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 ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Infarct volume and hyperglycemia were associated with increased neurological disability in children with ...

Current treatment of acute stroke focuses on administration of lytic medications and endovascular techniques meant to restore blood flow quickly in order to decrease the volume of irreversible tissue ...

Headache is infrequent in acute lacunar infarction, but it might nevertheless have important clinical implications. Arboix et al. investigated whether the site of infarct affects the incidence of ...

Bundled cardioprotective medications with simplified delivery reduced the risk of hospitalization for myocardial infarction or stroke among patients at high risk. To assess the effect of promoting a ...

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 ...

Sotagliflozin, a dual SGLT1/2 inhibitor, shows benefit specifically for reducing myocardial infarction and stroke risks. Among patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) at ...

In patients with acute stroke and a large infarct of unrestricted size, thrombectomy and medical care led to better functional outcomes and lower mortality compared with medical care alone, the ...

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 ...

Background: Rates of death from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases have been steadily declining over the past few decades. Whether such declines are occurring to a similar degree for common ...