (A.R.)
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- SSO Stroke Unit, UO Neurologia, DAI di Neuroscienze, AOUI Verona, Italy (P.B., M. Carletti, M. Cappellari)
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- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland (J.P., L.T., T. Tatlisumak)
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- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland (J.P., L.T., T. Tatlisumak)
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- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland (J.P., L.T., T. Tatlisumak).,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden (T. Tatlisumak).,Department of Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden (T. Tatlisumak)
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- Neurologia d'urgenza e Stroke Unit, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milano, Italy (S. Marcheselli)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Italy (A. Pezzini, L. Poli, A. Padovani)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Italy (A. Pezzini, L. Poli, A. Padovani)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Italy (A. Pezzini, L. Poli, A. Padovani)
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- Internal Medicine, Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Firenze, Italy (V. Vannucchi, L.M.)
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- Department of Neurology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea (S.-I.)
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- SC Medicina e Chirurgia d'Accettazione e d'Urgenza, Ospedale Lotti Pontedera, Azienda USL Toscana Nordovest (G.L.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece (G.N., G.A., K.M., E.K.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece (G.N., G.A., K.M., E.K.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece (G.N., G.A., K.M., E.K.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece (G.N., G.A., K.M., E.K.)
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- Department of Neurology, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece (K.V.)
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- Second Department of Neurology, "Attikon" University Hospital, National & KapodistrianUniversity of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece (G.T., C.L.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Livorno, Italy (N.M.)
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- Department of Neurology, University of L'Aquila, Avezzano Hospital, Italy (S.S., C.T.)
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- Department of Neurology, University of L'Aquila, Avezzano Hospital, Italy (S.S., C.T.)
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- UO Gravi Cerebrolesioni, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Foligno (F.C.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Insubria University, Varese, Italy (W.A., M.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Insubria University, Varese, Italy (W.A., M.B.)
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- S.C. di Neurologia e S.S. di Stroke Unit, ASST di Mantova, Mantova, Italy (G.S., A. Ciccone, A.L.)
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- S.C. di Neurologia e S.S. di Stroke Unit, ASST di Mantova, Mantova, Italy (G.S., A. Ciccone, A.L.)
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- S.C. di Neurologia e S.S. di Stroke Unit, ASST di Mantova, Mantova, Italy (G.S., A. Ciccone, A.L.)
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- Stroke Unit, Neuroscience Department, University of Parma, Italy (U.S.)
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- Stroke Unit - Dipartimento Geriatrico Riabilitativo - University of Parma, Italy (L.D.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa, Italy (M.M., E.F., L.U., G.O., N.G., A. Chiti)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa, Italy (M.M., E.F., L.U., G.O., N.G., A. Chiti)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa, Italy (M.M., E.F., L.U., G.O., N.G., A. Chiti)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa, Italy (M.M., E.F., L.U., G.O., N.G., A. Chiti).,Neurologia, Ospedale Apuano, Massa Carrara, Italy (G.O., M. Giuntini)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa, Italy (M.M., E.F., L.U., G.O., N.G., A. Chiti)
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- Stroke Unit-Department of Neurology, Santa Corona Hospital, Pietra Li-gure (Savona), Italy (T. Tassinari)
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- Abteilung für Neurologie, Oberschwabenklinik gGmbH, Ravensburg, Germany (C.R.)
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- Stroke Unit, Ospedale di Portogruaro, Portogruaro (Venice), Italy (A.B.)
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- Department of Human Neurosciences,, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (D.T., F.L., A. Pieroni)
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- Department of Human Neurosciences,, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (D.T., F.L., A. Pieroni)
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- U.O. Neurologia Presidio Ospedaliero di Ravenna Azienda USL della Romagna, Italy (E.M.L.)
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- Stroke and Neurorehabilitation Unit MC 'Universal Clinic 'Oberig' Kyiv, Ukraine (Y.F.)
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- Department of Human Neurosciences,, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (D.T., F.L., A. Pieroni)
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- Stroke Unit, Ospedale Civico, Palermo, Italy (S. Monaco)
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- Stroke Unit, University of Debrecen, Hungary (M.M.B., L.C., L.S.)
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- Stroke Unit, University of Debrecen, Hungary (M.M.B., L.C., L.S.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute, University of Pisa, Italy (M.M., E.F., L.U., G.O., N.G., A. Chiti).,Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy (A. Chiti, E.G.)
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy (A. Chiti, E.G.)
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- Struttura Complessa di Neurologia, Ospedale Galliera, Genoa, Italy (M.D.S.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Piacenza, Italy (D.I., D.Z.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Piacenza, Italy (D.I., D.Z.)
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- Municipal Budgetary Healthcare Institution of Novosibirsk. City Clinical Hospital # 1. Novosibirsk (Russia) at the Novosibirsk State Medical University (Russia) (B.D., V. Volodina)
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- Municipal Budgetary Healthcare Institution of Novosibirsk. City Clinical Hospital # 1. Novosibirsk (Russia) at the Novosibirsk State Medical University (Russia) (B.D., V. Volodina)
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- Centre Cérébrovasculaire, Service de Neurologie, Département des Neurosciences Cliniques Centre Hopitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne (Switzerland) (P.M.)
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- Department of Neurology, Born Bunge Institute, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium (P.V.)
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- Department of Neurology, Dresden University Stroke Center, Germany (K.B., J.B.)
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- Department of Neurology, Dresden University Stroke Center, Germany (K.B., J.B.)
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- Department of Neurology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar (D.D.)
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Giustozzi, M. Acciarresi, G.A., V.C., C.B., A.A., M.V., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., M.P.)
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- Internal Medicine, Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Firenze, Italy (V. Vannucchi, L.M.)
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Paez D, Gnanasegaran G, Fanti S, Bomanji J, Hacker M, Sathekge M, Bom HS, Cerci JJ, Chiti A, Herrmann K, Scott AM, Czernin J, El-Haj N, Estrada E, Pellet O, Orellana P, Giammarile F, Abdel-Wahab M. COVID-19 pandemic: guidance for nuclear medicine departments. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2020; 47:1615-1619. [PMID: 32296886 PMCID: PMC7159284 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-020-04825-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- D Paez
- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, PO Box 100, 1400, Vienna, Austria.
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- Department of Oncology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London Hospital, London, UK
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, University of Pretoria and Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hwasun, South Korea
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- PET/CT Department at Quanta Diagnostics and Therapy, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Humanitas University and Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Ahmanson Translation Imaging Division, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, PO Box 100, 1400, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, PO Box 100, 1400, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, PO Box 100, 1400, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, PO Box 100, 1400, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, PO Box 100, 1400, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, PO Box 100, 1400, Vienna, Austria
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Huang HL, Gnanasegaran G, Paez D, Fanti S, Hacker M, Sathekge M, Bom HS, Cerci JJ, Chiti A, Lan X, Herrmann K, Scott AM, Vinjamuri S, Dorbala S, Estrada E, Pellet O, Orellana P, El-Haj N, Giammarile F, Abdel-Wahab M, Bomanji J. Correction to: Nuclear medicine services after COVID-19: gearing up back to normality. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2020; 47:2220. [PMID: 32462399 PMCID: PMC7252414 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-020-04884-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The authors P. Orellana and N. El-Haj were inadvertently deleted in the original paper.
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- H L Huang
- Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London Hospital, 5th Floor, 235 Euston Road, London, UK
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Division of Radiological Sciences, Singapore General Hospital, Bukit Merah, Singapore
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Oncology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- NuclearMedicine Department, University of Pretoria and Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonnam National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- PET/CT Department at Quanta Diagnostics and Therapy, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Humanitas University and Humanitas Research Centre, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Imaging and Therapy, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia
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- Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, L7 8XP, UK
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College London Hospital, 5th Floor, 235 Euston Road, London, UK.
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Franco L, Paciaroni M, Enrico ML, Scoditti U, Guideri F, Chiti A, De Vito A, Terruso V, Consoli D, Vanni S, Giossi A, Manina G, Nitti C, Re R, Sacco S, Cappelli R, Beyer-Westendorf J, Pomero F, Agnelli G, Becattini C. Mortality in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage associated with antiplatelet agents, oral anticoagulants or no antithrombotic therapy. Eur J Intern Med 2020; 75:35-43. [PMID: 31955918 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2019.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The association between preceding treatment with antiplatelet agents (APs), vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) or direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) and mortality after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) remains unclear. The aim of this multicenter, prospective cohort study was to assess the risk for death after ICH in consecutive patients who were on treatment with APs, VKAs, DOACs, or no antithrombotic agent. The primary outcome was in-hospital death by day 30. ICH volume at admission and volume expansion were centrally assessed. Out of 598 study patients, in-hospital death occurred in 21% of patients who were on treatment with APs, 25% with VKAs, 30% with DOACs, and 13% with no antithrombotics. Crude death rate was higher in patients on antithrombotics as compared to patients receiving no antithrombotic agent. At multivariate analysis, age (HR 1.07; 95% CI 1.04-1.10), previous stroke (HR 1.83; 95% CI 1.14-2.93), GCS ≤8 at admission (HR 6.06; 95% CI 3.16-9.74) and GCS 9-12 (HR 3.38; 95% CI 1.81-6.33) were independent predictors of death. Treatment with APs (HR 1.29; 95% CI 0.61-2.76), VKAs (HR 1.42; 95% CI 0.70-2.88) or DOACs (HR 1.28; 95% CI 0.61-2.73) were not predictors of death in the overall study population, in non-trauma associated ICH as well as when GCS was not included in the model. ICH volume and volume expansion were independent predictors of death. In conclusion, preceding treatment with antithrombotic is associated with the severity of ICH. Age, previous stroke and clinical severity at presentation were independent predictors of in-hospital death in patients with ICH.
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- Ospedale Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy
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- University Hospital, Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Sollini M, Gelardi F, Matassa G, Delgado Bolton RC, Chiti A, Kirienko M. Interdisciplinarity: An essential requirement for translation of radiomics research into clinical practice -a systematic review focused on thoracic oncology. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2020; 39:146-156. [PMID: 32278786 DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2019.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Revised: 10/22/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recently, evidence has accumulated that demonstrates the potential for future applications of radiomics in many clinical settings, including thoracic oncology. Methodological reasons for the immaturity of image mining (radiomics and artificial intelligence-based) studies have been identified. However, data on the influence of the composition of the research team on the quality of investigations in radiomics are lacking. AIM This review aims to evaluate the interdisciplinarity within studies on radiomics in thoracic oncology in order to assess its influence on the quality of research (QUADAS-2 score) in the image mining field. METHODS We considered for inclusion radiomics investigations with objectives relating to clinical practice in thoracic oncology. Subsequently, we interviewed the corresponding authors. The field of expertise and/or educational degree was then used to assess interdisciplinarity. Subsequently, all studies were evaluated applying the QUADAS-2 score and assigned to a research phase from 0 to IV. RESULTS Overall, 27 studies were included. The study quality according to the QUADAS-2 score was low (score ≤5) in 8, moderate (=6) in 12, and high (≥7) in 7 papers. An interdisciplinary team (at least 3 different expertise categories) was involved in half of the papers without any type of validation and in all papers with independent validation. Clinicians were not involved in phase 0 studies while they contributed to all papers classified as phase I and to 4/5 papers classified as phase II with independent validation. CONCLUSIONS The composition of the research team influences the quality of investigations in radiomics. Also, growth in interdisciplinarity appears to reflect research development from the early phase to a more mature, clinically oriented stage of investigation.
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- M Sollini
- Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Imaging Department, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, via Manzoni, 56 - 20089, Rozzano (Milán), Italia; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, via Rita Levi Montalcini, 4 - 20090, Pieve Emanuele (Milán), Italia
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- Training Program in Nuclear Medicine, Humanitas University, via Rita Levi Montalcini, 4 - 20090, Pieve Emanuele (Milán), Italia
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- Training Program in Nuclear Medicine, Humanitas University, via Rita Levi Montalcini, 4 - 20090, Pieve Emanuele (Milán), Italia
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging (Radiology) and Nuclear Medicine, San Pedro University Hospital and Centre for Biomedical Research of La Rioja (CIBIR), calle Piqueras, 98, Logroño (La Rioja) 26006, España
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- Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Imaging Department, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, via Manzoni, 56 - 20089, Rozzano (Milán), Italia; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, via Rita Levi Montalcini, 4 - 20090, Pieve Emanuele (Milán), Italia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, via Rita Levi Montalcini, 4 - 20090, Pieve Emanuele (Milán), Italia.
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Paciaroni M, Bandini F, Agnelli G, Tsivgoulis G, Yaghi S, Furie KL, Tadi P, Becattini C, Zedde M, Abdul-Rahim AH, Lees KR, Alberti A, Venti M, Acciarresi M, D'Amore C, Mosconi MG, Cimini LA, Altavilla R, Volpi G, Bovi P, Carletti M, Rigatelli A, Cappellari M, Putaala J, Tomppo L, Tatlisumak T, Marcheselli S, Pezzini A, Poli L, Padovani A, Masotti L, Vannucchi V, Sohn SI, Lorenzini G, Tassi R, Guideri F, Acampa M, Martini G, Ntaios G, Athanasakis G, Makaritsis K, Karagkiozi E, Vadikolias K, Liantinioti C, Chondrogianni M, Mumoli N, Consoli D, Galati F, Sacco S, Carolei A, Tiseo C, Corea F, Ageno W, Bellesini M, Colombo G, Silvestrelli G, Ciccone A, Lanari A, Scoditti U, Denti L, Mancuso M, Maccarrone M, Ulivi L, Orlandi G, Giannini N, Gialdini G, Tassinari T, De Lodovici ML, Bono G, Rueckert C, Baldi A, D'Anna S, Toni D, Letteri F, Giuntini M, Lotti EM, Flomin Y, Pieroni A, Kargiotis O, Karapanayiotides T, Monaco S, Maimone Baronello M, Csiba L, Szabó L, Chiti A, Giorli E, Del Sette M, Imberti D, Zabzuni D, Doronin B, Volodina V, Michel P, Vanacker P, Barlinn K, Pallesen LP, Barlinn J, Deleu D, Melikyan G, Ibrahim F, Akhtar N, Gourbali V, Caso V. Hemorrhagic Transformation in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation: Time to Initiation of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy and Outcomes. J Am Heart Assoc 2019; 7:e010133. [PMID: 30571487 PMCID: PMC6404429 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.118.010133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background In patients with acute ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation, early anticoagulation prevents ischemic recurrence but with the risk of hemorrhagic transformation (HT). The aims of this study were to evaluate in consecutive patients with acute stroke and atrial fibrillation (1) the incidence of early HT, (2) the time to initiation of anticoagulation in patients with HT, (3) the association of HT with ischemic recurrences, and (4) the association of HT with clinical outcome at 90 days. Methods and Results HT was diagnosed by a second brain computed tomographic scan performed 24 to 72 hours after stroke onset. The incidence of ischemic recurrences as well as mortality or disability (modified Rankin Scale scores >2) were evaluated at 90 days. Ischemic recurrences were the composite of ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack, or systemic embolism. Among the 2183 patients included in the study, 241 (11.0%) had HT. Patients with and without HT initiated anticoagulant therapy after a mean 23.3 and 11.6 days, respectively, from index stroke. At 90 days, 4.6% (95% confidence interval, 2.3–8.0) of the patients with HT had ischemic recurrences compared with 4.9% (95% confidence interval, 4.0–6.0) of those without HT; 53.1% of patients with HT were deceased or disabled compared with 35.8% of those without HT. On multivariable analysis, HT was associated with mortality or disability (odds ratio, 1.71; 95% confidence interval, 1.24–2.35). Conclusions In patients with HT, anticoagulation was initiated about 12 days later than patients without HT. This delay was not associated with increased detection of ischemic recurrence. HT was associated with increased mortality or disability.
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- Maurizio Paciaroni
- 1 Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Perugia Italy
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- 2 Department of Neurology Ospedale San Paolo Savona Italy
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- 1 Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Perugia Italy
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- 3 Department of Neurology University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis TN.,4 Second Department of Neurology School of Medicine "Attikon" University Hospital National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece
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- 5 Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases Department of Neurology The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Providence RI
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- 5 Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases Department of Neurology The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Providence RI
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- 5 Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases Department of Neurology The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Providence RI
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- 1 Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Perugia Italy
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- 6 Neurology Unit, Stroke Unit Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS Reggio Emilia Italy
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- 7 Medical School and Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences University of Glasgow United Kingdom
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- 7 Medical School and Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences University of Glasgow United Kingdom
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- 1 Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Perugia Italy
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- 1 Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Perugia Italy
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- 1 Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Perugia Italy
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- 1 Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Perugia Italy
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- 1 Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Perugia Italy
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- 1 Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Perugia Italy
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- 1 Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Perugia Italy
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- 1 Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Perugia Italy
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- 8 SSO Stroke Unit, UO Neurologia DAI di Neuroscienze AOUI Verona Italy
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- 8 SSO Stroke Unit, UO Neurologia DAI di Neuroscienze AOUI Verona Italy
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- 8 SSO Stroke Unit, UO Neurologia DAI di Neuroscienze AOUI Verona Italy
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- 8 SSO Stroke Unit, UO Neurologia DAI di Neuroscienze AOUI Verona Italy
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- 9 Department of Neurology Helsinki University Central Hospital Helsinki Finland
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- 9 Department of Neurology Helsinki University Central Hospital Helsinki Finland
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- 9 Department of Neurology Helsinki University Central Hospital Helsinki Finland.,10 Department of Clinical Neuroscience Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg Sweden.,11 Department of Neurology Sahlgrenska University Hospital Gothenburg Sweden
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- 12 Neurologia d'urgenza e Stroke Unit Istituto Clinico Humanitas Milano Italy
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- 13 Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences Neurology Unit University of Brescia Italy
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- 13 Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences Neurology Unit University of Brescia Italy
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- 13 Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences Neurology Unit University of Brescia Italy
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- 14 Internal Medicine Santa Maria Nuova Hospital Firenze Italy
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- 14 Internal Medicine Santa Maria Nuova Hospital Firenze Italy
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- 15 Department of Neurology Keimyung University School of Medicine Daegu South Korea
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- 16 SC Medicina e Chirurgia d'Accettazione e d'Urgenza Ospedale Lotti Pontedera Azienda USL Toscana Nordovest Pontedera Italy
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- 18 Department of Medicine University of Thessaly Larissa Greece
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- 19 Department of Neurology Democritus University of Thrace University Hospital of Alexandroupolis Greece
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- 4 Second Department of Neurology School of Medicine "Attikon" University Hospital National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece
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- 4 Second Department of Neurology School of Medicine "Attikon" University Hospital National & Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece
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- 20 Department of Internal Medicine Ospedale Civile di Livorno Italy
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- 21 Stroke Unit Jazzolino Hospital Vibo Valentia Italy
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- 22 Department of Neurology Avezzano Hospital University of L'Aquila Avezzano Italy
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- 22 Department of Neurology Avezzano Hospital University of L'Aquila Avezzano Italy
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- 22 Department of Neurology Avezzano Hospital University of L'Aquila Avezzano Italy
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- 23 UO Gravi Cerebrolesioni San Giovanni Battista Hospital Foligno Italy
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- 24 Department of Internal Medicine Insubria University Varese Italy
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- 24 Department of Internal Medicine Insubria University Varese Italy
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- 24 Department of Internal Medicine Insubria University Varese Italy
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- 26 S.C. di Neurologia e S.S. di Stroke Unit ASST di Mantova Italy
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- 26 S.C. di Neurologia e S.S. di Stroke Unit ASST di Mantova Italy
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- 27 Stroke Unit Neuroscience Department University of Parma Italy
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- 28 Stroke Unit Dipartimento Geriatrico Riabilitativo University of Parma Italy
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- 29 Clinica Neurologica-Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisa Italy
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- 29 Clinica Neurologica-Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisa Italy.,30 Neurologia Ospedale Apuano Massa Carrara Italy
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- 29 Clinica Neurologica-Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisa Italy
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- 29 Clinica Neurologica-Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisa Italy
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- 31 Stroke Unit-Department of Neurology Santa Corona Hospital Pietra Ligure Italy
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- 25 Stroke Unit, Neurology Insubria University Varese Italy
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- 34 Department of Neurology and Psychiatry Sapienza University of Rome Italy
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- 34 Department of Neurology and Psychiatry Sapienza University of Rome Italy
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- 35 U.O. Neurologia Presidio Ospedaliero di Ravenna Azienda USL della Romagna Italy
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- 36 Stroke and Neurorehabilitation Unit MC 'Universal Clinic 'Oberig' Kyiv Ukraine
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- 34 Department of Neurology and Psychiatry Sapienza University of Rome Italy
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- 40 Stroke Unit University of Debrecen Hungary
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- 29 Clinica Neurologica-Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisa Italy.,41 Stroke Unit Department of Neurology Sant'Andrea Hospital La Spezia Italy
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- 41 Stroke Unit Department of Neurology Sant'Andrea Hospital La Spezia Italy
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- 41 Stroke Unit Department of Neurology Sant'Andrea Hospital La Spezia Italy.,42 Divisione di Neurologia Ospedale Galliera Genoa Italy
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- 43 Department of Internal Medicine Ospedale Civile di Piacenza Italy
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- 43 Department of Internal Medicine Ospedale Civile di Piacenza Italy
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- 44 Municipal Budgetary Healthcare Institution of Novosibirsk City Clinical Hospital # 1 Novosibirsk State Medical University Novosibirsk Russia
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- 44 Municipal Budgetary Healthcare Institution of Novosibirsk City Clinical Hospital # 1 Novosibirsk State Medical University Novosibirsk Russia
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- 45 Centre Cérébrovasculaire Service de Neurologie Département des Neurosciences Cliniques Centre Hopitalier Universitaire Vaudois Lausanne Switzerland
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- 46 Department of Neurology Born Bunge Institute Antwerp University Hospital Antwerp Belgium
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- 47 Department of Neurology Dresden University Stroke Center Dresden Germany
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- 47 Department of Neurology Dresden University Stroke Center Dresden Germany
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- 48 Neurology, Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar
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- 1 Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Perugia Italy
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Nappi S, Amico A, Brancaccio G, Russo D, Franciosi FB, Musio D, Rossi M, Beronio A, Chiti A, Giorli E, Mannironi A, Sani C, Celoria G. NIRS Monitoring During Carotid Endarterectomy May Decrease the Need for Shunting. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2019.06.737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Horwich A, Babjuk M, Bellmunt J, Bruins HM, De Reijke TM, De Santis M, Gillessen S, James N, Maclennan S, Palou J, Powles T, Ribal MJ, Shariat SF, Van Der Kwast T, Xylinas E, Agarwal N, Arends T, Bamias A, Birtle A, Black PC, Bochner BH, Bolla M, Boormans JL, Bossi A, Briganti A, Brummelhuis I, Burger M, Castellano D, Cathomas R, Chiti A, Choudhury A, Compérat E, Crabb S, Culine S, De Bari B, DeBlok W, De Visschere PJL, Decaestecker K, Dimitropoulos K, Dominguez-Escrig JL, Fanti S, Fonteyne V, Frydenberg M, Futterer JJ, Gakis G, Geavlete B, Gontero P, Grubmüller B, Hafeez S, Hansel DE, Hartmann A, Hayne D, Henry AM, Hernandez V, Herr H, Herrmann K, Hoskin P, Huguet J, Jereczek-Fossa BA, Jones R, Kamat AM, Khoo V, Kiltie AE, Krege S, Ladoire S, Lara PC, Leliveld A, Linares-Espinós E, Løgager V, Lorch A, Loriot Y, Meijer R, Carmen Mir M, Moschini M, Mostafid H, Müller AC, Müller CR, N'Dow J, Necchi A, Neuzillet Y, Oddens JR, Oldenburg J, Osanto S, Oyen WJG, Pacheco-Figueiredo L, Pappot H, Patel MI, Pieters BR, Plass K, Remzi M, Retz M, Richenberg J, Rink M, Roghmann F, Rosenberg JE, Rouprêt M, Rouvière O, Salembier C, Salminen A, Sargos P, Sengupta S, Sherif A, Smeenk RJ, Smits A, Stenzl A, Thalmann GN, Tombal B, Turkbey B, Vahr Lauridsen S, Valdagni R, Van Der Heijden AG, Van Poppel H, Vartolomei MD, Veskimäe E, Vilaseca A, Vives Rivera FA, Wiegel T, Wiklund P, Williams A, Zigeuner R, Witjes JA. EAU-ESMO consensus statements on the management of advanced and variant bladder cancer-an international collaborative multi-stakeholder effort: under the auspices of the EAU and ESMO Guidelines Committees†. Ann Oncol 2019; 30:1697-1727. [PMID: 31740927 PMCID: PMC7360152 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although guidelines exist for advanced and variant bladder cancer management, evidence is limited/conflicting in some areas and the optimal approach remains controversial. OBJECTIVE To bring together a large multidisciplinary group of experts to develop consensus statements on controversial topics in bladder cancer management. DESIGN A steering committee compiled proposed statements regarding advanced and variant bladder cancer management which were assessed by 113 experts in a Delphi survey. Statements not reaching consensus were reviewed; those prioritised were revised by a panel of 45 experts before voting during a consensus conference. SETTING Online Delphi survey and consensus conference. PARTICIPANTS The European Association of Urology (EAU), the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), experts in bladder cancer management. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Statements were ranked by experts according to their level of agreement: 1-3 (disagree), 4-6 (equivocal), 7-9 (agree). A priori (level 1) consensus was defined as ≥70% agreement and ≤15% disagreement, or vice versa. In the Delphi survey, a second analysis was restricted to stakeholder group(s) considered to have adequate expertise relating to each statement (to achieve level 2 consensus). RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS Overall, 116 statements were included in the Delphi survey. Of these, 33 (28%) statements achieved level 1 consensus and 49 (42%) statements achieved level 1 or 2 consensus. At the consensus conference, 22 of 27 (81%) statements achieved consensus. These consensus statements provide further guidance across a broad range of topics, including the management of variant histologies, the role/limitations of prognostic biomarkers in clinical decision making, bladder preservation strategies, modern radiotherapy techniques, the management of oligometastatic disease and the evolving role of checkpoint inhibitor therapy in metastatic disease. CONCLUSIONS These consensus statements provide further guidance on controversial topics in advanced and variant bladder cancer management until a time where further evidence is available to guide our approach.
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- A Horwich
- Emeritus Professor, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK; Emeritus Professor, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
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- Depatment of Urology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Hospital Motol, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- IMIM-Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain; Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
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- Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Urology, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester; The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK; Division of Oncology and Haematology, Kantonsspital St Gallen, St Gallen; University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham; Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham
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- Academic Urology Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- Department of Urology, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- The Royal Free NHS Trust, London; Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Uro-Oncology Unit, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Depatment of Urology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Hospital Motol, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York; Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA; Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris; Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah (NCI-CCC), Salt Lake City, USA
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- Urology Department, Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- 2nd Propaedeutic Dept of Internal Medicine, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester; Rosemere Cancer Centre, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, Preston, UK
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- Department of Urologic Sciences, Vancouver Prostate Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York; Urology Service, Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
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- Emeritus Professor of Radiation Oncology, Grenoble - Alpes University, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France
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- Department of Urology, Urological Research Institute, Milan; Vita-Salute University, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
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- Department of Urology, Caritas-St. Josef Medical Center, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Medical Oncology Department, 12 de Octubre University Hospital (CIBERONC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department Innere Medizin, Abteilung Onkologie und Hämatologie, Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan; Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester; The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Tenon Hospital, HUEP, Paris; Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Cancer Sciences Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Cancer Medicine, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire "Jean Minjoz" of Besançon, INSERM UMR 1098, Besançon, France; Radiation Oncology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Urology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Division of Genitourinary Radiology and Mammography, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent
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- Department of Urology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Urology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK
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- Servicio de Urología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Policlinico S Orsola, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Radiotherapy Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology and Paediatric Urology, University Hospital of Würzburg, Julius-Maximillians University, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Saint John Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
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- Division of Urology, Molinette Hospital, University of Studies of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London; Department of Clinical Oncology, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Urology, University of California, San Diego Pathology, La Jolla, USA
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- Institute of Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Urology, UWA Medical School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Leeds Institute of Medical Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Fundación de Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
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- Urology Service, Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester; The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK; Mount Vernon Centre for Cancer Treatment, London, UK
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- Department of Urology, Fundació Puigvert, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Oncology and Hemato-oncology, University of Milan, Milan; Division of Radiotherapy, IEO European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Cancer Sciences, College of Medicine, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Urology - Division of Surgery, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
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- Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London; Department of Clinical Oncology, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Urology, Pediatric Urology and Urologic Oncology, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Georges François Leclerc, Dijon, France
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- Department of Oncology, Hospital Universitario San Roque, Canarias; Universidad Fernando Pessoa, Canarias, Spain
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- Department of Urology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev and Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Département de Médecine Oncologique, Gustave Roussy, INSERM U981, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- UMC Utrecht Cancer Center, MS Oncologic Urology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Servicio de Urología, Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Urology, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland
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- Department of Urology, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany
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- Cancer Treatment Centre, Sorlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway
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- Academic Urology Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; Department of Urology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Urology, Hospital Foch, University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Suresnes, France
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- Department of Urology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Oncology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog; Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan; Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto; Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
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- Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Urology, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
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- EAU Guidelines Office, Arnhem, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Rechts der Isar Medical Center, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton; Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK
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- Department of Urology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg
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- Department of Urology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Marien Hospital, Herne, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York; Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA
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- Department of Urology, Sorbonne Université, GRC n°5, ONCOTYPE-URO, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service d'Imagerie Urinaire et Vasculaire, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon; Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Faculté de Médecine Lyon Est, Lyon, France
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Europe Hospitals Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Urology, University Hospital of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Institut Bergonié, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Surgery, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne; Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Urology and Andrology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
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- Department of Urology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Urology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Berne, Switzerland
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- Division of Urology, IREC, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, UCL, Brussels, Belgium
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- Molecular Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, USA
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- Department of Urology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology and Hemato-oncology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Urology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, Targu Mures, Romania
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- Department of Urology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Uro-Oncology Unit, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Clinica HematoOncologica Bonadona Prevenir, Universidad Metropolitana, Clinica Club de Leones, Barranquilla, Colombia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York City, USA; Department of Urology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Urology, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Urology, Medizinische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen
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De Giuli V, Besana M, Grassi M, Zedde M, Zini A, Lodigiani C, Marcheselli S, Cavallini A, Micieli G, Rasura M, DeLodovici ML, Tomelleri G, Checcarelli N, Chiti A, Giorli E, Sette MD, Tancredi L, Toriello A, Braga M, Morotti A, Poli L, Caria F, Gamba M, Patella R, Spalloni A, Simone AM, Pascarella R, Beretta S, Fainardi E, Padovani A, Gasparotti R, Pezzini A. History of Migraine and Volume of Brain Infarcts: The Italian Project on Stroke at Young Age (IPSYS). J Stroke 2019; 21:324-331. [PMID: 31590476 PMCID: PMC6780016 DOI: 10.5853/jos.2019.00332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Background and Purpose Migraine has been shown to increase cerebral excitability, promote rapid infarct expansion into tissue with perfusion deficits, and result in larger infarcts in animal models of focal cerebral ischemia. Whether these effects occur in humans has never been properly investigated.
Methods In a series of consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke, enrolled in the setting of the Italian Project on Stroke at Young Age, we assessed acute as well as chronic infarct volumes by volumetric magnetic resonance imaging, and compared these among different subgroups identified by migraine status.
Results A cohort of 591 patients (male, 53.8%; mean age, 37.5±6.4 years) qualified for the analysis. Migraineurs had larger acute infarcts than non-migraineurs (median, 5.9 cm3 [interquartile range (IQR), 1.4 to 15.5] vs. 2.6 cm3 [IQR, 0.8 to 10.1], P<0.001), and the largest volumes were observed in patients with migraine with aura (median, 9.0 cm3 [IQR, 3.4 to 16.6]). In a linear regression model, migraine was an independent predictor of increased log (acute infarct volumes) (median ratio [MR], 1.64; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.22 to 2.20), an effect that was more prominent for migraine with aura (MR, 2.92; 95% CI, 1.88 to 4.54).
Conclusions These findings reinforce the experimental observation of larger acute cerebral infarcts in migraineurs, extend animal data to human disease, and support the hypothesis of increased vulnerability to ischemic brain injury in people suffering migraine.
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- Valeria De Giuli
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurological Clinic, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Medical-Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Medical Statistics and Genomics Unit, Department of Nervous System and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- IRCCS Neurological Sciences Institute, Neurology Unit and Stroke City Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna, Italy
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- Emergency Neurology and Stroke Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, "Sant'Andrea" Hospital, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Ospedale S. Andrea, La Spezia, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, ASST Lariana and "San Paolo" Hospital, ASST "Santi Paolo e Carlo", Milano, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, University Hospital "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggu d'Aragona", Salerno, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Stroke Unit, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) Vimercate, Vimercate, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurological Clinic, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurological Clinic, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Vascular Neurology, "Spedali Civili", Brescia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, "Sant'Andrea" Hospital, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, "Sant'Andrea" Hospital, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Roma, Italy
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- IRCCS Neurological Sciences Institute, Neurology Unit and Stroke City Network, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Stroke Unit, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) Vimercate, Vimercate, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences, Neuroradiology Unit, University Hospital "Careggi", University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurological Clinic, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Medical-Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurological Clinic, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Paciaroni M, Agnelli G, Caso V, Silvestrelli G, Seiffge DJ, Engelter S, De Marchis GM, Polymeris A, Zedde ML, Yaghi S, Michel P, Eskandari A, Antonenko K, Sohn SI, Cappellari M, Tassinari T, Tassi R, Masotti L, Katsanos AH, Giannopoulos S, Acciarresi M, Alberti A, Venti M, Mosconi MG, Vedovati MC, Pierini P, Giustozzi M, Lotti EM, Ntaios G, Kargiotis O, Monaco S, Lochner P, Bandini F, Liantinioti C, Palaiodimou L, Abdul-Rahim AH, Lees K, Mancuso M, Pantoni L, Rosa S, Bertora P, Galliazzo S, Ageno W, Toso E, Angelini F, Chiti A, Orlandi G, Denti L, Flomin Y, Marcheselli S, Mumoli N, Rimoldi A, Verrengia E, Schirinzi E, Del Sette M, Papamichalis P, Komnos A, Popovic N, Zarkov M, Rocco A, Diomedi M, Giorli E, Ciccone A, Mac Grory BC, Furie KL, Bonetti B, Saia V, Guideri F, Acampa M, Martini G, Grifoni E, Padroni M, Karagkiozi E, Perlepe K, Makaritsis K, Mannino M, Maccarrone M, Ulivi L, Giannini N, Ferrari E, Pezzini A, Doronin B, Volodina V, Baldi A, D’Amore C, Deleu D, Corea F, Putaala J, Santalucia P, Nardi K, Risitano A, Toni D, Tsivgoulis G. Causes and Risk Factors of Cerebral Ischemic Events in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Treated With Non–Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants for Stroke Prevention. Stroke 2019; 50:2168-2174. [PMID: 31234756 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.119.025350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
Background and Purpose—
Despite treatment with oral anticoagulants, patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) may experience ischemic cerebrovascular events. The aims of this case-control study in patients with AF were to identify the pathogenesis of and the risk factors for cerebrovascular ischemic events occurring during non–vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) therapy for stroke prevention.
Methods—
Cases were consecutive patients with AF who had acute cerebrovascular ischemic events during NOAC treatment. Controls were consecutive patients with AF who did not have cerebrovascular events during NOACs treatment.
Results—
Overall, 713 cases (641 ischemic strokes and 72 transient ischemic attacks; median age, 80.0 years; interquartile range, 12; median National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale on admission, 6.0; interquartile range, 10) and 700 controls (median age, 72.0 years; interquartile range, 8) were included in the study. Recurrent stroke was classified as cardioembolic in 455 cases (63.9%) according to the A-S-C-O-D (A, atherosclerosis; S, small vessel disease; C, cardiac pathology; O, other causes; D, dissection) classification. On multivariable analysis, off-label low dose of NOACs (odds ratio [OR], 3.18; 95% CI, 1.95–5.85), atrial enlargement (OR, 6.64; 95% CI, 4.63–9.52), hyperlipidemia (OR, 2.40; 95% CI, 1.83–3.16), and CHA
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In patients with AF treated with NOACs who had a cerebrovascular event, mostly but not exclusively of cardioembolic pathogenesis, off-label low dose, atrial enlargement, hyperlipidemia, and high CHA
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- Maurizio Paciaroni
- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., V.C., M.A., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., P.P., M.G.)
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- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., V.C., M.A., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., P.P., M.G.)
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- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., V.C., M.A., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., P.P., M.G.)
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- University Center for Medicine of Aging and Rehabilitation, University of Basel, Felix-Platter Hospital, Switzerland (D.J.S., S.E., G.M.D.M., A. Polymeris)
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- University Center for Medicine of Aging and Rehabilitation, University of Basel, Felix-Platter Hospital, Switzerland (D.J.S., S.E., G.M.D.M., A. Polymeris)
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- University Center for Medicine of Aging and Rehabilitation, University of Basel, Felix-Platter Hospital, Switzerland (D.J.S., S.E., G.M.D.M., A. Polymeris)
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- University Center for Medicine of Aging and Rehabilitation, University of Basel, Felix-Platter Hospital, Switzerland (D.J.S., S.E., G.M.D.M., A. Polymeris)
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- Neurology Unit, Stroke Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy (M.L.Z.)
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- Département des Neurosciences Cliniques Centre Hopitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Centre Cérébrovasculaire, Service de Neurologie, Lausanne, Switzerland (P.M., A.E.)
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- Département des Neurosciences Cliniques Centre Hopitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Centre Cérébrovasculaire, Service de Neurologie, Lausanne, Switzerland (P.M., A.E.)
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- Department of Neurology, Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine (K.A.)
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- Department of Neurology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea (S.I.S.)
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- Struttura Semplice Ospedaliera Stroke Unit, Unità Organica Neurologia, DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy (M.C., B.B.)
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Santa Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure, Savona, Italy (T.T., V.S.)
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- Stroke Unit, AOU Senese, Siena, Italy (R.T., F.G., M.A., G.M.)
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- Internal Medicine, San Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy (L.M., E. Grifoni)
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- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., V.C., M.A., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., P.P., M.G.)
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- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., V.C., M.A., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., P.P., M.G.)
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- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., V.C., M.A., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., P.P., M.G.)
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- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., V.C., M.A., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., P.P., M.G.)
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- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., V.C., M.A., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., P.P., M.G.)
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- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., V.C., M.A., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., P.P., M.G.)
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- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (M. Paciaroni, G.A., V.C., M.A., A.A., M.V., M.G.M., M.C.V., P.P., M.G.)
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- U.O. Neurologia Presidio Ospedaliero di Ravenna Azienda USL della Romagna, Italy (E.M.L., M. Padroni)
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- Department of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece (G.N., E.K., K.P., K.M.)
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- Stroke Unit, Ospedale Civico, Palermo, Italy (S.M., M. Mannino)
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- Department of Neurology, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany (P.L.)
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- Department of Neurology, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy (F.B.)
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- Second Department of Neurology, Attikon Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece (C.L., L.P., G.T.)
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- Second Department of Neurology, Attikon Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece (C.L., L.P., G.T.)
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- Medical School and Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (A.H.A.-R., K.L.)
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- Medical School and Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (A.H.A.-R., K.L.)
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- Clinica Neurologica–Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, M. Maccarrone, L.U., N.G., E.F.)
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- Neurology, L. Sacco Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (L.P., S.R., P.B.)
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- Neurology, L. Sacco Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (L.P., S.R., P.B.)
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- Neurology, L. Sacco Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (L.P., S.R., P.B.)
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo Varese, Italy (S.G., W.A.)
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo Varese, Italy (S.G., W.A.)
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Torino, Città della Salute e della Scienza Hospital, Italy (E.T., F.A.)
| | - Filippo Angelini
- Division of Cardiology, University of Torino, Città della Salute e della Scienza Hospital, Italy (E.T., F.A.)
| | - Alberto Chiti
- S.C. di Neurologia e S.S. di Stroke Unit, ASST di Mantova, Italy (G.S., A.C.)
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- Stroke Unit, Dipartimento Geriatrico Riabilitativo, University of Parma, Italy (L.D.)
| | - Yuriy Flomin
- Stroke and Neurorehabilitation Unit, MC Universal Clinic Oberig, Kyiv, Ukraine (Y.F.)
| | - Simona Marcheselli
- Stroke Unit, Metropolitan Hospital, Piraeus, Greece (O.K.)
- Neurologia d’urgenza e Stroke Unit, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milano, Italy (S.M.)
| | - Nicola Mumoli
- Department of Internal Medicine, Magenta Hospital, Italy (N.M., A.R., E.V.)
| | - Alexandra Rimoldi
- Department of Internal Medicine, Magenta Hospital, Italy (N.M., A.R., E.V.)
| | - Elena Verrengia
- Department of Internal Medicine, Magenta Hospital, Italy (N.M., A.R., E.V.)
| | - Erika Schirinzi
- Struttura Complessa di Neurologia, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, Italy (E.S., M.D.S.)
| | - Massimo Del Sette
- Struttura Complessa di Neurologia, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, Italy (E.S., M.D.S.)
| | - Panagiotis Papamichalis
- Internist-Intensive Care Specialist, Intensive Care Unit, General Hospital of Larissa, Greece (P.P., A.K.)
| | - Apostolos Komnos
- Internist-Intensive Care Specialist, Intensive Care Unit, General Hospital of Larissa, Greece (P.P., A.K.)
| | - Nemanja Popovic
- Clinic of Neurology, Clinical Center Vojvodina, University of Novi Sad, Serbia (N.P., M.Z.)
| | - Marija Zarkov
- Clinic of Neurology, Clinical Center Vojvodina, University of Novi Sad, Serbia (N.P., M.Z.)
| | - Alessandro Rocco
- Stroke Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy (A.R., M.D.)
| | - Marina Diomedi
- Stroke Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy (A.R., M.D.)
| | - Elisa Giorli
- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Sant’Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy (E. Giorli)
| | - Alfonso Ciccone
- Neurologia, Ospedale Apuano, Massa Carrara, Italy (A.C., G.O.)
| | - Brian C. Mac Grory
- Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (B.C.M.G., K.L.F.)
| | - Karen L. Furie
- Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (B.C.M.G., K.L.F.)
| | - Bruno Bonetti
- Struttura Semplice Ospedaliera Stroke Unit, Unità Organica Neurologia, DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy (M.C., B.B.)
| | - Valentina Saia
- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Santa Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure, Savona, Italy (T.T., V.S.)
| | | | - Maurizio Acampa
- Stroke Unit, AOU Senese, Siena, Italy (R.T., F.G., M.A., G.M.)
| | | | - Elisa Grifoni
- Internal Medicine, San Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy (L.M., E. Grifoni)
| | - Marina Padroni
- U.O. Neurologia Presidio Ospedaliero di Ravenna Azienda USL della Romagna, Italy (E.M.L., M. Padroni)
| | - Efstathia Karagkiozi
- Department of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece (G.N., E.K., K.P., K.M.)
| | - Kalliopi Perlepe
- Department of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece (G.N., E.K., K.P., K.M.)
| | | | - Marina Mannino
- Stroke Unit, Ospedale Civico, Palermo, Italy (S.M., M. Mannino)
| | - Miriam Maccarrone
- Clinica Neurologica–Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, M. Maccarrone, L.U., N.G., E.F.)
| | - Leonardo Ulivi
- Clinica Neurologica–Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, M. Maccarrone, L.U., N.G., E.F.)
| | - Nicola Giannini
- Clinica Neurologica–Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, M. Maccarrone, L.U., N.G., E.F.)
| | - Elena Ferrari
- Clinica Neurologica–Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, M. Maccarrone, L.U., N.G., E.F.)
| | - Alessandro Pezzini
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Clinic, University of Brescia, Italy (A. Pezzini)
| | - Boris Doronin
- Municipal Budgetary Healthcare Institution of Novosibirsk, City Clinical Hospital No. 1, Novosibirsk State Medical University, Russia (B.D., V.V.)
| | - Vera Volodina
- Municipal Budgetary Healthcare Institution of Novosibirsk, City Clinical Hospital No. 1, Novosibirsk State Medical University, Russia (B.D., V.V.)
| | - Antonio Baldi
- Stroke Unit, Ospedale di Portogruaro, Venice, Italy (A.B., C.D.)
| | - Cataldo D’Amore
- Stroke Unit, Ospedale di Portogruaro, Venice, Italy (A.B., C.D.)
| | - Dirk Deleu
- Neurology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar (D.D.)
| | - Francesco Corea
- Unità Organica Gravi Cerebrolesioni, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Foligno, Italy (F.C.)
| | - Jukka Putaala
- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (J.P.)
| | - Paola Santalucia
- Neurologia, Ospedale Piemonte, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Bonino Pulejo, Messina, Italy (P.S.)
| | | | - Angela Risitano
- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (A.R., D.T.)
| | - Danilo Toni
- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (A.R., D.T.)
| | - Georgios Tsivgoulis
- Second Department of Neurology, Attikon Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece (C.L., L.P., G.T.)
- Department of Neurology, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece (G.T.)
- Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis (G.T.)
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Altavilla R, Caso V, Bandini F, Agnelli G, Tsivgoulis G, Yaghi S, Furie KL, Tadi P, Becattini C, Zedde M, Abdul-Rahim AH, Lees KR, Alberti A, Venti M, Acciarresi M, D'Amore C, Mosconi MG, Anna Cimini L, Fusaro J, Bovi P, Carletti M, Rigatelli A, Cappellari M, Putaala J, Tomppo L, Tatlisumak T, Marcheselli S, Pezzini A, Poli L, Padovani A, Masotti L, Vannucchi V, Sohn SI, Lorenzini G, Tassi R, Guideri F, Acampa M, Martini G, Ntaios G, Athanasakis G, Makaritsis K, Karagkiozi E, Vadikolias K, Liantinioti C, Chondrogianni M, Mumoli N, Consoli D, Galati F, Sacco S, Carolei A, Tiseo C, Corea F, Ageno W, Bellesini M, Silvestrelli G, Ciccone A, Lanari A, Scoditti U, Denti L, Mancuso M, Maccarrone M, Ulivi L, Orlandi G, Giannini N, Gialdini G, Tassinari T, De Lodovici ML, Bono G, Rueckert C, Baldi A, D'Anna S, Toni D, Letteri F, Giuntini M, Maria Lotti E, Flomin Y, Pieroni A, Kargiotis O, Karapanayiotides T, Monaco S, Maimone Baronello M, Csiba L, Szabó L, Chiti A, Giorli E, Del Sette M, Imberti D, Zabzuni D, Doronin B, Volodina V, Michel P, Vanacker P, Barlinn K, Pallesen LP, Barlinn J, Deleu D, Melikyan G, Ibrahim F, Akhtar N, Gourbali V, Paciaroni M. Anticoagulation After Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Stroke 2019; 50:2093-2100. [PMID: 31221054 DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.118.022856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Background and Purpose- Bridging therapy with low-molecular-weight heparin reportedly leads to a worse outcome for acute cardioembolic stroke patients because of a higher incidence of intracerebral bleeding. However, this practice is common in clinical settings. This observational study aimed to compare (1) the clinical profiles of patients receiving and not receiving bridging therapy, (2) overall group outcomes, and (3) outcomes according to the type of anticoagulant prescribed. Methods- We analyzed data of patients from the prospective RAF and RAF-NOACs studies. The primary outcome was defined as the composite of ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack, systemic embolism, symptomatic cerebral bleeding, and major extracerebral bleeding observed at 90 days after the acute stroke. Results- Of 1810 patients who initiated oral anticoagulant therapy, 371 (20%) underwent bridging therapy with full-dose low-molecular-weight heparin. Older age and the presence of leukoaraiosis were inversely correlated with the use of bridging therapy. Forty-two bridged patients (11.3%) reached the combined outcome versus 72 (5.0%) of the nonbridged patients (P=0.0001). At multivariable analysis, bridging therapy was associated with the composite end point (odds ratio, 2.3; 95% CI, 1.4-3.7; P<0.0001), as well as ischemic (odds ratio, 2.2; 95% CI, 1.3-3.9; P=0.005) and hemorrhagic (odds ratio, 2.4; 95% CI, 1.2-4.9; P=0.01) end points separately. Conclusions- Our findings suggest that patients receiving low-molecular-weight heparin have a higher risk of early ischemic recurrence and hemorrhagic transformation compared with nonbridged patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Riccardo Altavilla
- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (R.A., V.C., G.A., C.B., A.A., M.V., M.A., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., J.F., M.P.)
| | - Valeria Caso
- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (R.A., V.C., G.A., C.B., A.A., M.V., M.A., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., J.F., M.P.)
| | - Fabio Bandini
- Department of Neurology, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy (F.B.)
| | - Giancarlo Agnelli
- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (R.A., V.C., G.A., C.B., A.A., M.V., M.A., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., J.F., M.P.)
| | - Georgios Tsivgoulis
- Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis (G.T.).,Second Department of Neurology, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece (G.T., C.L., M. Chondrogianni)
| | - Shadi Yaghi
- Neurology Unit, Stroke Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy (M.Z.)
| | - Karen L Furie
- Neurology Unit, Stroke Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy (M.Z.)
| | - Prasanna Tadi
- Neurology Unit, Stroke Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy (M.Z.)
| | - Cecilia Becattini
- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (R.A., V.C., G.A., C.B., A.A., M.V., M.A., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., J.F., M.P.)
| | - Marialuisa Zedde
- Neurology Unit, Stroke Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy (M.Z.)
| | - Azmil H Abdul-Rahim
- Medical School and Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (A.H.A.-R., K.R.L.)
| | - Kennedy R Lees
- Medical School and Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (A.H.A.-R., K.R.L.)
| | - Andrea Alberti
- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (R.A., V.C., G.A., C.B., A.A., M.V., M.A., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., J.F., M.P.)
| | - Michele Venti
- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (R.A., V.C., G.A., C.B., A.A., M.V., M.A., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., J.F., M.P.)
| | - Monica Acciarresi
- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (R.A., V.C., G.A., C.B., A.A., M.V., M.A., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., J.F., M.P.)
| | - Cataldo D'Amore
- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (R.A., V.C., G.A., C.B., A.A., M.V., M.A., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., J.F., M.P.)
| | - Maria Giulia Mosconi
- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (R.A., V.C., G.A., C.B., A.A., M.V., M.A., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., J.F., M.P.)
| | - Ludovica Anna Cimini
- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (R.A., V.C., G.A., C.B., A.A., M.V., M.A., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., J.F., M.P.)
| | - Jessica Fusaro
- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (R.A., V.C., G.A., C.B., A.A., M.V., M.A., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., J.F., M.P.)
| | - Paolo Bovi
- SSO Stroke Unit, UO Neurologia, DAI di Neuroscienze, AOUI Verona, Italy (P.B., M. Carletti, A.R., M. Cappellari)
| | - Monica Carletti
- SSO Stroke Unit, UO Neurologia, DAI di Neuroscienze, AOUI Verona, Italy (P.B., M. Carletti, A.R., M. Cappellari)
| | - Alberto Rigatelli
- SSO Stroke Unit, UO Neurologia, DAI di Neuroscienze, AOUI Verona, Italy (P.B., M. Carletti, A.R., M. Cappellari)
| | - Manuel Cappellari
- SSO Stroke Unit, UO Neurologia, DAI di Neuroscienze, AOUI Verona, Italy (P.B., M. Carletti, A.R., M. Cappellari)
| | - Jukka Putaala
- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland (J.P., L.T., T.T.)
| | - Liisa Tomppo
- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland (J.P., L.T., T.T.)
| | - Turgut Tatlisumak
- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland (J.P., L.T., T.T.).,Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (T.T.).,Department of Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden (T.T.)
| | - Simona Marcheselli
- Neurologia d'urgenza e Stroke Unit, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milano, Italy (S.M.)
| | - Alessandro Pezzini
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Italy (A. Pezzini, L.P., A. Padovani)
| | - Loris Poli
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Italy (A. Pezzini, L.P., A. Padovani)
| | - Alessandro Padovani
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Italy (A. Pezzini, L.P., A. Padovani)
| | - Luca Masotti
- Internal Medicine, Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Firenze, Italy (L.M., V.V.)
| | - Vieri Vannucchi
- Internal Medicine, Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Firenze, Italy (L.M., V.V.)
| | - Sung-Il Sohn
- Department of Neurology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea (S.I.S.)
| | - Gianni Lorenzini
- SC Medicina e Chirurgia d'Accettazione e d'Urgenza, Ospedale Lotti Pontedera, Azienda USL Toscana Nordovest, Pisa, Italy (G.L.)
| | - Rossana Tassi
- Stroke Unit, AOU Senese, Siena, Italy (R.T., F.G., M.A., G. Martini)
| | - Francesca Guideri
- Stroke Unit, AOU Senese, Siena, Italy (R.T., F.G., M.A., G. Martini)
| | - Maurizio Acampa
- Stroke Unit, AOU Senese, Siena, Italy (R.T., F.G., M.A., G. Martini)
| | - Giuseppe Martini
- Stroke Unit, AOU Senese, Siena, Italy (R.T., F.G., M.A., G. Martini)
| | - George Ntaios
- Department of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece (G.N., G.A., K.M., E.K.)
| | - George Athanasakis
- Department of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece (G.N., G.A., K.M., E.K.)
| | | | - Efstathia Karagkiozi
- Department of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece (G.N., G.A., K.M., E.K.)
| | - Konstantinos Vadikolias
- Department of Neurology, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece (K.V.)
| | - Chrysoula Liantinioti
- Second Department of Neurology, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece (G.T., C.L., M. Chondrogianni)
| | - Maria Chondrogianni
- Second Department of Neurology, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece (G.T., C.L., M. Chondrogianni)
| | - Nicola Mumoli
- Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Livorno, Italy (N.M.)
| | - Domenico Consoli
- Stroke Unit, Jazzolino Hospital, Vibo Valentia, Italy (D.C., F.G.)
| | - Franco Galati
- Stroke Unit, Jazzolino Hospital, Vibo Valentia, Italy (D.C., F.G.)
| | - Simona Sacco
- Department of Neurology, University of L'Aquila, Avezzano Hospital, Italy (S.S., A. Carolei, C.T.)
| | - Antonio Carolei
- Department of Neurology, University of L'Aquila, Avezzano Hospital, Italy (S.S., A. Carolei, C.T.)
| | - Cindy Tiseo
- Department of Neurology, University of L'Aquila, Avezzano Hospital, Italy (S.S., A. Carolei, C.T.)
| | - Francesco Corea
- UO Gravi Cerebrolesioni, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Foligno, Italy (F.C.)
| | - Walter Ageno
- Department of Internal Medicine, Insubria University, Varese, Italy (W.A., M.B.)
| | - Marta Bellesini
- Department of Internal Medicine, Insubria University, Varese, Italy (W.A., M.B.)
| | - Giorgio Silvestrelli
- S.C. di Neurologia e S.S. di Stroke Unit, ASST di Mantova, Italy (G.S., A. Ciccone, A.L.)
| | - Alfonso Ciccone
- S.C. di Neurologia e S.S. di Stroke Unit, ASST di Mantova, Italy (G.S., A. Ciccone, A.L.)
| | - Alessia Lanari
- S.C. di Neurologia e S.S. di Stroke Unit, ASST di Mantova, Italy (G.S., A. Ciccone, A.L.)
| | - Umberto Scoditti
- Stroke Unit, Neuroscience Department (U.S.), University of Parma, Italy
| | - Licia Denti
- Stroke Unit, Dipartimento Geriatrico Riabilitativo (L.D.), University of Parma, Italy
| | - Michelangelo Mancuso
- Clinica Neurologica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, M. Maccarrone, L.U., G.O., N.G., G.G., A.C.)
| | - Miriam Maccarrone
- Clinica Neurologica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, M. Maccarrone, L.U., G.O., N.G., G.G., A.C.)
| | - Leonardo Ulivi
- Clinica Neurologica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, M. Maccarrone, L.U., G.O., N.G., G.G., A.C.)
| | - Giovanni Orlandi
- Clinica Neurologica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, M. Maccarrone, L.U., G.O., N.G., G.G., A.C.).,Neurologia, Ospedale Apuano, Massa Carrara, Italy (G.O., M.G.)
| | - Nicola Giannini
- Clinica Neurologica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, M. Maccarrone, L.U., G.O., N.G., G.G., A.C.)
| | - Gino Gialdini
- Clinica Neurologica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, M. Maccarrone, L.U., G.O., N.G., G.G., A.C.)
| | - Tiziana Tassinari
- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Santa Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure (Savona), Italy (T.T.)
| | | | - Giorgio Bono
- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Insubria University, Varese, Italy (M.L.D.L., G.B.)
| | - Christina Rueckert
- Abteilung für Neurologie, Oberschwabenklinik gGmbH, Ravensburg, Germany (C.R.)
| | - Antonio Baldi
- Stroke Unit, Ospedale di Portogruaro, Venice, Italy (A.B., S.D.)
| | | | - Danilo Toni
- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (D.T., F.L., A.P.)
| | - Federica Letteri
- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (D.T., F.L., A.P.)
| | | | - Enrico Maria Lotti
- U.O. Neurologia Presidio Ospedaliero di Ravenna Azienda USL della Romagna, Italy (E.M.L.)
| | - Yuriy Flomin
- Stroke and Neurorehabilitation Unit, MC Universal Clinic 'Oberig', Kyiv, Ukraine (Y.F.)
| | - Alessio Pieroni
- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (D.T., F.L., A.P.)
| | | | | | - Serena Monaco
- Stroke Unit, Ospedale Civico, Palermo, Italy (S.M., M.M.B.)
| | | | - Laszló Csiba
- Stroke Unit, University of Debrecen, Hungary (L.C., L.S.)
| | - Lilla Szabó
- Stroke Unit, University of Debrecen, Hungary (L.C., L.S.)
| | - Alberto Chiti
- Clinica Neurologica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria, Pisa, Italy (M. Mancuso, M. Maccarrone, L.U., G.O., N.G., G.G., A.C.).,Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy (A.C., E.G., M.D.S.)
| | - Elisa Giorli
- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy (A.C., E.G., M.D.S.)
| | - Massimo Del Sette
- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy (A.C., E.G., M.D.S.).,Divisione di Neurologia, Ospedale Galliera, Genoa, Italy (M.D.S.)
| | - Davide Imberti
- Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Piacenza, Italy (D.I., D.Z.)
| | - Dorjan Zabzuni
- Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Piacenza, Italy (D.I., D.Z.)
| | - Boris Doronin
- Municipal Budgetary Healthcare Institution of Novosibirsk, City Clinical Hospital No. 1, Novosibirsk State Medical University, Russia (B.D., V.V.)
| | - Vera Volodina
- Municipal Budgetary Healthcare Institution of Novosibirsk, City Clinical Hospital No. 1, Novosibirsk State Medical University, Russia (B.D., V.V.)
| | - Patrik Michel
- Département des Neurosciences Cliniques, Centre Cérébrovasculaire, Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland (P.M.)
| | - Peter Vanacker
- Department of Neurology, Born Bunge Institute, Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium (P.V.)
| | - Kristian Barlinn
- Department of Neurology, Dresden University Stroke Center, Germany (K.B., L.-P.P., J.B.)
| | - Lars-Peder Pallesen
- Department of Neurology, Dresden University Stroke Center, Germany (K.B., L.-P.P., J.B.)
| | - Jessica Barlinn
- Department of Neurology, Dresden University Stroke Center, Germany (K.B., L.-P.P., J.B.)
| | - Dirk Deleu
- Neurology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar (D.D., G. Melikyan, F.I., N.A.)
| | - Gayane Melikyan
- Neurology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar (D.D., G. Melikyan, F.I., N.A.)
| | - Faisal Ibrahim
- Neurology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar (D.D., G. Melikyan, F.I., N.A.)
| | - Naveed Akhtar
- Neurology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar (D.D., G. Melikyan, F.I., N.A.)
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- From the Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy (R.A., V.C., G.A., C.B., A.A., M.V., M.A., C.D., M.G.M., L.A.C., J.F., M.P.)
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Balzarotti M, Ricardi U, Spina M, Monagheddu C, Tucci A, Cavallo F, Zanni M, Arcari A, Rusconi C, Sartori R, Merli F, Re F, Vitolo U, Dessi D, Melis L, Gaidano G, Chiti A, Deidda M, Santoro A, Ciccone G, Chauvie S, Cabras M. PET-DRIVEN RADIOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH LOW RISK DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA (DLBCL): THE DLCL10 MULTICENTER PHASE 2 TRIAL BY FONDAZIONE ITALIANA LINFOMI (FIL). Hematol Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.62_2630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- M. Balzarotti
- Medical Oncology and Hematology; Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital-IRCCS-Humanitas University; Rozzano Milano Italy
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- Radiotherapy; AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Torino; Torino Italy
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- Medical Oncology; IRCCS CRO; Aviano (PN) Italy
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- Epidemiologia Clinica e Valutativa; AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza e CPO; Torino Italy
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- Hematology; Spedali Civili; Brescia
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- Hematology; Universita' Citta' della Salute e della Scienza; Torino Italy
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- Hematology; ASO ss Antonio e Biagio e Arrigo; Alessandria Italy
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- Hematology; Ospedale Guglielmo da Saliceto; Piacenza Italy
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- Hemtaology; ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda; Milano Italy
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- Hematology; Azienda ULSS 2 Marca Trevigiana; Castelfranco Veneto Treviso Italy
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- Hematology; Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova; Reggio Emilia Italy
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- Hematology; AOU Parma; Parma Italy
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- Hematology; AO Città della Salute e della Scienza; Torino Italy
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- Hematology; Ospedale Oncologico Armando Businco; Cagliari Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine; Ospedale Oncologico Armando Businco; Cagliari Italy
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- Hematology; AOU Maggiore della Carità di Novara; Novara Italy
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- Nuclear Medicine; Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital-IRCCS - Humanitas University; Rozzano Milano Italy
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- Radiotherapy; Ospedale Oncologico Armando Businco; Cagliari Italy
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- Medical Oncology and Hematology; Humanitas Clinical and Research Hospital-IRCCS-Humanitas University; Rozzano Milano Italy
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- Epidemiologia Clinica e Valutativa; AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza e CPO; Torino Italy
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- Medical Physics; Santa Croce e Carle Hospital; Cuneo Italy
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- Hematology; Ospedale Oncologico Armando Businco; Cagliari Italy
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Paciaroni M, Angelini F, Agnelli G, Tsivgoulis G, Furie KL, Tadi P, Becattini C, Falocci N, Zedde M, Abdul-Rahim AH, Lees KR, Alberti A, Venti M, Acciarresi M, Altavilla R, D'Amore C, Mosconi MG, Cimini LA, Bovi P, Carletti M, Rigatelli A, Cappellari M, Putaala J, Tomppo L, Tatlisumak T, Bandini F, Marcheselli S, Pezzini A, Poli L, Padovani A, Masotti L, Vannucchi V, Sohn SI, Lorenzini G, Tassi R, Guideri F, Acampa M, Martini G, Ntaios G, Karagkiozi E, Athanasakis G, Makaritsis K, Vadikolias K, Liantinioti C, Chondrogianni M, Mumoli N, Consoli D, Galati F, Sacco S, Carolei A, Tiseo C, Corea F, Ageno W, Bellesini M, Silvestrelli G, Ciccone A, Scoditti U, Denti L, Mancuso M, Maccarrone M, Orlandi G, Giannini N, Gialdini G, Tassinari T, Lodovici MLD, Bono G, Rueckert C, Baldi A, Toni D, Letteri F, Giuntini M, Lotti EM, Flomin Y, Pieroni A, Kargiotis O, Karapanayiotides T, Monaco S, Baronello MM, Csiba L, Szabó L, Chiti A, Giorli E, Sette MD, Imberti D, Zabzuni D, Doronin B, Volodina V, Michel Pd-Mer P, Vanacker P, Barlinn K, Pallesen LP, Kepplinger J, Deleu D, Melikyan G, Ibrahim F, Akhtar N, Gourbali V, Yaghi S, Caso V. Early recurrence in paroxysmal versus sustained atrial fibrillation in patients with acute ischaemic stroke. Eur Stroke J 2019; 4:55-64. [PMID: 31165095 DOI: 10.1177/2396987318785853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2018] [Accepted: 05/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Background The relationship between different patterns of atrial fibrillation and early recurrence after an acute ischaemic stroke is unclear. Purpose In a prospective cohort study, we evaluated the rates of early ischaemic recurrence after an acute ischaemic stroke in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation or sustained atrial fibrillation which included persistent and permanent atrial fibrillation. Methods In patients with acute ischaemic stroke, atrial fibrillation was categorised as paroxysmal atrial fibrillation or sustained atrial fibrillation. Ischaemic recurrences were the composite of ischaemic stroke, transient ischaemic attack and symptomatic systemic embolism occurring within 90 days from acute index stroke. Results A total of 2150 patients (1155 females, 53.7%) were enrolled: 930 (43.3%) had paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and 1220 (56.7%) sustained atrial fibrillation. During the 90-day follow-up, 111 ischaemic recurrences were observed in 107 patients: 31 in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (3.3%) and 76 with sustained atrial fibrillation (6.2%) (hazard ratio (HR) 1.86 (95% CI 1.24-2.81)). Patients with sustained atrial fibrillation were on average older, more likely to have diabetes mellitus, hypertension, history of stroke/ transient ischaemic attack, congestive heart failure, atrial enlargement, high baseline NIHSS-score and implanted pacemaker. After adjustment by Cox proportional hazard model, sustained atrial fibrillation was not associated with early ischaemic recurrences (adjusted HR 1.23 (95% CI 0.74-2.04)). Conclusions After acute ischaemic stroke, patients with sustained atrial fibrillation had a higher rate of early ischaemic recurrence than patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. After adjustment for relevant risk factors, sustained atrial fibrillation was not associated with a significantly higher risk of recurrence, thus suggesting that the risk profile associated with atrial fibrillation, rather than its pattern, is determinant for recurrence.
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- Maurizio Paciaroni
- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Second Department of Neurology, "Attikon" University Hospital, School of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.,Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Stroke Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Medical School and Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Medical School and Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- SSO Stroke Unit, UO Neurologia, DAI di Neuroscienze, AOUI, Verona, Italy
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- SSO Stroke Unit, UO Neurologia, DAI di Neuroscienze, AOUI, Verona, Italy
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- SSO Stroke Unit, UO Neurologia, DAI di Neuroscienze, AOUI, Verona, Italy
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- SSO Stroke Unit, UO Neurologia, DAI di Neuroscienze, AOUI, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Neurology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg and Department of Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona, Italy
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- Neurologia d'urgenza e Stroke Unit, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Internal Medicine, Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Firenze, Italy
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- Internal Medicine, Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea
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- SC di Medicina e Chirurgia d'Accettazione e d'Urgenza degli ospedali di Pontedera e Volterra, Pontedera e Volterra, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Neurology, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Second Department of Neurology, "Attikon" University Hospital, School of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Second Department of Neurology, "Attikon" University Hospital, School of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Livorno, Livorno, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Jazzolino Hospital, Vibo Valentia, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, University of L'Aquila, Avezzano Hospital, Avezzano, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, University of L'Aquila, Avezzano Hospital, Avezzano, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, University of L'Aquila, Avezzano Hospital, Avezzano, Italy
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- UO Gravi Cerebrolesioni, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, Foligno, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Insubria University, Varese, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Insubria University, Varese, Italy
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- SC di Neurologia e S.S. di Stroke Unit, ASST di Mantova, Mantova, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Neuroscience Department, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Dipartimento Geriatrico Riabilitativo, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Clinica Neurologica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Pisa, Italy.,Neurologia, Ospedale Apuano, Massa Carrara, Italy
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- Clinica Neurologica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Pisa, Italy
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- Clinica Neurologica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Pisa, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Santa Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure, Savona, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Neurology, Insubria University, Varese, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Ospedale di Portogruaro, Portogruaro, Venice, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- UO Neurologia Presidio Ospedaliero di Ravenna Azienda USL della Romagna, Ravenna, Italy
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- Stroke and Neurorehabilitation Unit MC 'Universal Clinic 'Oberig', Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Stroke Unit, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy.,Clinica Neurologica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Pisa, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Sant'Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy.,Divisione di Neurologia, Ospedale Galliera, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Piacenza, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Civile di Piacenza, Italy
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- Municipal Budgetary Healthcare Institution of Novosibirsk, City Clinical Hospital n° 1, Novosibirsk State Medical University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Municipal Budgetary Healthcare Institution of Novosibirsk, City Clinical Hospital n° 1, Novosibirsk State Medical University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Centre Cérébrovasculaire, Service de Neurologie, Département des Neurosciences Cliniques Centre Hopitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, Born Bunge Institute, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, Dresden University Stroke Center, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Dresden University Stroke Center, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Dresden University Stroke Center, Dresden, Germany
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- Neurology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, Department of Neurology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Stroke Unit and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Caria F, Zedde M, Gamba M, Bersano A, Rasura M, Adami A, Piantadosi C, Quartuccio L, Azzini C, Melis M, Luisa Delodovici M, Dallocchio C, Gandolfo C, Cerrato P, Motto C, Melis F, Chiti A, Gentile M, Bignamini V, Morotti A, Maria Lotti E, Toriello A, Costa P, Silvestrelli G, Zini A, De Giuli V, Poli L, Paciaroni M, Lodigiani C, Marcheselli S, Sanguigni S, Del Sette M, Monaco S, Lochner P, Zanferrari C, Anticoli S, Padovani A, Pezzini A. The clinical spectrum of reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: The Italian Project on Stroke at Young Age (IPSYS). Cephalalgia 2019; 39:1267-1276. [DOI: 10.1177/0333102419849013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
Introduction To describe clinical, neuroimaging, and laboratory features of a large cohort of Italian patients with reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome. Methods In the setting of the multicenter Italian Project on Stroke at Young Age (IPSYS), we retrospectively enrolled patients with a diagnosis of definite reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD)-3 beta criteria (6.7.3 Headache attributed to reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome, imaging-proven). Clinical manifestations, neuroimaging, treatment, and clinical outcomes were evaluated in all patients. Characteristics of reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome without typical causes (“idiopathic reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome”) were compared with those of reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome related to putative causative factors (“secondary reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome”). Results A total of 102 patients (mean age, 47.2 ± 13.9 years; females, 85 [83.3%]) qualified for the analysis. Thunderclap headache at presentation was reported in 69 (67.6%) patients, and it typically recurred in 42 (60.9%). Compared to reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome cases related to putative etiologic conditions (n = 21 [20.6%]), patients with idiopathic reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (n = 81 [79.4%]) were significantly older (49.2 ± 13.9 vs. 39.5 ± 11.4 years), had more frequently typical thunderclap headache (77.8% vs. 28.6%) and less frequently neurological complications (epileptic seizures, 11.1% vs. 38.1%; cerebral infarction, 6.1% vs. 33.3%), as well as concomitant reversible brain edema (25.9% vs. 47.6%). Conclusions Clinical manifestations and putative etiologies of reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome in our series are slightly different from those observed in previous cohorts. This variability might be partly related to the coexistence of precipitating conditions with a putative etiologic role on disease occurrence.
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- Filomena Caria
- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- SC Neurologia, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale – IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- UO Malattie Cerebrovascolari, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Milan, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Sant’Andrea, Università “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
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- Stroke Center, Dipartimento di Neurologia, Ospedale Sacro Cuore Negrar, Verona, Italy
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- UOC Neurologia, Azienda Ospedaliera “San Giovanni-Addolorata”, Rome, Italy
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- Clinica di Reumatologia, Dipartimento di Area Medica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria “Santa Maria della Misericordia”, Udine, Italy
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- UO di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- SC Neurologia and Stroke Unit, Dipartimento Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliera “G. Brotzu”, Cagliari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Area Medica, UOC Neurologia, ASST Pavia, Voghera, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Stroke Unit, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Dipartmento di Scienze Neurologiche, Azienda Ospedaliera “Niguarda Ca’ Granda”, Milan, Italy
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- SS NeuroVascolare Ospedale Maria Vittoria, ASL Città di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- UO Neurologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
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- UO Neurologia – Stroke Unit, Ospedale “Santa Maria della Misericordia”, Rovigo, Italy
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- UC Malattie Cerebrovascolari, IRCCS Fondazione Mondino, Pavia, Italy
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- Unità Operativa Complessa Neurologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria “San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona”, Salerno, Italy
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- UO Neurologia, Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile “S. Agostino Estense”, AUSL Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare, Università di Perugia, Italy
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- Centro Trombosi e Malattie Emorragiche, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, IRCCS, Rozzano-Milano, Italy
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- Neurologia d’Urgenza and Stroke Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, IRCCS, Rozzano-Milano, Italy
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- Dipartmento di Neurologia, Ospedale “Madonna del Soccorso”, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neurologia, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
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- UOC Neurologia, ASST Melegnano-Martesana, Vizzolo Predabissi, Italy
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- Stroke Unit, Dipartimento di Emergenza-Urgenza, Ospedale “S. Camillo-Forlanini”, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali, Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Cappellari M, Mangiafico S, Saia V, Pracucci G, Nappini S, Nencini P, Konda D, Sallustio F, Vallone S, Zini A, Bracco S, Tassi R, Bergui M, Cerrato P, Pitrone A, Grillo F, Saletti A, De Vito A, Gasparotti R, Magoni M, Puglielli E, Casalena A, Causin F, Baracchini C, Castellan L, Malfatto L, Menozzi R, Scoditti U, Comelli C, Duc E, Comai A, Franchini E, Cosottini M, Mancuso M, Peschillo S, De Michele M, Giorgianni A, Delodovici ML, Lafe E, Denaro MF, Burdi N, Internò S, Cavasin N, Critelli A, Chiumarulo L, Petruzzellis M, Doddi M, Carolei A, Auteri W, Petrone A, Padolecchia R, Tassinari T, Pavia M, Invernizzi P, Turcato G, Forlivesi S, Ciceri EFM, Bonetti B, Inzitari D, Toni D, Limbucci N, Consoli A, Renieri L, Fainardi E, Gandini R, Pampana E, Diomedi M, Koch G, Verganti L, Sacchetti F, Zelent G, Bigliardi G, Picchetto L, Vandelli L, Romano DG, Cioni S, Gennari P, Cerase A, Martini G, Stura G, Daniele D, Naldi A, Papa R, Vinci SL, Bernava G, Velo M, Caragliano A, Tessitore A, Buonomo O, Musolino R, La Spina P, Casella C, Carolina Fazio M, Cotroneo M, Onofrio M, Azzini C, Casetta I, Mardighian D, Frigerio M, Costa A, Di Egidio V, Lattanzi R, Assetta M, Cester G, Mavilio N, Serrati C, Piazza P, Epifani E, Andreone A, Castellini P, Latte L, Grisendi I, Vaudano G, Comelli S, Cavallo R, Chianale G, Simonetti L, Taglialatela F, Isceri S, Procaccianti G, Zaniboni A, Borghi A, Bonatti G, Ferro F, Bonatti M, Dall’Ora E, Currò Dossi R, Turri E, Turri M, Puglioli M, Lazzarotti G, Lauretti D, Giannini N, Maccarone M, Orlandi G, Chiti A, Guidetti G, Biraschi F, Falcou A, Anzini A, Mancini A, Fausti S, Di Mascio MT, Durastanti L, Sbardella E, Mellina V, Baruzzi F, Pellegrino C, Terrana A, Carimati F, Ruggiero M, Sanna A, Passarin MG, Colosimo C, Pedicelli A, D’Argento F, Alexandre A, Frisullo G, Zappoli F, Martignoni A, Cavallini A, Persico A, Valvassori L, Piano M, Agostoni E, Motto C, Gatti A, Longoni M, Guccione A, Tortorella R, Zampieri P, Zimatore DS, Grazioli A, Ricciardi GK, Augelli R, Bovi P, Tomelleri G, Micheletti N, Semeraro V, Lucarelli N, Ganimede M, Tinelli A, Pia Prontera M, Pesare A, Cagliari E, Quatrale R, Federico F, Passalacqua G, Filauri P, Orlandi B, De Santis F, Gabriele A, Tiseo C, Armentano A, Di Benedetto O, Silvagni U, Perrotta P, Crispino E, Stancati F, Rizzuto S, Pugliese P, Pisani E, Siniscalchi A, Gaudiano C, Pirritano D, Del Giudice F, Calia S, Ganci G, Sugo A, Scomazzoni F, Simionato F, Roveri L, De Nicola M, Giannoni M, Bruni S, Gambelli E, Provinciali L, Carriero A, Coppo L, Baldan J, Paolo Nuzzi N, Marcheselli S, Corato M, Cotroneo E, Ricciardi F, Gigli R, Pozzessere C, Pezzella FR, Corsi F, Squassina G, Cobelli M, Morassi M, Magni E, Pepe F, Bigni B, Costa P, Crabbio M, Griffini S, Palmerini F, Piras MP, Natrella M, Fanelli G, Cristoferi M, Bottacchi E, Corso G, Tosi P, Amistà P, Russo M, Tettoni S, Gallesio I, Mascolo MC, Meloni GB, Fabio C, Maiore M, Pintus F, Pischedda A, Manca A, Mongili C, Zanda B, Sanna A, Baule A, Pappalardo MP, Craparo G, Gallo C, Monaco S, Mannino M, Terruso V, Muto M, Guarnieri G, Andreone V, Dui G, Ticca A, Salmaggi A, Iannucci G, Pinna V, Di Clemente L, Perini F, De Boni A, De Luca C, De Giorgi F, Corraine S, Enne P, Ganau C, Piras V. IER-SICH Nomogram to Predict Symptomatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage After Thrombectomy for Stroke. Stroke 2019; 50:909-916. [DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.118.023316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Background and Purpose—
As a reliable scoring system to detect the risk of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage after thrombectomy for ischemic stroke is not yet available, we developed a nomogram for predicting symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage in patients with large vessel occlusion in the anterior circulation who received bridging of thrombectomy with intravenous thrombolysis (training set), and to validate the model by using a cohort of patients treated with direct thrombectomy (test set).
Methods—
We conducted a cohort study on prospectively collected data from 3714 patients enrolled in the IER (Italian Registry of Endovascular Stroke Treatment in Acute Stroke). Symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage was defined as any type of intracerebral hemorrhage with increase of ≥4 National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score points from baseline ≤24 hours or death. Based on multivariate logistic models, the nomogram was generated. We assessed the discriminative performance by using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve.
Results—
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score, onset-to-end procedure time, age, unsuccessful recanalization, and Careggi collateral score composed the IER-SICH nomogram. After removing Careggi collateral score from the first model, a second model including Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score was developed. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of the IER-SICH nomogram was 0.778 in the training set (n=492) and 0.709 in the test set (n=399). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of the second model was 0.733 in the training set (n=988) and 0.685 in the test set (n=779).
Conclusions—
The IER-SICH nomogram is the first model developed and validated for predicting symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage after thrombectomy. It may provide indications on early identification of patients for more or less postprocedural intensive management.
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- Manuel Cappellari
- Stroke Unit (M. Cappellari, S.F., B.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy
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- Interventional Neuroradiology Unit (S.M., S.N.), Ospedale Careggi-University Hospital, Firenze, Italy
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- Neurology and Stroke Unit (T.T., V.S.), Santa Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure, Italy
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- Stroke Unit (D.I., P.N., G.P.), Ospedale Careggi-University Hospital, Firenze, Italy
- University of Florence, Firenze, Italy (G.P., P.N., D.I.)
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- Interventional Neuroradiology Unit (S.M., S.N.), Ospedale Careggi-University Hospital, Firenze, Italy
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- Stroke Unit (D.I., P.N., G.P.), Ospedale Careggi-University Hospital, Firenze, Italy
- University of Florence, Firenze, Italy (G.P., P.N., D.I.)
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- Interventional Neuroradiology Unit (D.K.), Policlinico Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Unit, Ospedale Civile S. Agostino-Estense University Hospital, Modena, Italy (S.V.)
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- Stroke Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy (A.Z.)
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- Interventional Neuroradiology Unit (S.B.), Ospedale S. Maria delle Scotte-University Hospital, Siena, Italy
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- Stroke Unit (R.T.), Ospedale S. Maria delle Scotte-University Hospital, Siena, Italy
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- Interventional Neuroradiology Unit (M.B.), Città della Salute e della Scienza-Molinette, Torino, Italy
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- Stroke Unit (P.C.), Città della Salute e della Scienza-Molinette, Torino, Italy
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- Interventional Neuroradiology Unit (A. Pitrone), Policlinico G. Martino, Messina, Italy
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- Interventional Neuroradiology Unit (A.S.), Arcispedale S. Anna-University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy
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- Stroke Unit (A.D.V.), Arcispedale S. Anna-University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy
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- Stroke Unit (M. Magoni), Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Vascular and Interventional Radiology Unit (E.P.), Ospedale Civile Mazzini, Teramo, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Unit (F.C.), Azienda Ospedaliero-Univeristaria, Padova, Italy
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- Interventional Neuroradiology Unit (L. Castellan), IRCCS San Martino-IST, Genova, Italy
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- Stroke Unit (L.M.), IRCCS San Martino-IST, Genova, Italy
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- Interventional Neuroradiology Unit (R.M.), Ospedale Universitario, Parma, Italy
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- Interventional Neuroradiology Unit (C.C.), Ospedale San Giovanni Bosco, Torino, Italy
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- Neurology Unit (E.D.), Ospedale San Giovanni Bosco, Torino, Italy
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- Radiology Unit (A. Comai), Ospedale Centrale, Bolzano, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Unit (M. Cosottini), Ospedale Cisanello, Pisa, Italy
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- Interventional Neuroradiology Unit (S.P.), Sapienza University Hospital, Roma, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Unit (A.G.), Ospedale Universitario Circolo, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
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- Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology Unit (E.L.), San Matteo Hospital and C. Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Interventional Radiology Unit (N.B.), Ospedale SS. Annunziata, Taranto, Italy
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- Neuroradiology Unit (N.C.), Ospedale dell’Angelo, USSL3 Serenissima, Mestre, Italy
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- Neurology Unit (A. Critelli), Ospedale dell’Angelo, USSL3 Serenissima, Mestre, Italy
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- Interventional Neuroradiology Unit (M. Petruzzellis), Policlinico, Bari, Italy
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- Interventional Neuroradiology Unit (M.D.), Presidio Ospedaliero SS. Filippo e Nicola, Avezzano, Italy
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- Stroke Unit (A. Carolei), Presidio Ospedaliero SS. Filippo e Nicola, Avezzano, Italy
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- Interventional Neuroradiology Unit (W.A.), Azienda Ospedaliera Annunziata, Cosenza, Italy
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- Neurology Unit (A. Petrone), Azienda Ospedaliera Annunziata, Cosenza, Italy
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- Neurology and Stroke Unit (T.T., V.S.), Santa Corona Hospital, Pietra Ligure, Italy
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- Interventional Neuroradiology Unit (M. Pavia), Istituto Ospedaliero Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia, Italy
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- Stroke Unit (P.I.), Istituto Ospedaliero Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia, Italy
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- Emergency Department, Girolamo Fracastoro Hospital, San Bonifacio (Verona), Italy (G.T.)
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- Stroke Unit (M. Cappellari, S.F., B.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy
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- Stroke Unit (M. Cappellari, S.F., B.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy
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- Stroke Unit (D.I., P.N., G.P.), Ospedale Careggi-University Hospital, Firenze, Italy
- University of Florence, Firenze, Italy (G.P., P.N., D.I.)
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- Stroke Unit (M.D.M., D.T.), Sapienza University Hospital, Roma, Italy
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Cozzi L, Comito T, Fogliata A, Franzese C, Franceschini D, Bonifacio C, Tozzi A, Di Brina L, Clerici E, Tomatis S, Reggiori G, Lobefalo F, Stravato A, Mancosu P, Zerbi A, Sollini M, Margarita K, Chiti A, Scorsetti M. PO-0955 Radiomics signature as predictors of survival and local control after pancreatic carcinoma SBRT. Radiother Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(19)31375-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Chiti A, Cecchi P, Pesaresi I, Orlandi G, Giannini N, Gialdini G, Terni E, Tognoni G, Volpi L, Pagni C, Ghicopulos I, Siciliano G, Dotti MT, Federico A, Poggesi A, Salvadori E, Pantoni L, Inzitari D, Cosottini M, Bonuccelli U. Functional magnetic resonance imaging with encoding task in patients with mild cognitive impairment and different severity of leukoaraiosis. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2018; 282:126-131. [PMID: 30539733 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2018.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2017] [Revised: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Leukoaraiosis is one of the main contributors to mild cognitive impairment due to vascular damage (vascular MCI, VMCI), whose pathophysiology has not been fully elucidated yet. We aimed to shed light on such issue using functional MRI (fMRI). Sixteen patients with VMCI were enrolled and compared with twenty-five patients with MCI but without significant vascular damage (non-vascular MCI, NVMCI) and with fifteen healthy controls (HC). They all underwent fMRI with incidental verbal learning paradigm, using a 3T scanner. Differently from cases with NVMCI (versus HC), VMCI patients presented a higher BOLD activation in the right parieto-occipital cortex and a lower activation in the left superior and middle frontal gyri, anterior cingulum and in left fronto-opercular area when compared to HC. Cortical activation evaluated by fMRI may reflect specific patterns of damage and attempt of compensation in patients with MCI and different severity of leukoaraiosis.
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- Alberto Chiti
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, Pisa 56126, Italy; Unit of Neurology, Ospedale Apuane, Via Mattei 21, Massa 54100, Italy.
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- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Risorgimento 36, Pisa 56126, Italy
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- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Risorgimento 36, Pisa 56126, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, Pisa 56126, Italy; Unit of Neurology, Ospedale Apuane, Via Mattei 21, Massa 54100, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, Pisa 56126, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, Pisa 56126, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, Pisa 56126, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, Pisa 56126, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, Pisa 56126, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, Pisa 56126, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, Pisa 56126, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, Pisa 56126, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Viale Bracci 16, Siena 53100, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Viale Bracci 16, Siena 53100, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, Florence 50134, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, Florence 50134, Italy
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- "L. Sacco" Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Via G.B Grassi, 74, Milan 20157, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, Florence 50134, Italy
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- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Risorgimento 36, Pisa 56126, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, Pisa 56126, Italy
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Tosi G, Marzo K, Chiti A, Zanca F. 319. Effective Dose Assessment on an Hybrid Equipment: Results and challenges to integrate with MDCT. Phys Med 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2018.04.328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Chiti A, Maffioli L, Castellani M, Gasparini M, Capri G, Bombardieri E. Case Report: Technetium-99M-Hexakis-2-Methoxy-Isobutyl-Isonitrile Imaging of Breast Cancer and Myocardial Infarction in the Same Patient. Tumori 2018; 80:480-1. [PMID: 7900240 DOI: 10.1177/030089169408000614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- A Chiti
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Cancer Institute, Milano, Italy
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Costa P, Grassi M, Iacoviello L, Zedde M, Marcheselli S, Silvestrelli G, DeLodovici ML, Sessa M, Zini A, Paciaroni M, Azzini C, Gamba M, Del Sette M, Toriello A, Gandolfo C, Bonifati DM, Tassi R, Cavallini A, Chiti A, Calabrò RS, Grillo F, Bovi P, Tomelleri G, Di Castelnuovo A, Ritelli M, Agnelli G, De Vito A, Pugliese N, Martini G, Lodigiani C, Morotti A, Poli L, De Giuli V, Caria F, Cornali C, de Gaetano G, Colombi M, Padovani A, Pezzini A. Alcohol intake and the risk of intracerebral hemorrhage in the elderly: The MUCH-Italy. Neurology 2018; 91:e227-e235. [PMID: 29898970 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000005814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the role of alcohol as a causal factor for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and whether its effects might vary according to the pathogenic mechanisms underlying cerebral bleeding. METHODS We performed a case-control analysis, comparing a cohort of consecutive white patients with ICH aged 55 years and older with a group of age- and sex-matched stroke-free controls, enrolled in the setting of the Multicenter Study on Cerebral Haemorrhage in Italy (MUCH-Italy) between 2002 and 2014. Participants were dichotomized into excessive drinkers (>45 g of alcohol) and light to moderate drinkers or nondrinkers. To isolate the unconfounded effect of alcohol on ICH, we used causal directed acyclic graphs and the back-door criterion to select a minimal sufficient adjustment set(s) of variables for multivariable analyses. Analyses were performed on the whole group as well as separately for lobar and deep ICH. RESULTS We analyzed 3,173 patients (1,471 lobar ICH and 1,702 deep ICH) and 3,155 controls. After adjusting for the preselected variables in the minimal sufficient adjustments, heavy alcohol intake was associated with deep ICH risk (odds ratio [OR], 1.68; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.36-2.09) as well as with the overall risk of ICH (OR, 1.38; 95% CI, 1.17-1.63), whereas no effect was found for lobar ICH (OR, 1.01; 95% CI, 0.77-1.32). CONCLUSIONS In white people aged 55 years and older, high alcohol intake might exert a causal effect on ICH, with a prominent role in the vascular pathologies underlying deep ICH.
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- Paolo Costa
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Mario Grassi
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Licia Iacoviello
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Marialuisa Zedde
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Simona Marcheselli
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Giorgio Silvestrelli
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Maria Luisa DeLodovici
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Maria Sessa
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Andrea Zini
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Maurizio Paciaroni
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Cristiano Azzini
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Massimo Gamba
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Massimo Del Sette
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Antonella Toriello
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Carlo Gandolfo
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Domenico Marco Bonifati
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Rossana Tassi
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Anna Cavallini
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Alberto Chiti
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Rocco Salvatore Calabrò
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Francesco Grillo
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Paolo Bovi
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Giampaolo Tomelleri
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Augusto Di Castelnuovo
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Marco Ritelli
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Giancarlo Agnelli
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Alessandro De Vito
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Nicola Pugliese
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Giuseppe Martini
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Corrado Lodigiani
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Andrea Morotti
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Loris Poli
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Valeria De Giuli
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Filomena Caria
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Claudio Cornali
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Giovanni de Gaetano
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
| | - Marina Colombi
- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
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- From U.O. Neurologia (P.C.), Istituto Ospedaliero Poliambulanza, Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali (A. Pezzini, L.P., V.D.G., F.C., A. Padovani), Clinica Neurologica, Università degli Studi di Brescia; Dipartimento di Scienze del Sistema Nervoso e del Comportamento (M. Grassi), Unità di Statistica Medica e Genomica, Università di Pavia; Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Molecolare e Nutrizionale (L.I., A.D.C., G.d.G.), Dipartimento di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione, IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo, NEUROMED, Pozzilli; S.C. Neurologia (M.Z.), Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia; Neurologia d'Urgenza and Stroke Unit (S.M.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Stroke Unit (G.S.), Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Ospedale Carlo Poma, Mantova; Unità di Neurologia (M.L.D.), Ospedale di Circolo, Università dell'Insubria, Varese; U.O. Neurologia (M.S.), Istituti Ospedalieri di Cremona, Cremona; Stroke Unit (A.Z.), Clinica Neurologica, Nuovo Ospedale Civile, "S. Agostino Estense," AUSL Modena; Stroke Unit and Divisione di Medicina Cardiovascolare (M.P., G.A.), Università di Perugia; Stroke Unit (C.A., A.D.V.), Divisione di Neurologia, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Riabilitazione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Ferrara; Stroke Unit (M. Gamba), Neurologia Vascolare, Spedali Civili di Brescia; Unità di Neurologia (M.D.S.), E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova; U.O.C. Neurologia (A.T., N.P.), A.O. Universitaria "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona," Salerno; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (C.G.), Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Università di Genova; U.O. Neurologia (D.M.B.), Azienda Ospedaliera "Cà Foncello," Treviso; Stroke Unit (R.T., G.M.), AOU Senese, Siena; Stroke Unit (A. Cavallini, A.M.), IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Nazionale "C. Mondino," Pavia; Neurologia (A. Chiti), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa; Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (R.S.C.), Centro Neurolesi Bonino-Pulejo, Messina; Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (F.G.), Scienze Psichiatriche e Anestesiologiche Clinica Neurologica, Università di Messina; USD Stroke Unit (P.B., G.T.), DAI di Neuroscienze, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona; Centro Trombosi (C.L.), IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano-Milano; Divisione di Biologia e Genetica (M.R., M.C.), Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Brescia; and Dipartimento di Specialità Medico-Chirurgiche (C.C.), Scienze Radiologiche e Sanità Pubblica, Clinica Neurochirurgica, Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
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Salvadori E, Poggesi A, Pracucci G, Chiti A, Ciolli L, Cosottini M, Del Bene A, De Stefano N, Diciotti S, Di Donato I, Ginestroni A, Marini S, Mascalchi M, Nannucci S, Orlandi G, Pasi M, Pescini F, Valenti R, Federico A, Dotti MT, Bonuccelli U, Inzitari D, Pantoni L. Application of the DSM-5 Criteria for Major Neurocognitive Disorder to Vascular MCI Patients. Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra 2018; 8:104-116. [PMID: 29706987 PMCID: PMC5921186 DOI: 10.1159/000487130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2017] [Accepted: 01/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Aims The DSM-5 introduced the term “major neurocognitive disorders” (NCDs) to replace the previous term “dementia.” However, psychometric and functional definitions of NCDs are missing. We aimed to apply the DSM-5 criteria for diagnosing the transition to NCD to patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and small vessel disease (SVD), and to define clinically significant thresholds for this transition. Methods The functional and cognitive features of the NCD criteria were evaluated as change from baseline and operationalized according to hierarchically ordered psychometric rules. Results According to the applied criteria, out of 138 patients, 44 were diagnosed with major NCD (21 with significant cognitive worsening in ≥1 additional cognitive domain), 84 remained stable, and 10 reverted to normal. Single-domain MCI patients were the most likely to revert to normal, and none progressed to major NCD. The amnestic multiple-domain MCI patients had the highest rate of progression to NCD. Conclusion We provide rules for the DSM-5 criteria for major NCD based on cognitive and functional changes over time, and define psychometric thresholds for clinically significant worsening to be used in longitudinal studies. According to these operationalized criteria, one-third of the MCI patients with SVD progressed to major NCD after 2 years, but only within the multiple-domain subtypes.
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- Emilia Salvadori
- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Information Engineering "Guglielmo Marconi," University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- "Mario Serio" Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.,Quantitative and Functional Neuroradiology Research Program at Meyer Children Hospital and Careggi General Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- NEUROFARBA Department, Neuroscience Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- "L. Sacco" Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Vaglini M, Cascinelli F, Chiti A, Deraco M, Inglese MG, Rebuffoni G, Rizzi M, Sala B, Santoro N, Santinami M. Isolated Pelvic Perfusion for the Treatment of Unresectable Primary or Recurrent Rectal Cancer. Tumori 2018; 82:459-62. [PMID: 9063524 DOI: 10.1177/030089169608200510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Between May 1990 and December 1995, 16 patients with primary or recurrent unresectable rectal cancer were treated by isolated pelvic perfusion. All patients had been previously treated and were considered unsuitable for surgery or further systemic chemotherapy or radiotherapy. The treatment was based on a perfusion lasting 90 min at 40.5 C° with 5-fluorouracil, mitomycin-C and mitoxantrone. Whenever technically feasible (10 cases), continuous intraarterial chemotherapy (through a Medtronic device with a catheter in the inferior mesenteric artery) was administered postoperatively. Two complete responses and 2 partial responses were observed; 8 other patients showed stable disease. One patient did not show any response. Finally, 3 patients for various reasons were not assessable. All patients experienced immediate relief of pain. No major side effects directly related to isolated pelvic perfusion were recorded; a transitory bone marrow depletion was observed in all cases. In conclusion, isolated pelvic perfusion is useful in inoperable disease of the pelvis by reliably relieving pain and thereby improving the patients quality of life.
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- M Vaglini
- Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e.la Cura dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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Soresi E, Bombardieri E, Chiti A, Boffi R, Invernizzi G, Crippa F, Maffioli L. Indium-111-DTPA-octreotide Scintigraphy Modulation by Treatment with Unlabelled Somatostatin Analogue in Smali-Cell Lung Cancer. Tumori 2018; 81:125-7. [PMID: 7778214 DOI: 10.1177/030089169508100210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Aims and background Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) tissue expresses somatostatin receptors and can be visualized by means of the indium-111-labelled somatostatin analogue DTPA-D-Pheoctreotide. The aim of the study was to investigate whether treatment with a cold somatostatin analogue can affect the imaging of somatostatin receptor scintigraphy. Methods Three patients with SCLC were treated with 200 μg of cold octreotide three times a day subcutaneously for 7 days. Whole body and planar scintigraphy was performed before and after the treatment. Results 111In-DTPA-octreotide uptake was increased in cancer lesions, whereas fixation in normal tissues (liver, spleen, kidneys) decreased. Conclusions This is the first demonstration of an enhancement of SCLC imaging following unlabelled somatostatin analogue administration. Similar results have been described by other authors in a limited number of carcinoid tumors.
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- E Soresi
- Department of Pneumology, Ospedale Niguarda, Milano, Italy
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Santinami M, Deraco M, Azzarelli A, Cascinelli F, Chiti A, Costagli V, Inglese MG, Manzi R, Quagliolo V, Rebuffoni G, Santoro N, Vaglini M. Treatment of Recurrent Sarcoma of the Extremities by Isolated Limb Perfusion Using Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha and Melphalan. Tumori 2018; 82:579-84. [PMID: 9061068 DOI: 10.1177/030089169608200613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background 24-60% of patients with soft tissue sarcoma shows local recurrences after treatment of the primary tumor. The event is associated with a high incidence of macroscopic or microscopic metastases and a poor survival. Our goal is to preserve a patient's functional limb by treating such cases with isolated limb perfusion (ILP) with recombinant human tumor necrosis factor alpha (rHu TNF-α) and melphalan, which have demonstrated a potent antitumor activity in vivo and in vitro studies. Methods During the period November 1991 to November 1995, 10 patients with unresectable recurrent soft tissue sarcoma of the limb were treated by ILP at intermediate hyperthermia (40-40.5 °C) with rHu TNF-α and melphalan. Two patients also received recombinant interferon gamma (rIFN-γ) before and during ILP. We used a range of 2-4 mg for rHu TNF-α and 50-100 mg of melphalan. rIFN-γ was administered on days -2 and -1 (15x106 IU) subcutaneously and the same dose was injected in the arterial line during ILP. Results No perioperative surgical complication was observed. Local toxicity was moderate (grade I or II); general toxicity was observed in 6 patients (2 grade I and 4 grade III). Complete response was obtained in 7 cases; 2 patients had a partial response and finally 1 was a nonresponder and showed local progression, which required surgical amputation. Tumor necrosis (observed in 5 cases) was maximal in 4 patients (80-100%) and absent in the patient who had local progression. Conclusions The results we obtained with the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma confirm the efficacy of ILP as a limb-sparing methodology for unresectable recurrences. Furthermore, rHu TNF-α and melphalan confirmed their antitumor activity when associated with hyperthermia. Amputation or disarticulation may be reliable as a second-choice treatment for these patients.
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- M Santinami
- Division of Surgical Oncology B, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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Savelli G, Chiti A, Spinelli A, Regalia E, Mazzaferro V, Castellani MR, Balzarini L, Musumeci R, Bombardieri E. Bone Lesion in a Patient with Transplanted Liver for a Metastatic Carcinoid. The Role of Somatostatin Receptor Scintigraphy. Tumori 2018; 84:82-4. [PMID: 9619722 DOI: 10.1177/030089169808400118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A patient who had previously undergone ileal resection and liver transplantation for a gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) tumor was evaluated with somatostatin receptor scintigraphy (SRS) using 111In-DTPA-D-Phe1-pentetreotide. Eighteen months after surgery, during follow-up procedures, conventional imaging techniques (ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging) only showed a relapse in the gastropancre-atic lymph nodes, while SRS demonstrated skeletal spread. This case report emphasizes the clinical impact of SRS on the management of patients affected by neuroendocrine gastroenteropancreatic tumors.
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- G Savelli
- Nuclear Medicine Department, Istituto Nazionale per la Cura e lo Studio dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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