Updates on Stroke: Diagnosis and Management

Dear Colleagues,

Ischemic stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the world, accounting for about 60 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and 3 million deaths each year. These statistics underscore the profound impact this condition has on our society.

Knowledge regarding diagnosis and therapy is constantly evolving, allowing us to intervene in more cases and thus combat the aforementioned statistics.

However, not all ischemic strokes are the same, both pathophysiologically and prognostically speaking; in this context, we aim to compile a comprehensive resource to aid neuroradiologists in navigating the latest developments in this field, thus treating topics of great interest such as the following:

• Neurovascular anatomy in relation to imaging findings and clinical presentation in ischemic stroke.
• Thrombolysis before mechanical thrombectomy within the time window: is it always a good idea?
• Tandem lesions.
• Thrombectomy of posterior circulation stroke.
• Reshaping the ASPECT score over the years: qualitative beyond quantitative.
• Management of atheromatous disease of large intracranial vessels in acute settings.
• Carotid web and stroke: is preventive treatment an option?
• Machine learning support in ischemic stroke: where are we?

Dr. Joseph Domenico Gabrieli
Guest Editor

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• ischemic stroke
• atheromatous disease
• thrombolysis
• machine learning
• neurovascular anatomy
• imaging
• thrombectomy
• diagnosis and management
• prognosis