National Database of the Virtual Institute of Cerebrovascular Diseases

Launched by FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI ONLUS · Feb 28, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

The National Database of the Virtual Institute of Cerebrovascular Diseases is a research study focused on understanding how different factors can affect the health and recovery of people with cerebrovascular diseases, such as strokes. The goal is to gather a lot of information from patients diagnosed with these conditions since January 1, 2016, to identify signs that may predict how well they will do in various stages of treatment. This includes hospital stays, rehabilitation, and follow-up visits. By collecting this data, researchers hope to improve the way doctors predict outcomes and tailor treatment plans for patients.

To participate in this study, individuals must have a diagnosis of cerebrovascular disease and provide informed consent, either personally or through a legal representative if they cannot. Unfortunately, those whose condition began before January 1, 2016, or who choose not to participate will not be eligible. Participants can expect to contribute to important research that aims to enhance treatment strategies and improve recovery rates for everyone affected by these serious health conditions.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Diagnosis of cerebrovascular pathology defined according to the 1990 NINDS special report2 as "all disorders in which an area of the brain is transiently or permanently affected by ischemia or bleeding and/or in which one or more of the blood vessels of the brain are primarily altered by a pathological process," falling under the following International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision (ICD-9) codes: ICD-9 430-438;
• • Informed consent provided by the patient or the patient's legal representative in the case of incapacitation, or by the parents/guardians in the case of minor subjects.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • The patient, his or her legal representative in the case of incapacitation, or his or her parents/guardians in the case of minor subjects irrefutably express the will to leave the study;
• • Onset of cerebrovascular disease before January 1, 2016.