Early neurologic deterioration -- as measured by an increase of 2 or more points on the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) at 7 days -- occurred in fewer of those on DAPT (4.8% vs ...

Eligible patients were 18 to 80 years of age; had acute ischemic stroke within the previous 24 hours with a score of 6 to 30 on the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS; scores range ...

Paused anticoagulation in AF stroke was linked to younger thrombi, suggesting a possible rebound effect influencing clot ...

The cohort consisted of 74 women and 79 men, had a mean age of 67.2 ± 13.1 years, and initial and 3-month National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) mean scores of 10.95 ± 6.25 and 2.09 ...

Patients in the AF group were found to have significantly (P < .0001) higher admission and discharge NIHSS scores (median, 11 vs 3 and 7 vs 2, respectively), longer hospital stays (median, 11 days ...

A secondary outcome of neurological deterioration, defined by an NIHSS score of 2 or more, also was reduced with tirofiban (11.7% vs 23.6%; RR 0.49; 95% CI 0.32-0.75). Various assessments of early ...