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Acute symptomatic seizures in cerebral venous thrombosis
Lindgren, Erik; Silvis, Suzanne M.; Hiltunen, Sini; Heldner, Mirjam R.; Serrano, Fabiola; de Scisco, Michele; Zelano, Johan; Zuurbier, Susanna M.Objective: To identify characteristics, predictors, and outcomes of acute symptomatic seizures (ASS) in cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT), we investigated 1,281 consecutive adult patients with CVT included from 12 hospitals within the International CVT Consortium. Methods: We defined ASS as any seizure between symptom onset and 7 days after diagnosis of CVT. We stratified ASS into prediagnosis and solely postdia...
Reperfusion therapies and poststroke seizures
Bentes, Carla; Brigo, Francesco; Zelano, Johan; Ferro, JoséSeizures are not only a frequent complication of stroke but have been associated with an unfavorable functional and vital outcome of patients who have had stroke. Facing a new paradigm of acute standard stroke care, acute symptomatic seizures in this clinical setting deserve to be rethought. Reperfusion therapies, the gold standard treatment for acute ischemic stroke, improve long-term survival and outcome of p...