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Despite its dramatic incidence and prognosis, until few years ago, stroke was considered as the Cinderella of medicine. For both public and physicians, even neurologists, this pathology was unavoidable and untreatable. Fortunately, in the past decades this nihilistic attitude regarding stroke has been replaced by a more enthusiastic one. This is explained by research advances in pathophysiology of ischaemia and by the greater awareness of economic concerns about this pathology. The aim of experimental and clinical research is now to reduce mortality and stroke morbidity following stroke, and consequently to minimise costs.
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Fieschi, C. (1999). Management of Acute Ischaemic Stroke. In: Gullo, A. (eds) Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E.. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2145-7_55
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