The study aims to investigate characteristics and prognosis of ischemic stroke cases following cardiological interventions, focusing on the effectiveness and safety of acute ischemic stroke treatments.
acute ischemic stroke in adult patient (18 years of age or older) as diagnosed according to the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria;
stroke with evidence of CT/MRI DWI/FLAIR acute lesion in the first neuroimaging or in the follow-up at 24-48 h;
interventional cardiological procedures performed within 28 days since the stroke onset (Percutaneuous Coronary Intervention - PCI, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement - TAVR, Baloon Aortic Valvuloplasy - BAV, Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair or Replacement, Patent Formaen Ovale - PFO - or Atrial Septal Defects - ASD - Closure, Left Atrial Appendage Closure, Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement, Percutaneous Closure of Paravalvular Leaks);
written informed consent provided by the patient himself or by proxy (for unconscious patients, cognitively impaired, or aphasic).
Stroke-like symptoms due primarily to another non-ischemic/hemorrhagic acute neurological condition or stroke mimics (e.g. severe hypo- or hyperglycemia, migraine with aura, functional disorders, etc);
Spontaneous and post traumatic hemorrhagic stroke or spontaneous/post-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage or subdural hematoma;
AciuImpossibility to achieve written informed consent
University of L'Aquila
Lead sponsor
Rete delle NeuroCardiologie
Collaborator