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Ischaemic Stroke PRIMER Ischaemic stroke Bruce C. V. Campbell1,2*, Deidre A. De Silva3, Malcolm R. Macleod4, Shelagh B. Coutts5, Lee H. Schwamm6, Stephen M. Davis1 and Geoffrey A. Donnan1,2 Abstract | Stroke is the second highest cause of death globally and a leading cause of disability , with an increasing incidence in developing countries. Ischaemic stroke caused by arterial occlusion is responsible for the majority of strokes. Management focuses on rapid reperfusion with intravenous thrombolysis and endovascular thrombectomy , which both reduce disability but are time-critical. Accordingly , improving the system of care to reduce treatment delays is key to maximizing the benefits of reperfusion therapies. Intravenous thrombolysis reduces disability when administered within 4.5 h of the onset of stroke. Thrombolysis also benefits selected patients with evidence from perfusion imaging of salvageable brain tissue for up to 9 h and in patients who awake with stroke symptoms. Endovascular thrombectomy reduces disability in a broad group of patients with large vessel occlusion when performed within 6 h of stroke onset and in patients selected by perfusion imaging up to 24h following stroke onset. Secondary prevention of ischaemic stroke shares many common elements with cardiovascular risk management in other fields, including blood pressure control, cholesterol management and antithrombotic medications. Other preventative interventions are tailored to the mechanism of stroke, such as anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation and carotid endarterectomy for severe symptomatic carotid artery stenosis. Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability world- rationale for the reperfusion therapies that have trans- wide and can be broadly classified into ischaemic stroke formed outcomes for patients with ischaemic stroke and haemorrhagic stroke, the latter of which includes since the first positive trial of stroke thrombolysis, intracerebral haemorrhage and subarachnoid haem- published in 1995 (REF.4). orrhage. Ischaemic stroke is defined as infarction of Current optimal management of patients with ischae- the brain, spinal cord or retina1 and represents ~71% mic stroke occurs in geographically defined stroke units of all strokes globally2. Advances in brain imaging have with an experienced interdisciplinary team of physicians, shifted the definition of ischaemic stroke from a largely nurses and allied health clinicians, using best-evidence clinical determination to a tissue-based classification. stroke guidelines, which includes intravenous thromboly- Many transient events with full clinical recovery are sis and/or endovascular thrombectomy5. Intravenous now classed as stroke based on the identification of thrombolysis reduces disability when administered within permanent tissue injury on MRI. Transient ischaemic 4.5 h of stroke onset (defined as the time from when the attack (TIA) occurs when blood flow is temporarily patient with a stroke was last known to be healthy)6, interrupted and resolves before causing permanent although selected patients with favourable brain perfu- injury. The pathogenesis is the same as ischaemic stroke, sion imaging benefit up to 9 h or after wake-up-onset and the investigations for the underlying cause and the stroke (that is, stroke symptoms upon waking that were secondary prevention strategies are identical. not present before sleep)7–9. Endovascular thrombectomy In the 1970s, pioneering experiments identified (that is, mechanical clot retrieval via catheter angiogra- that much of the initial clinical deficit in patients with phy) reduces disability in a broad group of patients with stroke is due to a hypoperfused, hibernating, electrically large vessel occlusion when performed within 6 h of non-functional part of the brain termed the ischae- the time the patient with a stroke was last known to be mic penumbra3. This region progressively converts healthy10 and, in patients selected using brain perfusion to irreversibly injured tissue over time (known as the imaging, up to 24 h after stroke onset11,12. However, both *e-mail: bruce.campbell@ ischaemic core), but at a rate that varies considerably intravenous thrombolysis and endovascular thrombec- 6,13 mh.org.au between individuals. However, with rapid reperfusion, tomy are time-critical , and health system engineering to https://doi.org/10.1038/ this penumbral brain can be salvaged and can recover accelerate treatment remains one of the key challenges s41572-019-0118-8 normal function. This landmark discovery formed the to maximizing the benefits of these therapies. NATURE REVIEWS | DISEASE PRIMERS | Article citation ID: (2019) 5:70 1 0123456789(); PRIMER Author addresses have been observed in developed countries compared with developing countries17. In those between 20 and 1 Department of Medicine and Neurology, Melbourne Brain Centre at the Royal 64 years of age, the prevalence of ischaemic stroke has Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. nearly doubled globally from 1990 to 2013, with an 2The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, increase of 37.3% in associated disability-adjusted life Parkville, Victoria, Australia. 19 3Department of Neurology, Singapore General Hospital campus, National Neuroscience years . The incidence of ischaemic stroke was higher Institute, Singapore, Singapore. in men (133 cases per 100,000 person-years) than in 4Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. women (99 cases per 100,000 person-years) in the 5Departments of Clinical Neurosciences, Radiology and Community Health Sciences, 2013 Global Burden of Disease Study20. Although some Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. monogenic causes of ischaemic stroke have been iden- 6Department of Neurology and Comprehensive Stroke Center, Massachusetts General tified, such as cerebral autosomal dominant arteriop- Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. athy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) and cerebral autosomal recessive arteriop- This Primer describes the epidemiology, patho- athy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy physiology and diagnosis of ischaemic stroke and TIA. (CARASIL), most cases are sporadic. The estimated her- The acute reperfusion therapies are discussed in detail. itability of ischaemic stroke is 37.9% when calculated Secondary prevention of ischaemic stroke is also dis- using genome-wide complex trait analysis21. cussed, and shares many common elements with cardio- Several modifiable risk factors for ischaemic stroke vascular risk management in other fields, but distinct have been identified. In the INTERSTROKE study, 10 fac- differences exist and the prevention strategy must be tors accounted for 91.5% of the population-attributable tailored to the mechanism of stroke. risk for ischaemic stroke worldwide and were con- sistently associated with ischaemic stroke across geo- Epidemiology graphical regions, sex and age groups22. These factors Stroke (including ischaemic stroke and haemorrhagic were a history of hypertension or a blood pressure of stroke) affects 13.7 million people globally per year and ≥160/90 mmHg, low levels of regular physical activity, is the second leading cause of death, with 5.5 million a high apolipoprotein B (ApoB)-to-ApoA1 ratio, diet, a deaths per year14,15. An estimated 1 in 4 adults will experi- high waist-to-hip ratio, psychosocial stress and depres- ence a stroke in their lifetime and there are >80 million sion, smoking, cardiac causes (such as atrial fibrilla- survivors of stroke globally2,15. These stroke survivors tion and previous myocardial infarction), high alcohol represent a high-risk population and are the focus of consumption and diabetes mellitus. Of these factors, secondary prevention strategies. self-reported hypertension or a blood pressure of The incidence and prevalence of ischaemic stroke >160/90 mmHg carried the strongest risk (OR 3.14, has evolved over time. In 2016, the global incidence of 99% CI 2.67–3.71) and a population-attributable risk ischaemic stroke events was 9.5 million2,14. In 2017, there of 45.2% (99% CI 40.3–50.0%)22. were 2.7 million deaths due to ischaemic stroke16 (Fig. 1). Other potential risk factors include sleep apnoea, The global incidence, mortality and disability-adjusted chronic inflammation, periodontal disease and chronic life years for ischaemic stroke decreased over the 1990– kidney disease23. In addition, some studies have demon- 2013 period17. Conversely, the prevalence of ischaemic strated associations between transient increases in stroke stroke increased from 1990 to 2005, then decreased incidence and exposure to air pollution24. from 2005 to 2013 (REF.17), ultimately leading to a slight, although not statistically significant, increase in the Mechanisms/pathophysiology worldwide prevalence from 1990 to 2013 (REF.17). Possible Most ischaemic strokes are thromboembolic in origin, reasons for the changing prevalence include reductions with common sources of embolism being large artery in stroke mortality, improved secondary prevention and atherosclerosis and cardiac diseases, particularly atrial better detection of stroke. fibrillation. Other causes of ischaemic stroke include Interestingly, trends in the epidemiology of ischaemic small vessel disease, which is associated with elevated stroke from 1990 to 2010 vary according to the level of a blood pressure and diabetes mellitus and is particularly
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