Some patients with an acute large-vessel ischemic stroke who already show a large-core infarct at early imaging can still benefit from thrombectomy, especially if the procedure successfully restores ...

Can you have a stroke and not know it? Unfortunately, yes. It is a phenomenon called a silent stroke or, more formally, a silent cerebral infarction. Investigators at the University of Alabama at ...

Ischaemic stroke arises when cerebral blood flow is critically reduced, depriving neural tissue of oxygen and glucose. The primary event is often thromboembolic occlusion of a major artery, though ...

According to a study published American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), percent insular ribbon infarction (PIRI) complements current stroke outcome predictors, classifying patients with slowly ...

Endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke is generally avoided when the infarction is large, but the effect of endovascular therapy with medical care as compared with medical care alone for large ...

Quantitative volumetry better avoids futile reperfusion, per a nationwide study ...

For patients with acute stroke and a large infarct, thrombectomy plus medical care results in better functional outcomes and lower mortality, according to a study published in the May 9 issue of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A secondary analysis of the phase 2 PACIFIC-STROKE trial showed that asundexian is effective for the secondary ...

An episode of shingles, caused by the herpes zoster virus, temporarily increases the risk for stroke and potentially myocardial infarction (MI) in the months after the infection, according to two ...

Authors of a UK study published on THE LANCET's website-www.thelancet.com-report the trends in death due to stroke in England and Wales in the 20th century. Despite an overall decrease in deaths from ...

This chapter describes the potential relationship between COVID-19 vaccines and potential vascular-related harms: myocardial infarction (MI), ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke (HS), deep vein ...