Noncontrast CT is commonly used to diagnose acute stroke because of its ability to detect acute hemorrhage, although it is less sensitive for early detection of ischemic stroke. The American Academy ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The portable MRI detected a high percentage of stroke-related infarct. Hyperfine has “practical advantages” over ...

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2009;7(1):29-48. These examples show that the rate of neuronal loss may vary by a factor of at least 200 in patients with major artery occlusions. Thus, for many patients ...

New research has found the world’s first portable MRI machine can accurately detect ischemic strokes. The machine was cleared for use by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in 2020 and researchers ...

The publication includes a subset of data from the ACTION PMR stroke study and provides early evidence that the Swoop® system is a promising tool for enabling critical stroke treatment choices in ...

Patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) did not have worse outcomes when a CT-only imaging strategy determined the course of their treatment, according to a small observational study. Those skipping ...

Combining MRI with patient characteristics may be useful for selecting acute stroke patients likely to benefit from endovascular therapy, according to a study published online November 2, 2015, ahead ...

An ischemic stroke occurs when a blood vessel supplying the brain becomes blocked, often by a blood clot or fatty deposit, leading to a lack of oxygen and potential cell death. Recognizing the signs ...

Endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke is generally avoided when the infarction is large, but the effect of endovascular therapy with medical care as compared with medical care alone for large ...

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2009;7(1):29-48. Several additional trials are using identification of a penumbra by neuroimaging for the inclusion of patients. The ReoPro Retavase Reperfusion of Stroke ...