The Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study II (NOR-SYSII)

Haukeland University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ischemic Stroke at a Young Age

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02762396

2015 / 1769

Details and patient eligibility

About

NOR-SYS II is designed for finding the cause of acute ischemic stroke lesions in Young adults, age 15 to 49 years. Risk factors, arterial wall changes by intima-media thickness and plaques and consequences of stroke are examined by standardized diagnostics.

Full description

NOR-SYS II is as far as possible standardized concerning patients' history, ultrasound examination of pre-cerebral and femoral arteries, and standardized examinations performed by speech therapists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists.

The ultrasound-protocol for carotid and femoral arteries is the same as previously performed in the NOR-SYS study. The Methods have been published before.

Enrollment: 130 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 49 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Documented acute, arterial ischemic stroke
• Speaks Norwegian fluently

Exclusion criteria

• Post-traumatic and procedure related stroke
• Sinus venous thrombosis, sepsis and endocarditis
• Serious co-morbidity, such as advanced cancer with "end-of-life stroke".
• Patients mentally retarded or with severe psychiatric disease who do not accept the diagnosis and who would need sedation to perform clinical diagnostics.