Cancer and embolic stroke of undetermined source

BB Navi, SE Kasner, MSV Elkind, M Cushman… - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
One-quarter to one-third of ischemic strokes have no established mechanism after standard
diagnostic evaluation and are classified as embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) …

Ischemic stroke in cancer patients: a review of an underappreciated pathology

BB Navi, C Iadecola - Annals of neurology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Currently 1 in 10 patients with ischemic stroke have comorbid cancer, and this frequency is
expected to increase with continued advances in cancer therapeutics prolonging median …

Cryptogenic stroke: research and practice

S Yaghi, RA Bernstein, R Passman, PM Okin… - Circulation …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Cryptogenic stroke accounts for 30% to 40% of ischemic stroke. It is essential
to determine the possible culprit because this will improve secondary stroke prevention …

Mechanisms of ischemic stroke in patients with cancer: a prospective study

BB Navi, CP Sherman, R Genova, R Mathias… - Annals of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The objective of this study was to examine the pathophysiology of ischemic stroke
with cancer. Methods We conducted a prospective cross‐sectional study from 2016 to 2020 …

[HTML][HTML] Hypercoagulability and mortality of patients with stroke and active cancer: the OASIS-CANCER study

MJ Lee, JW Chung, MJ Ahn, S Kim, JM Seok… - Journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background and Purpose Patients with active cancer are at an increased risk for stroke.
Hypercoagulability plays an important role in cancer-related stroke. We aimed to test …

Poor short-term outcome in patients with ischaemic stroke and active cancer

M Kneihsl, C Enzinger, G Wünsch, M Khalil, V Culea… - Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Stroke risk is increased in cancer patients and cancer activity has been claimed to play a
role in the development of ischaemic stroke (IS). We wanted to further test these …

[HTML][HTML] Neurological and vascular complications of primary and secondary brain tumours: EANO-ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for prophylaxis, diagnosis …

P Roth, A Pace, E Le Rhun, M Weller, C Ay… - Annals of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The central nervous system (CNS) is affected by a large variety of primary brain tumours and
by metastases of cancers originating from other organs. Brain tumours carry a high morbidity …

[HTML][HTML] Ischemic stroke: a paradoxical manifestation of cancer

RA Salazar-Camelo, EA Moreno-Vargas… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction Approximately 5–10% of the patients with cryptogenic stroke have an
underlying malignancy. Stroke as a complication of cancer increases the morbidity and …

Immediate and long-term outcomes of reperfusion therapy in patients with cancer

J Yoo, YD Kim, H Park, BM Kim, OY Bang, HC Kim… - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: Patients with acute stroke are often accompanied by
comorbidities, such as active cancer. However, adequate treatment guidelines are not …

Imaging characteristics associated with clinical outcomes in posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

AD Schweitzer, NS Parikh, G Askin, A Nemade, J Lyo… - Neuroradiology, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a disorder of
cerebrovascular autoregulation that can result in brain edema, hemorrhage, and infarction …