1.Should the patients with ischemic stroke with infective endocarditis be treated with anticoagulants?
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2012;20(5):397-400
There are many controversies for how to treat the occurrence of ischemic stroke on the basis of infective endocarditis would be more reasonable,especially there is no consensus on whether to treat with anticoagulants.The article discusses about this.
2.Should all patients with ischemic stroke use high-dose statins?
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2012;(11):875-880
Statin therapy has become a standard method for the prevention of ischemic stroke,and is becoming a treatment option for acute ischemic stroke.The pleiotropic effects of statins which are independent of cholesterol are the main basis of using them in the treatment of ischemic stroke.It is regarded that these pleiotropic effects may have neuroprotective effects,thus improving the neurological functional outcome of patients.At the same time,studies have shown that the therapeutic effect of statins has dose-dependent manner; therefore,we advocate using high-dose statin therapy.However,about whether high-dose statins should be used in patients with ischemic stroke of the different mechanisms remain controversial.
3.Should asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis be an indication for revascularization?
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2011;19(4):317-320
With the continuous improvement of drag for stroke prevention, ipsilateral stroke risk in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis has been equal to or lower than that in the revascularization group in randomized controlled trials. Under this condition, is the asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis an indication for revascularization? This article introduces the views of different researchers.
4.Should the patients with middle cerebral artery occlusion of transient ischemic attack be treated with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator?
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2011;19(2):157-160
Neuroimaging studies show that transient ischemic attacks of middle cerebral artery occlusion are not uncommon.Whether these patients should be treated with tissue plasminogen activator remains to be controversial.This article introduces the different views around this debate.
5.Stroke prevention in patients with carotid artery stenosis: Endarterectomy, stent angioplasty, or best medical therapy?
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2009;17(5):393-400
Carotid stenosis is an important risk factor for isehemie stroke. For many years, there have been controversies surrounding how to treat carotid artery stenosis, and then effectively realize stroke prevention. This article analyzes them.
6.Should cerebral venous sinus thrombosis be given anticoagulant treatment?
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2009;17(2):157-160
Cerebral venous sirras thrombosis is rare clinical practice, but there has been controversial as to whether anticoagulant therapy should be performed or not. The bone of contention is whether anticoagulant therapy is safe and effective indeed. This article discusses the above problem.
7.Homocysteine and the prevention of ischemic stroke
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2009;17(3):233-240
The evidence from epidemiological and observational studies support that homocysteine is an important risk factor for ischemic stroke. Using folic acid and vitamins B to reduce homocysteine may effectively prevent ischemic stroke. However, the results of the vast majority of clinical trials are negative. This article analyzes them.
8.Questions need to be clarified in stroke prevention and treatment practice in patients with atrial fibrillation
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2009;17(1):71-78
How to choose and implement antithrombotic therapy has always been a controversial issue in the primary and secondary prevention of cardiac embolic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation in clinical practice. This article synthesizes the recent literatures and discusses them.
9.Is intraarterial thrombolysis within 3 hours for selected acute ischemic stroke patients?
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2009;17(11):876-880
There has been controversies on whether using intravenous or intraarterial thrombolytic therapy around the onset of acute ischemic stroke within 3 hours.This article summarizes the main arguments of different neurologists.
10.Is it ethical to have a placebo arm in reperfusion trials in the 3-to 6-hour time window?
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2009;17(7):554-558
dence is weak. And whether it is ethical to have a placebo arm in reperfusion trials in the 3- to 6-hour time window remains controversy. This article discusses them.