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Luciano A. Sposato

Researcher at University of Western Ontario

Publications -  187
Citations -  73617

Luciano A. Sposato is an academic researcher from University of Western Ontario. The author has contributed to research in topics: Stroke & Atrial fibrillation. The author has an hindex of 49, co-authored 161 publications receiving 56573 citations. Previous affiliations of Luciano A. Sposato include Spanish National Research Council & Diego Portales University.

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Cerebral Embolic Protection in TAVI: Friend or Foe.

TL;DR: Cerebrovascular accidents including stroke or transient ischaemic attack are one of the most feared complications after transcatheter aortic valve implantation and cerebral embolic protection devices were developed with the aim of preventing procedural debris reaching the cerebral vasculature.
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Adverse Outcome of Early Recurrent Ischemic Stroke Secondary to Atrial Fibrillation after Repeated Systemic Thrombolysis

TL;DR: A case of a 76-year-old woman with known paroxysmal atrial fibrillation who was admitted because of an acute right middle cerebral artery ischemic stroke and who underwent repeated systemic thrombolysis within 110 hours, and who died 25 days after admission is described.
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Stroke risk, phenotypes, and death in COVID-19

TL;DR: Stroke is relatively frequent among patients with COVID-19 and has devastating consequences across all ages, and the interplay of older age, comorbid conditions, and severity of CO VID-19 respiratory symptoms is associated with an extremely elevated mortality.
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Atrial fibrillation diagnosed after stroke and dementia risk: cohort study of first-ever ischaemic stroke patients aged 65 or older.

TL;DR: Atrial fibrillation detected after stroke was independently associated with higher risk of dementia relative to no AF and among patients with AFDAS, the use of OACs was associated with lower dementia risk.