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HIDROXIUREIA MELHORA A PERFUSÃO SANGUÍNEA MESENTÉRICA E CONTRIBUI PARA A INTEGRIDADE DA BARREIRA INTESTINAL EM CAMUNDONGOS COM ANEMIA FALCIFORME Open

Elsa Azevedo, PL Brito, LFS Gushiken, FC Leonardo, Jane Brewin , et al. · 2025

Avaliação Clínica Da Doença Vascular Na Ubs Como Porta De Entrada Para O Sus: Uma Revisão Narrativa Open

Fábio Guimarães da Silveira, Roberto Oliveira Rodrigues, Gustavo Mendonça, Beatriz Itabaiana Nicolau Cantarino O’dwyer, Karina Macedo Silva da Conceição Ferreira , et al. · 2025

Hydroxyurea Improves Mesenteric Blood Flow and Reduces Gut Permeability in Sickle Cell Disease Mice Open

Elsa Azevedo, Pâmela L. Brito, Lucas Fernando Sérgio Gushiken, Flávia C. Leonardo, John Brewin , et al. · 2025

Neurovascular coupling assessment by transcranial doppler in acute stroke could be informative of long-term cognitive status Open

Juliana Ferreira, Frederica Alves, Tiago Pedro, Luísa Fonseca, Guilherme Gama , et al. · 2025

To assess whether Neurovascular Coupling (NVC) status in acute ischemic stroke predicts long-term cognitive impairment, this prospective study included consecutive ischemic stroke patients, without prior cognitive deficits, recruited betwe…

Síndromes torácicas agudas: Manejo de situações críticas no ambiente hospitalar Open

Elsa Azevedo, Vítor Nunes, Thiago Tembé de Souza, Caio César Chaves de Lucena, Eunice De Oliveira Costa , et al. · 2025

As síndromes torácicas agudas (STA) representam um conjunto de condições críticas que afetam o tórax, como pneumotórax, embolia pulmonar, síndrome do desconforto respiratório agudo (SDRA) e infarto agudo do miocárdio (IAM), exigindo manejo…

Recanalization Outcomes and Procedural Complications in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke and COVID-19 Receiving Endovascular Treatment Open

João Pedro Marto, Davide Strambo, George Ntaios, Thanh N. Nguyen, Paweł Wrona , et al. · 2025

Psychiatric Comorbidities in Neurologic Hospitalizations in Portugal: A Nationwide Retrospective Observational Study Open

Manuel Gonçalves‐Pinho, Bárbara Martins, Andreia Costa, João Ribeiro, Alberto Freitas , et al. · 2024

Introduction: Psychiatric comorbidities have a significant impact on patients’ quality of life and often go undetected in neurologic practice. The aim of this study was to describe and characterize psychiatric comorbidities among patients …

Cerebral blood flow regulation and cognitive performance in hypertension Open

Ana Monteiro, Pedro Castro, Gilberto R. Pereira, Carmen Ferreira, Jorge Polónia , et al. · 2024

We examined the relation between transcranial Doppler (TCD) markers of cerebral blood flow regulation and cognitive performance in hypertension (HT) patients to evaluate the predictive value of these markers for cognitive decline. We asses…

Rapid systematic review of readmissions costs after stroke Open

Pedro Abreu, Manuel Correia, Elsa Azevedo, Bernardo Sousa‐Pinto, Rui Magalhães · 2024

Neurosonology Survey in Europe and Beyond Open

Claudio Baracchini, Elsa Azevedo, Uwe Walter, João Sargento‐Freitas, Branko Malojčić · 2024

Purpose To provide an overview on education, training, practice requirements, and fields of application of neurosonology in Europe and beyond. Materials and Methods National representatives and experts in neurosonology were surveyed regard…

Neurovascular Coupling and Poststroke Cognitive Performance: Exploring Correlations and Future Predictive Potential Open

Juliana Ferreira, Frederica Alves, Tiago Pedro, Ana Aires, Luísa Fonseca , et al. · 2024

Introduction: Poststroke cognitive decline can affect activities of daily living, decrease survivors' quality of life and increase health care costs. The mechanisms of long-term cognitive decline are not well understood, but 6 months after…

Detection of microemboli in patients with acute ischaemic stroke and atrial fibrillation suggests poor functional outcome Open

Pedro Castro, Juliana Ferreira, Branko Malojčić, Danira Bažadona, Claudio Baracchini , et al. · 2023

Introduction: We investigated the burden of microembolic signals (MES) in patients with acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) and atrial fibrillation (AF), assessing their impact on functional outcomes. Patients and methods: This multicentre intern…

Effect of Asymptomatic and Symptomatic COVID-19 on Acute Ischemic Stroke Revascularization Outcomes Open

Davide Strambo, João Pedro Marto, George Ntaios, Thanh N. Nguyen, Patrik Michel , et al. · 2023

BACKGROUND: The association of COVID-19 with higher bleeding risk and worse outcomes in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) undergoing revascularization may be related to the presence of infection symptoms. We aimed to assess the safety and outcom…

Delivery of acute ischaemic stroke treatments in the European region in 2019 and 2020 Open

Diana Aguiar de Sousa, Arlene Wilkie, Bo Norrving, Chris Macey, Claudio L. Bassetti , et al. · 2023

Introduction: We assessed best available data on access and delivery of acute stroke unit (SU) care, intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) and endovascular treatment (EVT) in the European region in 2019 and 2020. Patients and methods: We compared…

Changes in cerebral autoregulation and vasoreactivity after surgical aortic valve replacement: a prospective study Open

Tiago Pedro, Andreia Costa, Juliana Ferreira, Ana Luísa Rocha, Élson Salgueiro , et al. · 2022

Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) alters the natural course of severe aortic stenosis (AS). In this study, we aimed to determine the effects of the disease on dynamic cerebral autoregulation and vasoreactivity (VR) and to assess the…

Safety and Outcome of Revascularization Treatment in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke and COVID-19 Open

João Pedro Marto, Davide Strambo, George Ntaios, Thanh N. Nguyen, Roman Herzig , et al. · 2022

The study was registered under ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT04895462.

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Kazuki Ohashi, Kensuke Fujiwara, Toshiya Osanai, Takumi Tanikawa, Kyohei Bando , et al. · 2022

Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Neurology – Report of the EAN SPN/ESNCH/ERcNsono Neuro-POCUS Working Group Open

J. Valaikienė, Felix Schlachetzki, Elsa Azevedo, Manfred Kaps, Piergiorgio Lochner , et al. · 2022

In the last decade, ultrasound examination in neurology has been undergoing a significant expansion of its modalities. In parallel, there is an increasing demand for rapid and high-quality diagnostics in various acute diseases in the preho…

Author response for "Tocilizumab for severe refractory primary central nervous system vasculitis: A center experience" Open

Verónica Cabreira, Leonor Dias, Bruno Fernandes, Ana Aires, Joana Guimarães , et al. · 2021

Acute Inflammation in Cerebrovascular Disease: A Critical Reappraisal with Focus on Human Studies Open

Rafael Dias, Leonor Dias, Elsa Azevedo, Pedro Castro · 2021

Recent attention has been focused on the field of inflammatory biomarkers associated with vascular disorders, regarding diagnosis, prognosis, and possible therapeutical targets. In this study, we aimed to perform a comprehensive review of …

Neurovascular Coupling Is Impaired in Hypertensive and Diabetic Subjects Without Symptomatic Cerebrovascular Disease Open

Ana Monteiro, Pedro Castro, Gilberto R. Pereira, Carmen Ferreira, Farzaneh A. Sorond , et al. · 2021

The mechanistic link between hypertension, diabetes and cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) is still poorly understood. We hypothesized that hypertension and diabetes could impair cerebrovascular regulation prior to irreversibly establish…

Nationwide Access to Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Portugal Open

Mariana Carvalho Dias, Ricardo Soares-dos-Reis, João Vasco Santos, Ana Paiva Nunes, Patrícia Ferreira , et al. · 2021

Introduction: Since the publication of endovascular treatment trials and European Stroke Guidelines, Portugal has re-organized stroke healthcare. The nine centers performing endovascular treatment are not equally distributed within the cou…

Admission and Readmission/Death Patterns in Hospitalized and Non-hospitalized First-Ever-in-a-Lifetime Stroke Patients During the First Year: A Population-Based Incidence Study Open

Pedro Abreu, Rui Magalhães, Diana Baptista, Elsa Azevedo, Manuel Correia · 2021

Background: Hospitalization and readmission rates after a first-ever-in-a-lifetime stroke (FELS) are considered measures of quality of care and, importantly, may give valuable information to better allocate health-related resources. We aim…

Rapid Assessment of Blood Pressure Variability and Outcome After Successful Thrombectomy Open

Pedro Castro, Francisca Ferreira, Cindy Khanh Nguyen, Seyedmehdi Payabvash, Can Ozan Tan , et al. · 2021

Background and Purpose: High blood pressure (BP) variability after endovascular stroke therapy is associated with poor outcome. Conventional BP variability measures require long recordings, limiting their utility as a risk assessment tool …

Neuro‐COVID frequency and short‐term outcome in the Northern Portuguese population Open

Vanessa Oliveira, Mafalda Seabra, Rita Rodrigues, Vanessa Carvalho, Michel Mendes , et al. · 2021

Background and purpose COVID‐19‐related acute neurological phenotypes are being increasingly recognised, with neurological complications reported in more than 30% of hospitalised patients. However, multicentric studies providing a populati…

SARS-CoV-2 and Stroke Characteristics Open

Shima Shahjouei, Georgios Tsivgoulis, Ghasem Farahmand, Eric Koza, Ashkan Mowla , et al. · 2021

Background and Purpose: Stroke is reported as a consequence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in several reports. However, data are sparse regarding the details of these patients in a multinational a…

Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Predicts Cerebral Edema and Clinical Worsening Early After Reperfusion Therapy in Stroke Open

Daniela Ferro, Margarida Matias, Joana Neto, Rafael Dias, Goreti Moreira , et al. · 2021

Background and Purpose: The mechanisms linking systemic inflammation to poor outcome in ischemic stroke are not fully understood. The authors investigated if peripheral inflammation following reperfusion therapy leads to an increase in cer…

Neurovascular Coupling Impairment in Heart Failure with Reduction Ejection Fraction Open

Ana Aires, António Andrade, Elsa Azevedo, Filipa Gomes, José Paulo Araújo , et al. · 2020

The hemodynamic consequences of a persistent reduced ejection fraction and unknown cardiac output on the brain have not been thoroughly studied. We sought to explore the status of the mechanisms of cerebrovascular regulation in patients wi…

Dynamic Cerebral Autoregulation Post Endovascular Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Open

Faheem Sheriff, Pedro Castro, Mariel G. Kozberg, Sarah LaRose, Andrew D. Monk , et al. · 2020

The development of the endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) technique has revolutionized acute stroke management for patients with large vessel occlusions (LVOs). The impact of successful recanalization using an EVT on autoregulatory profiles i…

SARS-CoV-2 and Stroke Characteristics: A Report from the Multinational COVID-19 Stroke Study Group Open

Shima Shahjouei, Georgios Tsivgoulis, Ghasem Farahmand, Eric Koza, Ashkan Mowla , et al. · 2020

Background Stroke is reported as a consequence of SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, there is a lack of regarding comprehensive stroke phenotype and characteristics Methods We conducted a multinational observational study on features of consec…

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