Patients with symptomatic intracranial atherosclerosis who show impaired distal perfusion face a significantly higher risk for early stroke recurrence.

BRASILIA, Brazil — An analysis of prespecified subgroups in the third International Stroke Trial (IST-3) shows that intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) can be given safely in a ...

Among patients treated with endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke with large vessel occlusions in the anterior circulation, infarct growth did not differ based on general anesthesia vs.

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 ...