Alex Rovira

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore whether time to diagnosis, time to treatment initiation, and age to reach disability milestones have changed in patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) according to different multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnostic criteria periods.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors measured Lp-PLA 2 mass and activity in a selected cohort of first-ever transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke patients with intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) and investigated its relationship with the presence of classical vascular risk factors, response to secondary prevention treatments and risk of recurrent vascular events.

TL;DR: The gadolinium-dependent T1w hyperintensity in the brain depends on patient’s history, types of GBCAs used, and MR imaging setup and protocols, and quality standards for future studies are needed to standardize methodology and avoid potentially misleading results from retrospective studies.

TL;DR: Based on current and previous reports, the diagnostic approach and classification of patients with neurologic dysfunction and bilateral striatal lesions are presented.

TL;DR: After the five positive randomized controlled trials showing the benefit of mechanical thrombectomy in the management of acute ischemic stroke with emergent large vessel occlusion, a multisociety meeting was organized during the 16th Congress of the World Federation of Neurology.