Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * acute ischemic stroke in adult patient (18 years of age or older) as diagnosed according to the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria; * stroke with evidence of CT/MRI DWI/FLAIR acute lesion in the first neuroimaging or in the follow-up at 24-48 h; * interventional cardiological procedures performed within 28 days since the stroke onset (Percutaneuous Coronary Intervention - PCI, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement - TAVR, Baloon Aortic Valvuloplasy - BAV, Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair or Replacement, Patent Formaen Ovale - PFO - or Atrial Septal Defects - ASD - Closure, Left Atrial Appendage Closure, Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement, Percutaneous Closure of Paravalvular Leaks); * written informed consent provided by the patient himself or by proxy (for unconscious patients, cognitively impaired, or aphasic). Exclusion Criteria: * Stroke-like symptoms due primarily to another non-ischemic/hemorrhagic acute neurological condition or stroke mimics (e.g. severe hypo- or hyperglycemia, migraine with aura, functional disorders, etc); * Spontaneous and post traumatic hemorrhagic stroke or spontaneous/post-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage or subdural hematoma; * AciuImpossibility to achieve written informed consent