Stroke is defined as an "acute neurologic dysfunction ... 2003). When an ischemic stroke occurs, the blood supply to the brain is interrupted, and brain cells are deprived of the glucose and ...

Acute ischemic stroke, which occurs due to a blockage in cerebral blood flow, requires prompt intervention with thrombolytic ...

Imagine you're at a dinner party and the person sitting across the table from you suddenly stops making sense, and not ...

A clot-busting drug recently approved to treat acute ischemic strokes (AIS) that can be delivered quickly works as well as a decades-old medication used by most hospitals in the U.S. and could hold ...

“In treatment of acute ischemic stroke, there is the saying that ‘time is brain.’ The longer patients go without effective ...

A new preclinical study suggests that uric acid, a naturally occurring antioxidant, could improve recovery after an acute ...

It is the leading cause of long-term disability and the fifth leading cause of death. Since brain damage occurs and progresses rapidly during an acute ischemic stroke, immediate, fast-acting medical ...

Recombinant human prourokinase is noninferior to alteplase as a thrombolytic agent after acute ischemic stroke, according to the findings of a study published in The Lancet Neurology. Guidelines ...

VPDs with very short coupling intervals developing during an acute stage of myocardial infarction would predict the development of early cycled reentry, potentially culminating in VF, and requires ...

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center found that tenecteplase, a newer drug, is just as safe and effective as ...

During an AIS, brain damage occurs and progresses rapidly ... trial compared TNKase to Activase in treating patients with acute ischemic stroke that presented with a disabling neurological ...