EDITORIAL: Higher #cholesterol was again associated with lower Prevent Brain Bleeds risk BUT is there a #statin #paradox (statin use protective of ICH)? What should the clinician do regarding statin use in high ICH risk patients? Guido Falcone Neurology Journal n.neurology.org/content/early/…

NEW OPEN ACCESS REVIEW - Updates on #Prevention of #Hemorrhagic & #Lacunar #Stroke - Special Section on Hereditary Cerebral Microangiopathies - Detecting & managing patients at High Risk for Prevent Brain Bleeds and lacunar infarcts Hsin-Hsi Cynthia Tsai Stroke Prevention j-stroke.org/journal/view.p…

Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy With Vascular Iron Accumulation and Calcification: A High-Resolution #MRI Histopathology Study #stroke ow.ly/j8Wo30l82CM

What is the frequency, determinants, and outcomes of ultra-early neurological deterioration (#U-END) in #stroke? NIH FAST-MAG trial data shows U-END occurs in 1 in 3 hemorrhage & 1 in 16 ischemia pts with worse functional and mortality outcomes. Read more ja.ma/2K0I0Ap

Long-Term Premorbid Blood Pressure and Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Burden on Imaging in Transient Ischemic Attack and Ischemic #Stroke ow.ly/v5f730lb9HG

Cortical Microinfarcts on 3T #MRI in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: Relations With Other MRI Markers of Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy and Cognition ow.ly/NWwC30lp3ne

Death rates from #stroke are declining overall in #Europe, but are levelling off or increasing in some countries bit.ly/2Bd78oz European Society of Cardiology #ESCCoT European Stroke Org EU One Health WHO/Europe World Health Organization (WHO)

Officially out today - new work from the UCL Stroke Research Centre on the profile of cognitive impairment observed after intracerebral haemorrhage UCL Stroke Research UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL Brain Sciences jns-journal.com/article/S0022-…

IMPORTANT OPEN ACCESS The BMJ - NOACs assoc w/ ⇧risks of all cause mortality comp w/ warfarin in large UK study. Confounding by indication starting to work against NOACs as they are more frequently used in high risk patients Julia Hippisley-Cox bmj.com/content/362/bm…

Predictors of symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage in patients with an ischaemic stroke with neurological deterioration after intravenous thrombolysis ow.ly/5xin30lfZdG

How useful are simple clinical features and non-invasive imaging at predicting an underlying structural cause of acute intracerebral haemorrhage? ow.ly/kI8O30lfZe4

A meta-analysis comprising 5 #rcts comparing #NOACs to #aspirin showed rivaroxaban 15-20mg daily increased risk of intracranial hemorrhage, while #rivaroxaban daily and #apixaban twice daily did not. Learn more ja.ma/2PwpJ2b

Predicting the presence of macrovascular causes in non-traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage: the DIAGRAM prediction score ow.ly/BaZ630lfZeq

New from the UCL Stroke Research Centre - our attempts to better quantify the association between statins and ICH in patients with stroke UCL Stroke Research UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL Brain Sciences Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry jnnp.bmj.com/content/early/…

Read about advances in lacunar #stroke pathophysiology. What’s the underlying vessel pathology? How are they related to other sequelae of small vessel disease, or to systemic processes? Find out ja.ma/2N7FLku

British neurology leading the festivities in Berlin ! European Stroke Org CSB @BASP_TE

To learn more about statins and Prevent Brain Bleeds - New systematic review and meta-analysis by Gargi Banerjee and Prof. David Wearing Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry jnnp.bmj.com/content/early/…

If you don't find the cause Prevent Brain Bleeds, you persuade the radiologist to help you keep searching, says Charlotte Cordonnier European Stroke Org CSB @BASP_TE