DUBLIN, Today, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) published new stroke treatment guidelines that recommend the use of stent retriever technology - such as Medtronic ...

Professor Nam Hyo-seok of the Department of Neurology at Severance Hospital led to the recently announced revision of the ...

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has issued a new position statement on "Consent Issues in the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke," the first update in more than 20 years. The statement was ...

Heart-rending cases like that of Steven Spence — a 68-year-old man who suffered a second stroke in his home only hours after being treated for his first one in a hospital — underscore the urgent need ...

SWIFT PRIME and REVASCAT Confirm Findings of EXTEND-IA, ESCAPE and MR CLEAN, Support Addition of Solitaire Stent Thrombectomy to Current Standard of Care DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Two global trials ...

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 ...

Patients suffering from a stroke are more likely to have improved outcomes and fewer complications when hospitals use standardized guidelines for stroke care during a patient's admission and discharge ...

In my opinion, The European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study (ECASS 3) presents one of the most important acute stroke trials published since intra-arterial stroke therapies emerged. The authors looked ...

In patients with acute stroke and a large infarct of unrestricted size, thrombectomy and medical care led to better functional outcomes and lower mortality compared with medical care alone, the ...