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The effectiveness and safety of intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke: the experience in Greece

The effectiveness and safety of intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) in treating patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) has been well established. However the total number of patients treated with IVT in Greece is limited. SITS-ISTR (Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke-

Physical activity decreases the risk of stroke in middle-age men with left ventricular hypertrophy: 40-year follow-up (1961-2001) of the Seven Countries Study (the Corfu cohort).

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is a dominant characteristic of cardiovascular mortality. We investigated the interaction between physical activity and LVH on stroke mortality, based on a 40-year follow-up of the Corfu cohort from the Seven Countries Study. The population studied

Psychological factors affecting caregivers of patients with stroke

OBJECTIVE To investigate the psychological burden of caregivers of patients with stroke. METHOD Cross-sectionalstudy of 106 caregivers of patients who had suffered a stroke at least one month before the survey. The data were collectedfrom the caregivers of patients hospitalized

Resource utilization and costs for treatment of stroke patients in an acute stroke unit in Greece

Το εγκεφαλικό επεισόδιο αποτελεί τη βασικότερη αιτία θανάτου στην Ελλάδα και ποσοστό μεγαλύτερο του 40% εκ του δαπανηθέντος κόστους διαχείρισης του εγκεφαλικού επεισοδίου αντιπροσωπεύει την οξεία φάση νοσηλείας. Στόχος της παρούσας μελέτης ήταν η εκτίμηση της χρήσης πόρων και η