In an editorial, J. Mocco, MD, of Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, characterized the DISTAL and ESCAPE-MeVO ...

Patients were then divided into two cohorts with or without carotid-cerebral artery disease (defined as stenosis of any carotid, vertebral or intracranial artery≥50%). The primary outcome was the ...

the transfemoral approach became the standard for cerebral angiography. To this day, the transfemoral approach remains the standard technique in establishing access during neuroendovascular ...

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a devastating stroke subtype with a high rate of mortality and morbidity ... both microcirculatory and large artery vasoconstriction. We propose the following effects ...

Methods A single-center retrospective review of a prospectively maintained databank for patients treated with the 3 mm Trevo stent retriever or 3MAX thromboaspiration as the upfront approach for ...

QUANTITATIVE pupillometry can predict neurological deterioration in patients with large middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke, with changes detectable up to 12 hours before clinical decline. This ...

About 795,000 Americans will have a stroke this year, but new research suggests that a common, healthy habit may reduce the risk of certain types of stroke. “We aimed to determine which oral ...

Background: Basilar artery occlusion usually causes severe disability or death. Until the recent developments in local intra-arterial or systemic intravenous fibrinolysis, interest in early diagnosis ...

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