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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

A study has found that the risk of suicide rises significantly among patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease ...

The risk factors and treatments for myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke are similar. Investigations have shown that the incidence of MI is decreasing and survival after such an event is increasing; ...

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 ...

Background and aims Absolute risk estimates of long-term cardiovascular complications after atrial fibrillation (AF) ...

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 ...