Romain Stammler, Jessica Guillaume, Mikael Mazighi, Christian Denier, Igor Raynouard, Bertrand Lapergue, Thomas De Broucker, Elena Meseguer, Hassan Hosseini, Anne Leger, Didier Smadja, Catherine Lamy, Michael Obadia, Antoine Moulignier
OBJECTIVE: The stroke risk for persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIVs) doubled compared to uninfected individuals. Stroke-unit (SU)-access, acute reperfusion therapy-use and outcome data on PLHIVs admitted for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) are scarce. METHODS: AIS patients admitted (01 January 2017 to 31 January 2021) to 10 representative Paris-area SUs were screened retrospectively from the National Hospitalization Database. PLHIVs were compared to age-, initial NIHSS- and sex-matched HIV-uninfected controls (HUCs)...
January 29, 2024: Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology