Acute ischemic stroke is a leading global cause of death and disability. Intravenous thrombolysis was the first acute treatment developed for ischemic strokes. First with alteplase and now with ...

Stroke remains one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) being the most prevalent type. Reperfusion ...

In this conversation, Aaron Lewandowski, M.D., emergency medicine physician and the emergency medicine stroke representative ...

Discover phases of acute ischemic stroke care, from rapid recognition to long-term recovery strategies that neurologists use ...

Abstract: The stroke lesion volume is a key radiologic measurement for assessing the prognosis of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients, which is challenging to be automatically measured on noncontrast ...

Younger adults are more likely to suffer a stroke linked to non-traditional risk factors ... about half of whom had suffered an ischemic (clot-caused) stroke for which there was no apparent ...

But these less-common risk factors can more than double the odds of having a stroke in folks younger than 50, a new study says. “We were surprised by the role of non-traditional risk factors ...

Data on radiation exposure were also recorded. "Our findings suggest that a non-contrast CT scan as part of routine protocol for suspected bleeding can be safely omitted in most cases without ...

Migraines, kidney disease, liver disease, autoimmune disorders and cancer are among these uncommon stroke risk factors These factors can more than double the odds of a stroke in a person under 50 ...