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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Location in the posterior circulation, but not use of IV thrombolysis, is an independent predictor of having an infarct in a new territory among patients who undergo mechanical thrombectomy for ...

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 ...

A 69 year-old woman developed the abrupt onset of a global aphasia, left gaze preference, right hemiplegia, and right visual field loss. Middle and Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarction. Axial CT scans ...

A 75 year-old woman with atrial fibrillation presented with the acute onset of global aphasia, right hemiplegia, and dense right visual field cut. Proximal Stem Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) with a ...