Highlights in Stroke in 2023

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1673-5765.2024.01.001

Abstract

Abstract: Cerebrovascular clinicians from different countries all over the world made great progress in the diagnosis and treatment of cerebral vascular diseases in recent years. Numerous high-quality clinical studies cover multiple fields and hotspots of cerebral vascular disease, such as thrombectomy/thrombolysis in the acute phase of ischemic stroke, intervention for atrial fibrillation, blood pressure management and other acute phase intervention measures, providing solid and reliable evidence-based medical evidence for clinical diagnosis and treatment in cerebral vascular disease, and promoting the reduction of cerebral vascular disease burden. This paper reviews the important clinical research progress in the field of cerebral vascular disease in 2023, helping readers better understand the advantages and great significance of these clinical studies, and looking forward to more and better cerebral vascular disease clinical studies in the future.

Key words: Stroke; Cerebralvascular disease; Reperfusion; Endovascular treatment; Intravenous thrombolysis; Atrial fibrillation; Secondary prevention

摘要： 在全球脑血管病医疗工作者的共同努力下，近年来脑血管病的诊疗取得了长足的进步。众多高质量的临床研究涵盖了脑血管病多个领域和热点，例如：缺血性卒中急性期取栓/溶栓，针对心房颤动的干预，血压管理等其他卒中急性期干预措施，为脑血管病的临床诊疗提供了扎实可靠的循证医学证据，并促进了脑血管病疾病负担的降低。本文对2023年脑血管病领域重要的临床研究进展进行回顾，帮助读者更好地了解这些临床研究的精华，并期待未来涌现出更多、更好的脑血管病临床研究。

关键词: 卒中; 脑血管病; 再灌注; 血管内治疗; 静脉溶栓; 心房颤动; 二级预防

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WANG Yongjun, XIONG Yunyun, LI Guangshuo, CAO Zhixin, WANG Wenjie, YAN Ran, WANG Liyuan, LU Zhengzhao, HAO Manjun. Highlights in Stroke in 2023[J]. Chinese Journal of Stroke, 2024, 19(1): 1-21.

王拥军, 熊云云, 李光硕, 曹智鑫, 王文洁, 闫然, 王利圆, 路正钊, 郝曼均. 卒中：回眸2023[J]. 中国卒中杂志, 2024, 19(1): 1-21.

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