Shraddha Mainali, Gaurav Nepal, Amy Webb, Paolo Fadda, Darya Mirebrahimi, Patrick Nana-Sinkam, Brad Worrall, Daniel Woo, Nicholas Johnson, Mohammad Hamed
Introduction: Acute ischemic stroke with large vessel occlusion (LVO) continues to present a considerable challenge to global health, marked by substantial morbidity and mortality rates. Although definitive diagnostic markers exist in the form of neuroimaging, their expense, limited availability, and potential for diagnostic delay can often result in missed opportunities for life-saving interventions. Despite several past attempts, research efforts to date have been fraught with challenges likely due to multiple factors such as inclusion of diverse stroke types, variable onset intervals, differing pathobiologies, and a range of infarct sizes, all contributing to inconsistent circulating biomarker levels...
January 3, 2024: Research Square