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 ...

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 ...

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

The objectives are as follows: To assess the benefits and harms of intensive systolic blood pressure management (target less than 160 mmHg) versus conventional management (target less than 180 mmHg) ...

This workup usually begins with a CT scan and often involves an MRI as well. Doctors diagnose the stroke through these brain imaging studies. Physicians typically treat ischemic stroke by giving ...

The Acute Ischemic Stroke Detection with Portable MR (ACTION ... direct comparison of stroke detection between ultra-low-field MRI, conventional high-field MRI, and CT as a means to assess the ...