Capsular warning syndrome and its clinical awareness and therapeutic approach: two case reports and a systematic review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Capsular warning syndrome (CWS) is characterized by recurrent stereotyped episodes of unilateral transient motor and/or sensory symptoms affecting the face and upper and lower limbs, without cortical signs in 24 h and with a high risk of developing stroke. Among the possible underlying mechanisms, small perforating artery disease is the most common. The aim was to assess the most common risk factors, the therapeutic alternatives, and the different outcomes in patients with CWS, along with the presentation of two cases treated in our Emergency Department.

Methods

Stroke Code, launched at our institution in January 2017, was triggered 400 times, and by December 2022, 312 patients were admitted as having an acute ischemic stroke. Among them, two of them fulfilled t

SUBMITTER: Martinez HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10227623 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature