In a follow-up to a 1-year study involving patients who had a TIA or minor stroke, the rate of cardiovascular events including stroke in a selected cohort was 6.4% in the first year and 6.4% in the second through fifth years. (Funded by AstraZeneca and others.).

Relief of post-stroke arm spasticity may be associated with changes at several hierarchical levels of the cortical sensorimotor system, including the prefrontal cortex.

Our study suggests that posterior circulation stroke is associated with a lower risk of intracranial hemorrhage than anterior circulation stroke is.

Sonographically measured enlargement of the ONSD may already be detectable in the hyperacute stage of increased intracranial pressure.