BRASILIA, Brazil — Decompressive surgery in the treatment of middle cerebral artery (MCA) infarction significantly increased the probability of survival without the most severe grade of disability in ...

A new UCLA study reveals that a widely used federal hospital safety metric is fundamentally flawed when applied to emergency stroke care, potentially creating incentives that may discourage hospitals ...

The clinical syndrome produced by a stroke is determined by the artery or arteries that are occluded. Blood is supplied to the brain by two major sets of arteries, the anterior and posterior ...

The role of endovascular therapy for acute stroke with a large infarction has not been extensively studied in differing populations. We conducted a multicenter, prospective, open-label, randomized ...

A case report describes mechanical thrombectomy performed 28 hours after stroke onset, guided by CT perfusion showing salvageable tissue, with marked neurologic recovery at discharge.

The effect of early as compared with later initiation of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in persons with atrial fibrillation who have had an acute ischemic stroke is unclear. We performed an ...