Stefano Spolveri

TL;DR: Stroke associated with atrial fibrillation has a poor prognosis in terms of death and function and prevention and care of stroke with AF is a major challenge for European health systems.

TL;DR: In a hospital-based nonselected series of stroke survivors, despite the use of a method with low sensitivity for defining dementia, this study confirms that dementia is a frequent sequela of stroke and is mainly predicted by stroke severity.

TL;DR: In patients with first-ever minor stroke, the risk factor profile differs according to the evidence of SLI or MLI on the CT scan, and patients with SLI seem more similar to those with NLI than those with MLI.

TL;DR: The results show that using a simple screening method based on both objective and subjective criteria is possible to identify complex patients within IM wards and that every day, about one-third of the patients are complex.

TL;DR: The real life evidence suggests that early starting of DOACs in patients with NVAF-related AIS is safe and associated with low recurrence risk and all-cause mortality.