Several cardiovascular risk factors, such as advanced age and smoking history, are prevalent among lung cancer patients at ...

Endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) does not lead to better outcomes at 90 days compared with usual care or best medical treatment for patients with acute ischemic stroke due to medium vessel occlusion.

RapidAI automated imaging appeared to be more accurate than VizAI in detecting cases of large vessel occlusion, as well as in ...

A prehospital blood test may rapidly distinguish between ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, potentially enabling more timely, ...

The following is a summary of “Hyponatremia is associated with malignant brain edema after mechanical thrombectomy in acute ...

The results increase “my confidence that this approach has merit,” Lauren Sansing says. More trials are on the way.

New research provides further evidence that thrombolysis benefits select patients with acute ischemic stroke up to 24 hours after symptom onset.

A novel imaging analysis technique registered a high degree of sensitivity and specificity in identifying both presence and ...

The clot-dissolving medication, alteplase, improved stroke patients' recovery by more than 50% when given up to 24 hours after the beginning of an ischemic stroke, according to preliminary ...

In any case, there was no mortality signal associated with alteplase administered up to 24 hours after a stroke in HOPE.

In a randomized clinical trial, giving the clot-busting medication alteplase up to 24 hours after stroke symptoms first appeared increased the odds of better recovery by 50% compared to those who ...

This workup usually begins with a CT scan and often involves an MRI as well. Doctors diagnose the stroke through these brain ...