IPSO Literature Review August 2025
This issue highlights June 2025- July 2025 publications

The IPSO Communications Committee is pleased to bring you this bi-monthly bulletin of publications relevant to pediatric stroke. We hope this helps keep you informed of recent research.

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IPSO Members’ Publications

  1. Bhatia KD, Parra-Farinas C, Colao K, Orbach DB, Abruzzo T, Rennie A, Sporns PB, Dmytriw AA, Fullerton H, Muthusami P. Recommendations from the International Paediatric Stroke Organization on pediatric neurointerventional best practices based on Delphi consensus. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 Jun 10:jnis-2025-023345. doi: 10.1136/jnis-2025-023345. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40500125.
  2. Somboonnithiphol K, Oushy S, See AP, Orbach DB. Endovascular therapeutic occlusion of major cerebral arteries in children. Interv Neuroradiol. 2025 Jun 2:15910199251345024. doi: 10.1177/15910199251345024. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40452481; PMCID: PMC12129955.
  3. Emani SS, Kappel AD, Rangwala SD, Piwowarczyk P, Singh N, Choi JH, See AP, Orbach DB. Are brain arteriovenous malformations congenital or developmental? Evidence from paediatric age data. Brain. 2025 May 20:awaf190. doi: 10.1093/brain/awaf190. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40392970.
  4. Lazatin PC, Puglisi EN, Meadows JS, Somboonnithiphol K, See AP, Orbach DB. Mediolateral Diameter of the Falcine Sinus as a Predictor of Clinical Outcomes in Fetal Vein of Galen Malformations. Stroke. 2025 Jul;56(7):1758-1768. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.125.050694. Epub 2025 Apr 2. PMID: 40171650. 
  5. Balcerzyk-Matić A, Kopyta I, Kruszniewska-Rajs C, Niemiec P, Gola J. Identification of Monogenic Causes of Arterial Ischemic Stroke in Children with Arteriopathies by Next-Generation Sequencing. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Jun 27;26(13):6228. doi: 10.3390/ijms26136228. PMID: 40650005; PMCID: PMC12250446.
  6. Fearn ND, Yau ML, Gajera J, Monagle P, Grobler A, Stojanovski B, Anderson V, Gordon A, Greenham M, Cooper A, Mackay MT. Factors Influencing Long-Term Outcomes in Childhood Arterial Ischemic Stroke. Pediatr Neurol. 2025 Aug;169:123-130. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2025.05.015. Epub 2025 May 15. PMID: 40499242.
  7. Zhao MY, Alexander S, Lopez CA, Zhang H, Morton G, Armindo RD, Yeom KW, Tong E, Soares BP, Lee S, Moseley M, Steinberg GK. Characterizing pre- and post-operative cerebral blood flow and transit time in pediatric moyamoya patients using multi-delay ASL and DSC MRI. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2025 Jul 15:271678X251358979. doi: 10.1177/0271678X251358979. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40665679.
  8. Wagenaar N, Baak LM, van der Aa NE, Groenendaal F, Dudink J, Tataranno ML, Koopman C, Verhage CH, Eijsermans RMJC, van Teeseling HC, Smit LS, Jellema RK, de Haan TR, Ter Horst HJ, de Boode WP, Steggerda S, Mulder-de Tollenaer SM, Dijkman KP, de Haar CG, de Vries LS, van Bel F, Heijnen CJ, Nijboer CH, Benders MJNL. PASSIoN Trial (Perinatal Arterial Stroke Treated With Intranasal Stromal Cells): 2-Year Safety and Neurodevelopment. Stroke. 2025 Jul 14. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.125.050786. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40654084.
  9. Elgehiny A, Wright M, Srivaths L, Mannava S, AlQahtani S, He J, Davila-Williams D, Fraser S. Spinal Cord Stroke in the Pediatric Population: A Clinical Overview. Pediatr Neurol. 2025 Jul 2;170:38-42. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2025.06.002. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40609286.
  10. He J, Montanez NA, Fraser S, Barnett A, Thennavan A, Silos C, Nkansah F, Smith K, Srivaths LV. Characteristics and outcomes of pediatric cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: Insights from the pediatric health information system database. Thromb Res. 2025 Jul;251:109340. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2025.109340. Epub 2025 May 8. PMID: 40412137.
  11. Nguyen D, Cheung SW, Liu Y, Mackay MT, Stojanovski B, Moodie M, Gao L. Examination of pediatric hemorrhagic stroke incidence: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2025 Jul;34(7):108344. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2025.108344. Epub 2025 May 10. PMID: 40354989.
  12. Geeraert BL, Brooks BL, Kirton A, Carlson HL. White matter microstructure in language tracts in youth with perinatal stroke. Brain Imaging Behav. 2025 Jun 30. doi: 10.1007/s11682-025-01011-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40588628.
  13. Bardhi M, Zewdie ET, Kirton A, Carlson HL. Optimization Simulations of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Montages in Children With Perinatal Stroke. Neuromodulation. 2025 Jun 9:S1094-7159(25)00187-4. doi: 10.1016/j.neurom.2025.05.002. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40492999.
  14. Fullerton HJ. Ralph L. Sacco Outstanding Stroke Research Mentor Award: Mentoring to Propel Progress in Pediatric Stroke. Stroke. 2025 Jun;56(6):1631-1635. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.125.051165. Epub 2025 May 23. PMID: 40408520.
  15. Fullerton HJ, Hills NK, Chen H, Dlamini N, Stence NV, Wintermark M; VIPS II Investigators. Changing Management of Focal Cerebral Arteriopathy of Childhood From 2010 to 2022. Stroke. 2025 Jun;56(6):1460-1468. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.050550. Epub 2025 May 12. PMID: 40351190; PMCID: PMC12101933.
  16. Tambala D, Vassar R, Snow J, Balestrini S, Bersano A, Guey S, Bonaventura E, Signorini S, Sartori S, Bertini E, Tonduti D, Parazzini C, Macchiaiolo M, Pelizza MF, Pichiecchio A, Massella L, Coste T, Orcesi S, Politano D, Bacci G, Marziali E, Dollfus H, Mandelli A, Chinali M, Plaisier E, Simioni P, Colombatti R, Guerrini R, Tournier-Lasserve E, Gould DB, Musolino PL. COL4A1 and COL4A2-Related Disorders – Clinical Features, Diagnostic Guidelines, and Management. Genet Med. 2025 Jul 1:101514. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2025.101514. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40616396.
  17. Valencia S, Machado-Rivas F, Cortes-Albornoz MC, Cartmell SC, Griffin H, Orbach DB, Rameh V, See AP, Warfield SK, Afacan O, Jaimes C. 7 Tesla Time-of-Flight MRA in Adolescents. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 Jul 1:ajnr.A8908. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A8908. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40592541.
  18. Haider MA, Azam F, Smith PD, Farid M, Lout E, Anand S, Jenkins A, Venkatesh P, Ramirez C, Darko K, Bah MG, Naik A, Barrie U, Braga BP, Whittemore B. Management, and outcomes of pediatric cerebral cavernous malformations across age groups: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature. J Clin Neurosci. 2025 Jul;137:111289. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2025.111289. Epub 2025 May 5. PMID: 40327921.
  19. Shiino S, Han C, Garza M, Fusco M, Chitale R, Davis LT, Richerson W, Rodeghier M, Dubois AR, Leguizamon M, Hett K, Jordan LC, Donahue MJ. Presenting cerebrovascular reactivity as a determinant of direct and indirect surgical revascularization success in North American patients with moyamoya vasculopathy. J Neurosurg. 2025 Feb 14;143(1):274-284. doi: 10.3171/2024.10.JNS24697. PMID: 39951721.
  20. Lewis JB, Fields ME, Binkley MM, Zhou A, Mirro A, Ouyang A, Gupta N, Chen Y, Fellah S, Smith AE, Dedkov I, Hulbert ML, Ford AL, An H, Lee JM, Goyal MS, Guilliams KP. Cerebral arterial lumens are enlarged in children and young adults with sickle cell disease compared to peers. Neuroimage Rep. 2025 Jun;5(2):100265. doi: 10.1016/j.ynirp.2025.100265. Epub 2025 May 9. PMID: 40535957; PMCID: PMC12172934.

Additional Non-IPSO Members’ Publications 

  1. Sasagasako T, Mineharu Y, Funaki T, Fushimi Y, Chihara H, Park S, Nakajima K, Matsui Y, Okawa M, Kikuchi T, Arakawa Y. RNF213 Mutation Associated with the Progression from Middle Cerebral Artery Steno-Occlusive Disease to Moyamoya Disease. Transl Stroke Res. 2025 Aug;16(4):1146-1155. doi: 10.1007/s12975-024-01293-2. Epub 2024 Aug 27. PMID: 39191959; PMCID: PMC12202527.
  2. Wang Z, Li J, Long Z, Ren Y, Li J, Wang X, Wang L, Hao J, Zhou M, Yin P, Ma Q. National and Provincial Trends of Mortality and Years of Life Lost due to Stroke in Children and Adolescents in China, 2005-2020: An Analysis of National Mortality Surveillance Data. Int J Stroke. 2025 Jul 10:17474930251360105. doi: 10.1177/17474930251360105. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40641048.
  3. Wilson SR, Noubouossie D, Little JA, Karafin MS. Real-world assessment of acute red cell exchange for stroke in sickle cell disease. Br J Haematol. 2025 Jul;207(1):217-224. doi: 10.1111/bjh.20170. Epub 2025 May 25. PMID: 40415245.
  4. Asaadi S, Rosenthal MG, Radulescu A, Mukherjee K, Luo-Owen X, Dubose JJ, Tabrizi MB; AAST PROOVIT Study Group. Pediatric Versus Adult Blunt Cerebrovascular Injuries: Patients Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes. Ann Vasc Surg. 2025 Jul;116:1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2025.02.016. Epub 2025 Mar 11. PMID: 40081524.
  5. Nickoles TA, Eubanks JW 3rd, Lewit RA, Siddique R, Notrica DM, Stottlemyre RL, Ryan M, Johnson J, Maxson RT, Naiditch JA, Lawson KA, Williams R. The A+ criteria for pediatric blunt cerebrovascular injury: An ATOMAC+ multicenter study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 Jun 13. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004686. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40506814.

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