By Michael Xie and Risheng XuLiterally meaning “hazy” or “like a puff of smoke” in Japanese, the term “moyamoya” is also the name for an arteriopathy that causes narrowing of the arteries of the brain. This restriction of blood flow leads to the formation of many...
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Interview with Dr. Peter Sporns, author of the Save ChildS Study
By Nidhi Ravishankar & Arpita Lakhotia.The Save ChildS study1 is the first retrospective, multicenter cohort study that analyzed databases from 27 stroke centers in the United States and Europe suggesting comparable safety data for endovascular thrombectomy (EVT)...
Deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2 (ADA2), what are we missing?
By Ariane Soldatos & Amanda Ombrello. Case: A previously healthy 14-year-old patient presents with a small stroke in the basal ganglia following upper respiratory symptoms. You do the usual vascular, cardiac and thrombophilia work-up which is unrevealing. You...
Arteriovenous Malformations in children: risk of recurrence following apparent cure.
By Erika Chandler & Arpita Lakhotia.As physicians, when we encounter a child with stroke symptoms, we ask ourselves “Is this hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke?” as the treatment and outcomes are different. To put it simply, hemorrhagic stroke occurs when there is...
COVID-19 & pediatric stroke—French guidelines & IPSO COVID Watch
By Heather Fullerton. After our May 13th blog post about COVID-19 and pediatric stroke, French IPSO members, Dr. Manoëlle Kossorotoff and Dr. Stéphane Chabrier, kindly shared with us their pandemic guidance for children with cerebrovascular disease. Hôpital...
Perinatal Arterial Stroke: A Multi-site RCT of Intensive Infant Rehabilitation (I-ACQUIRE)
| Enrolling | Clinical Trial | Multi-site | StrokeNet NIH | Sharon L. Ramey & Warren Lo | This is a Phase III clinical trial to compare the efficacy of two dosages of a new infant rehabilitation protocol - I-ACQUIRE - to usual and customary forms of infant...