New milli-spinner technology from Stanford offers breakthrough in blood clot treatment by compressing clots to 5% of original ...

Intravenous thrombolysis in patients hospitalized for cervical artery dissection-related acute ischemic stroke increases the likelihood of home discharge.

Researchers have developed a novel device that quite literally spins away the clots that block blood flow to the brain and ...

It was a boiling hot summer's day in June when Philip Dennis says he 'took a funny turn'. The pensioner was working in his ...

To determine whether DIFFUSION-WEIGHTED IMAGING (DWI) lesions and vessel occlusions on acute MRI predict stroke recurrence and disability at 90 days following minor stroke or TIA. Design and ...

A, an office worker in his 50s, suddenly dropped a cup in his hand while getting ready to go to work in the morning. My words were slurred and I couldn't answer my wife's "Are you OK" question ...

Doing nothing if you have a mini stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) puts you at risk of a bigger one later on, and of ...

Kristin Kramer woke up early on a Tuesday morning 10 years ago because one of her dogs needed to go out. Then, a couple of ...

Researchers at DZNE and the Department of Vascular Neurology at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) aim to develop a computer ...

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2009;7(1):29-48. The Multi MERCI Trial, a prospective, single-arm trial, assessed the safety and efficacy of the newer generation MERCI Retriever (model L5) in 164 ...

Ministrokes, also known as transient ischemic attacks, can eventually lead to cognitive declines as steep as those that ...