Removing large brain artery clot, chased with clot-buster shot may improve stroke outcomes
Removing a blood clot from a large brain artery, then injecting the clot-dissolving drug tenecteplase into the artery ...
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Intra-Arterial Lytics Find Redemption as Adjuncts to Endovascular Stroke Therapy
LOS ANGELES -- For patients with large vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes, researchers found ways to make adjunctive ...
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Lower Diagnostic Success With Transradial Cerebral Angiography
Overall complication rates were similar to those seen with transfemoral access, however, and patients liked it better.
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A father at the bedside of his son, a surfer and a woman who stayed behind with her beloved pets are among wildfire victims
An amputee and his son with cerebral palsy were among the 27 ... The office lists his causes of death as acute myocardial infarction, effects of smoke inhalation, thermal injuries, and coronary ...
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Risk factors for perioperative cerebral infarction in moyamoya disease: a meta-analysis
Background: The present study explored the risk factors for cerebral infarction perioperative moyamoya disease by meta-analysis. Methods: The PubMed, Embase, Cochrane library, Web of science databases ...
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Abstract 212: Cardiac CT Imaging in Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source (ESUS)
Up to 40% of ischemic strokes meet the definition of embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS ... demonstrated a 39 cc penumbra and 5 cc core in the left MCA territory. Due to concerns about ...
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Abstract 168: A Case of Large Vessel Occlusion Presenting as a New‐Onset Focal Seizure
MRI brain without contrast presented a large left MCA acute ischemic stroke. The patient continued to have a poor hospital course and had persistent deficits from her left MCA territory stroke. Due to ...