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Volume 39, Issue 9; September 1, 2008

Editorials
Original Contributions
Research Letters
Comments, Opinions, and Reviews
Progress Review
Topical Review
Corrections
AHA Scientific Statement
Letters to the Editor

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	Editorials
	World Stroke Day 2008: "Little Strokes, Big Trouble" Vladimir Hachinski Stroke. 2008;39:2407-2408; published online before print August 21 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.531681 Full Text \| PDF
	World Stroke Day Proclamation Vladimir Hachinski Stroke. 2008;39:2409-2420; published online before print August 21 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.000009 PDF
	Stroke-Induced Sudden-Autonomic Death: Areas of Fatality Beyond the Insula Max J. Hilz and Stefan Schwab Stroke. 2008;39:2421-2422; published online before print July 17 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.518613 Full Text \| PDF
	MRA/DWI Mismatch: A Novel Concept or Something One Could Get Easier and Cheaper? Peter D. Schellinger and Martin Köhrmann Stroke. 2008;39:2423-2424; published online before print July 17 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.516963 Full Text \| PDF
	Original Contributions
	Stroke Location and Association With Fatal Cardiac Outcomes: Northern Manhattan Study (NOMAS) Fred Rincon, Mandip Dhamoon, Yeseon Moon, Myunghee C. Paik, Bernadette Boden-Albala, Shunichi Homma, Marco R. Di Tullio, Ralph L. Sacco, and Mitchell S.V. Elkind Stroke. 2008;39:2425-2431; published online before print July 17 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.506055 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF \| CME
	Risk of Stroke and Myocardial Infarction After Reduction or Cessation of Cigarette Smoking: A Cohort Study in Korean Men Yun-Mi Song and Hong-Jun Cho Stroke. 2008;39:2432-2438; published online before print July 10 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.512632 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Dose-Response Relationship Between Cigarette Smoking and Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Young Women Viveca M. Bhat, John W. Cole, John D. Sorkin, Marcella A. Wozniak, Ann M. Malarcher, Wayne H. Giles, Barney J. Stern, and Steven J. Kittner Stroke. 2008;39:2439-2443; published online before print August 14 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.510073 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Relative Effects of Statin Therapy on Stroke and Cardiovascular Events in Men and Women: Secondary Analysis of the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels (SPARCL) Study Larry B. Goldstein, Pierre Amarenco, Marian LaMonte, Steven Gilbert, Michael Messig, Alfred Callahan, Michael Hennerici, Henrik Sillesen, K. Michael A. Welch on behalf of the SPARCL Investigators Stroke. 2008;39:2444-2448; published online before print July 10 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.513747 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Dietary Calcium Intake and Risks of Stroke, Its Subtypes, and Coronary Heart Disease in Japanese: The JPHC Study Cohort I Mitsumasa Umesawa, Hiroyasu Iso, Junko Ishihara, Isao Saito, Yoshihiro Kokubo, Manami Inoue, Shoichiro Tsugane for the JPHC Study Group Stroke. 2008;39:2449-2456; published online before print July 17 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.512236 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Reliability of Clinical Diagnosis of the Symptomatic Vascular Territory in Patients With Recent Transient Ischemic Attack or Minor Stroke Enrico Flossmann, Jessica N. Redgrave, Dennis Briley, and Peter M. Rothwell Stroke. 2008;39:2457-2460; published online before print July 17 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.511428 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Recurrent Events in Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke: What Events Are Happening and to Which Patients? Shelagh B. Coutts, Michael D. Hill, Cynthia R. Campos, Young B. Choi, Suresh Subramaniam, Jayme C. Kosior, Andrew M. Demchuk for the VISION study group Stroke. 2008;39:2461-2466; published online before print July 10 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.513234 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Choline and Creatine Are Not Reliable Denominators for Calculating Metabolite Ratios in Acute Ischemic Stroke Susana Muñoz Maniega, Vera Cvoro, Paul A. Armitage, Ian Marshall, Mark E. Bastin, and Joanna M. Wardlaw Stroke. 2008;39:2467-2469; published online before print July 10 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.507020 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Carotid Intima Media Thickness and Plaques Can Predict the Occurrence of Ischemic Cerebrovascular Events Patrizio Prati, Alberto Tosetto, Diego Vanuzzo, Giovanni Bader, Marco Casaroli, Luigi Canciani, Sergio Castellani, and Pierre-Jean Touboul Stroke. 2008;39:2470-2476; published online before print July 10 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.511584 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	The Stroke Impact Scale 3.0: Evaluation of Acceptability, Reliability, and Validity of the Brazilian Version Francisco Javier Carod-Artal, Luciane Ferreira Coral, Daniele Stieven Trizotto, and Clarissa Menezes Moreira Stroke. 2008;39:2477-2484; published online before print July 17 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.513671 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Extent of Hypoattenuation on CT Angiography Source Images Predicts Functional Outcome in Patients With Basilar Artery Occlusion Volker Puetz, P.N. Sylaja, Shelagh B. Coutts, Michael D. Hill, Imanuel Dzialowski, Pia Mueller, Ulf Becker, Gabriele Urban, Christine O'Reilly, Philip A. Barber, Pranshu Sharma, Mayank Goyal, Georg Gahn, Ruediger von Kummer, and Andrew M. Demchuk Stroke. 2008;39:2485-2490; published online before print July 10 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.511162 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	The MRA-DWI Mismatch Identifies Patients With Stroke Who Are Likely to Benefit From Reperfusion Maarten G. Lansberg, Vincent N. Thijs, Roland Bammer, Jean-Marc Olivot, Michael P. Marks, Lawrence R. Wechsler, Stephanie Kemp, and Gregory W. Albers Stroke. 2008;39:2491-2496; published online before print July 17 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.508572 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Immediate Clinical Outcome of Patients Harboring Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms Treated by Endovascular Approach: Results of the ATENA Study Laurent Pierot, Laurent Spelle, Fabien Vitry for the ATENA Investigators Stroke. 2008;39:2497-2504; published online before print July 10 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.512756 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Comparison of Primary Angioplasty With Stent Placement for Treating Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Diseases: A Multicenter Study Farhan Siddiq, Gabriela Vazquez, Muhammad Zeeshan Memon, M. Fareed K. Suri, Robert A. Taylor, Joan C. Wojak, John C. Chaloupka, and Adnan I. Qureshi Stroke. 2008;39:2505-2510; published online before print July 24 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.515361 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	High Prevalence of Supine Sleep in Ischemic Stroke Patients Devin L. Brown, Lynda D. Lisabeth, Michael J. Zupancic, Maryann Concannon, Cory Martin, and Ronald D. Chervin Stroke. 2008;39:2511-2514; published online before print July 10 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.513572 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Factors That Influence the Stroke Care Team’s Effectiveness in Reducing the Length of Hospital Stay Loes M.T. Schouten, Marlies E.J.L. Hulscher, Reinier Akkermans, Jannes J.E. van Everdingen, Richard P.T.M. Grol, and Robbert Huijsman Stroke. 2008;39:2515-2521; published online before print July 10 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.510537 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Escalating Levels of Access to In-Hospital Care and Stroke Mortality Gustavo Saposnik, Jiming Fang, Martin O'Donnell, Vladimir Hachinski, Moira K. Kapral, Michael D. Hill on behalf of the Investigators of the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network (RCSN) for the Stroke Outcome Research Canada (SORCan) Working Group Stroke. 2008;39:2522-2530; published online before print July 10 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.507145 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Continuous Measurement of Autoregulation by Spontaneous Fluctuations in Cerebral Perfusion Pressure: Comparison of 3 Methods Ken M. Brady, Jennifer K. Lee, Kathleen K. Kibler, R. Blaine Easley, Raymond C. Koehler, and Donald H. Shaffner Stroke. 2008;39:2531-2537; published online before print July 31 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.514877 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Protecting Against Cerebrovascular Injury: Contributions of 12/15-Lipoxygenase to Edema Formation After Transient Focal Ischemia Guang Jin, Ken Arai, Yoshihiro Murata, Sophia Wang, Monique F. Stins, Eng H. Lo, and Klaus van Leyen Stroke. 2008;39:2538-2543; published online before print July 17 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.514927 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Effectiveness of PSD95 Inhibitors in Permanent and Transient Focal Ischemia in the Rat Hong-Shuo Sun, Tracy A. Doucette, Yitao Liu, Yuan Fang, Lucy Teves, Michelle Aarts, Catherine L. Ryan, Paul B. Bernard, Anthony Lau, Joan P. Forder, Michael W. Salter, Yu Tian Wang, R. Andrew Tasker, and Michael Tymianski Stroke. 2008;39:2544-2553; published online before print July 10 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.506048 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Deletion of Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor Attenuates Protective Effects of Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Treatment on Ischemia–Reperfusion Brain Injury in Mice • Supplemental Materials and Methods Jun Iwanami, Masaki Mogi, Jian-Mei Li, Kana Tsukuda, Li-Juan Min, Akiko Sakata, Teppei Fujita, Masaru Iwai, and Masatsugu Horiuchi Stroke. 2008;39:2554-2559; published online before print July 10 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.513275 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Blood Cell-Derived RANTES Mediates Cerebral Microvascular Dysfunction, Inflammation, and Tissue Injury After Focal Ischemia–Reperfusion Satoshi Terao, Gokhan Yilmaz, Karen Y. Stokes, Janice Russell, Mami Ishikawa, Takeshi Kawase, and D. Neil Granger Stroke. 2008;39:2560-2570; published online before print July 17 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.513150 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Contralesional Axonal Remodeling of the Corticospinal System in Adult Rats After Stroke and Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Treatment Zhongwu Liu, Yi Li, Xueguo Zhang, Smita Savant-Bhonsale, and Michael Chopp Stroke. 2008;39:2571-2577; published online before print July 10 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.511659 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	A Dual Role of the NF- ${kappa}$ B Pathway in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Damage Cora H. Nijboer, Cobi J. Heijnen, Floris Groenendaal, Michael J. May, Frank van Bel, and Annemieke Kavelaars Stroke. 2008;39:2578-2586; published online before print April 17 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.516401 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Cellular NAD Replenishment Confers Marked Neuroprotection Against Ischemic Cell Death: Role of Enhanced DNA Repair Suping Wang, Zili Xing, Peter S. Vosler, Hannah Yin, Wenjin Li, Feng Zhang, Armando P. Signore, R. Anne Stetler, Yanqin Gao, and Jun Chen Stroke. 2008;39:2587-2595; published online before print July 10 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.509158 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Temporal MRI Assessment of Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Rats Robert A. Knight, Yuxia Han, Tavarekere N. Nagaraja, Polly Whitton, Jennifer Ding, Michael Chopp, and Donald M. Seyfried Stroke. 2008;39:2596-2602; published online before print July 17 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.506683 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Cathepsin B, K, and S Are Expressed in Cerebral Aneurysms and Promote the Progression of Cerebral Aneurysms Tomohiro Aoki, Hiroharu Kataoka, Ryota Ishibashi, Kazuhiko Nozaki, and Nobuo Hashimoto Stroke. 2008;39:2603-2610; published online before print July 17 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.513648 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Research Letters
	Low Vitamin D Levels Predict Stroke in Patients Referred to Coronary Angiography Stefan Pilz, Harald Dobnig, Joachim E. Fischer, Britta Wellnitz, Ursula Seelhorst, Bernhard O. Boehm, and Winfried März Stroke. 2008;39:2611-2613; published online before print July 17 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.513655 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	In-Hospital Stroke Treated With Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator Jaime Masjuan, Patricia Simal, Blanca Fuentes, José Antonio Egido, Fernando Díaz-Otero, Antonio Gil-Núñez, Maria Elena Novillo-López, Exuperio Díez-Tejedor, and María Alonso de Leciñana Stroke. 2008;39:2614-2616; published online before print July 17 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.512848 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Impact of a Protocol for Acute Antifibrinolytic Therapy on Aneurysm Rebleeding After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Robert M. Starke, Grace H. Kim, Andres Fernandez, Ricardo J. Komotar, Zachary L. Hickman, Marc L. Otten, Andrew F. Ducruet, Christopher P. Kellner, David K. Hahn, Markus Chwajol, Stephan A. Mayer, and E. Sander Connolly, Jr Stroke. 2008;39:2617-2621; published online before print July 24 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.506097 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Comments, Opinions, and Reviews
	Do Statins Improve Outcomes and Reduce the Incidence of Vasospasm After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Meta-Analysis Victoria A.H. Sillberg, George A. Wells, and Jeffrey J. Perry Stroke. 2008;39:2622-2626; published online before print July 24 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.508341 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Progress Review
	Practical Model-Based Dose Finding in Early-Phase Clinical Trials: Optimizing Tissue Plasminogen Activator Dose for Treatment of Ischemic Stroke in Children Harry T. Whelan, John D. Cook, Catherine M. Amlie-Lefond, Collin A. Hovinga, Anthony K. Chan, Rebecca N. Ichord, Gabrielle A. deVeber, and Peter F. Thall Stroke. 2008;39:2627-2636; published online before print July 10 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.510164 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Topical Review
	Optimizing Stroke Systems of Care by Enhancing Transitions Across Care Environments Jill I. Cameron, Chris Tsoi, and Amanda Marsella Stroke. 2008;39:2637-2643; published online before print July 17 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.501064 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Corrections
	Correction Stroke. 2008;39:e147, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.000006 Full Text \| PDF
	Correction Stroke. 2008;39:e148, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.000007 Full Text \| PDF
	Correction Stroke. 2008;39:e149, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.000008 Full Text \| PDF
	AHA Scientific Statement
	Management of Stroke in Infants and Children: A Scientific Statement From a Special Writing Group of the American Heart Association Stroke Council and the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young E. Steve Roach, Meredith R. Golomb, Robert Adams, Jose Biller, Stephen Daniels, Gabrielle deVeber, Donna Ferriero, Blaise V. Jones, Fenella J. Kirkham, R. Michael Scott, and Edward R. Smith Stroke. 2008;39:2644-2691; published online before print July 17 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.189696 Abstract \| Full Text \| PDF
	Letters to the Editor
	Ordinal Reanalysis of the SHEP Trial Philip M.W. Bath, Chamila M. Geeganage, and Laura J. Gray Stroke. 2008;39:e145; published online before print July 17 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.527044 Full Text \| PDF
	Response to Letter by Bath et al John B. Kostis, Sara L. Pressel, and Barry R. Davis Stroke. 2008;39:e146; published online before print July 17 2008, doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.527325 Full Text \| PDF

Spotlight

TOC Spotlight File

Volume 39, Issue 9; September 1, 2008

Editorials

World Stroke Day 2008: "Little Strokes, Big Trouble"

World Stroke Day Proclamation

Stroke-Induced Sudden-Autonomic Death: Areas of Fatality Beyond the Insula

MRA/DWI Mismatch: A Novel Concept or Something One Could Get Easier and Cheaper?

Original Contributions

Stroke Location and Association With Fatal Cardiac Outcomes: Northern Manhattan Study (NOMAS)

Risk of Stroke and Myocardial Infarction After Reduction or Cessation of Cigarette Smoking: A Cohort Study in Korean Men

Dose-Response Relationship Between Cigarette Smoking and Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Young Women

Relative Effects of Statin Therapy on Stroke and Cardiovascular Events in Men and Women: Secondary Analysis of the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels (SPARCL) Study

Dietary Calcium Intake and Risks of Stroke, Its Subtypes, and Coronary Heart Disease in Japanese: The JPHC Study Cohort I

Reliability of Clinical Diagnosis of the Symptomatic Vascular Territory in Patients With Recent Transient Ischemic Attack or Minor Stroke

Recurrent Events in Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke: What Events Are Happening and to Which Patients?

Choline and Creatine Are Not Reliable Denominators for Calculating Metabolite Ratios in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Carotid Intima Media Thickness and Plaques Can Predict the Occurrence of Ischemic Cerebrovascular Events

The Stroke Impact Scale 3.0: Evaluation of Acceptability, Reliability, and Validity of the Brazilian Version

Extent of Hypoattenuation on CT Angiography Source Images Predicts Functional Outcome in Patients With Basilar Artery Occlusion

The MRA-DWI Mismatch Identifies Patients With Stroke Who Are Likely to Benefit From Reperfusion

Immediate Clinical Outcome of Patients Harboring Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms Treated by Endovascular Approach: Results of the ATENA Study

Comparison of Primary Angioplasty With Stent Placement for Treating Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerotic Diseases: A Multicenter Study

High Prevalence of Supine Sleep in Ischemic Stroke Patients

Factors That Influence the Stroke Care Team’s Effectiveness in Reducing the Length of Hospital Stay

Escalating Levels of Access to In-Hospital Care and Stroke Mortality

Continuous Measurement of Autoregulation by Spontaneous Fluctuations in Cerebral Perfusion Pressure: Comparison of 3 Methods

Protecting Against Cerebrovascular Injury: Contributions of 12/15-Lipoxygenase to Edema Formation After Transient Focal Ischemia

Effectiveness of PSD95 Inhibitors in Permanent and Transient Focal Ischemia in the Rat

Deletion of Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor Attenuates Protective Effects of Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Treatment on Ischemia–Reperfusion Brain Injury in Mice • Supplemental Materials and Methods

Blood Cell-Derived RANTES Mediates Cerebral Microvascular Dysfunction, Inflammation, and Tissue Injury After Focal Ischemia–Reperfusion

Contralesional Axonal Remodeling of the Corticospinal System in Adult Rats After Stroke and Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Treatment

A Dual Role of the NF-B Pathway in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Damage

Cellular NAD Replenishment Confers Marked Neuroprotection Against Ischemic Cell Death: Role of Enhanced DNA Repair

Temporal MRI Assessment of Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Rats

Cathepsin B, K, and S Are Expressed in Cerebral Aneurysms and Promote the Progression of Cerebral Aneurysms

Research Letters

Low Vitamin D Levels Predict Stroke in Patients Referred to Coronary Angiography

In-Hospital Stroke Treated With Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator

Impact of a Protocol for Acute Antifibrinolytic Therapy on Aneurysm Rebleeding After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Comments, Opinions, and Reviews

Do Statins Improve Outcomes and Reduce the Incidence of Vasospasm After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Meta-Analysis

Progress Review

Practical Model-Based Dose Finding in Early-Phase Clinical Trials: Optimizing Tissue Plasminogen Activator Dose for Treatment of Ischemic Stroke in Children

Topical Review

Optimizing Stroke Systems of Care by Enhancing Transitions Across Care Environments

Corrections

Correction

Correction

Correction

AHA Scientific Statement

Management of Stroke in Infants and Children: A Scientific Statement From a Special Writing Group of the American Heart Association Stroke Council and the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young

Letters to the Editor

Ordinal Reanalysis of the SHEP Trial

Response to Letter by Bath et al

Spotlight

A Dual Role of the NF- ${kappa}$ B Pathway in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Damage