A stroke, sometimes called a brain attack, occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is ...

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 ...

Ischemic strokes happen ... plan suited to your needs. A CT (computed tomography) scan is an x-ray that doctors use to determine which part of the brain has been damaged and whether the stroke was ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The odds ratio of a worse modified Rankin score in the asymptomatic hemorrhagic infarction and subarachnoid ...

The key safety outcomes were symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage and death ... acute posterior circulation ischemic stroke, without extensive early hypodensity on CT, who had had symptom onset ...

There are two main types of stroke: ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke. The most common type of stroke is called an ischemic stroke, or your doctor may say "ischemic infarct (stroke)." ...

HealthDay News — For patients with ischemic stroke, tenecteplase seems to be a reasonable alternative ... symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage, and in-hospital mortality or hospice discharge. Among ...