Stroke: high rate of occult atrial fibrillation, effects of insulin on growth of infarction and stenting versus endarterectomy for treatment of carotid-artery stenosis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology and IFB(LMU), University Hospital Munich, Campus Grosshadern, Marchioninistr. 15, Munich, Germany. Michael.strupp@med.uni-muenchen.de

Comment

Michael Strupp. J Neurol. 2010 Jul.

. 2010 Jul;257(7):1221-3.

doi: 10.1007/s00415-010-5628-y.

¹ Department of Neurology and IFB(LMU), University Hospital Munich, Campus Grosshadern, Marchioninistr. 15, Munich, Germany. Michael.strupp@med.uni-muenchen.de

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Randomized, controlled trial of insulin for acute poststroke hyperglycemia.
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Occult atrial fibrillation in ischemic stroke: seek and you shall find.
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Detection of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with transtelephonic EKG in TIA or stroke patients.
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Stenting versus endarterectomy for treatment of carotid-artery stenosis.
Brott TG, Hobson RW 2nd, Howard G, Roubin GS, Clark WM, Brooks W, Mackey A, Hill MD, Leimgruber PP, Sheffet AJ, Howard VJ, Moore WS, Voeks JH, Hopkins LN, Cutlip DE, Cohen DJ, Popma JJ, Ferguson RD, Cohen SN, Blackshear JL, Silver FL, Mohr JP, Lal BK, Meschia JF; CREST Investigators. Brott TG, et al. N Engl J Med. 2010 Jul 1;363(1):11-23. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0912321. Epub 2010 May 26. N Engl J Med. 2010. PMID: 20505173 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.