Researchers found that the percentage of patients with functional independence at 90 days was higher in the alteplase group vs the standard treatment group. HealthDay News — For patients with mainly ...

Ischemic strokes are frequently caused by emboli. Emboli have a propensity to lodge in certain areas. In the right vertebral artery angiogram shown above, the most common locations for emboli in the ...

Approximately 20% of ischemic strokes involve the posterior circulation, primarily supplied by the vertebrobasilar system. While much is known about the stroke risk of vertebrobasilar stenotic disease ...

OTTAWA, Ontario — Compared with anterior circulation stroke (ACS), the identification and treatment of posterior circulation stroke (PCS) are delayed, Canadian data suggested. Researchers described a ...

In patients with posterior circulation stroke for whom thrombectomy was not planned, alteplase administered 4.5 to 24 hours after stroke onset resulted in less disability at 90 days than standard ...

IN modern civilizations an enormous toll of suffering and death is exacted by local disorders of brain blood flow. Regional hemodynamic failure, with unique rapidity, produces anoxic devastation in ...