In patients with acute stroke and a large infarct of unrestricted size, thrombectomy and medical care led to better functional outcomes and lower mortality compared with medical care alone, the ...

In a study published in European Heart Journal on December 26, a research team from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of ...

The role of endovascular therapy for acute stroke with a large infarction has not been extensively studied in differing populations. We conducted a multicenter, prospective, open-label, randomized ...

The effect of endovascular thrombectomy that is performed more than 6 hours after the onset of ischemic stroke is uncertain. Patients with a clinical deficit that is disproportionately severe relative ...

Colchicine fails to protect against myocardial injury in STEMI when given at the time of reperfusion then continued for 5 days after, according to data from the randomized COVERT-MI. There also is a ...

Though currently excluded from guideline recommendations for endovascular stroke therapy, patients with acute ischemic strokes with large infarct volumes derive benefits from such treatment, results ...

Watershed Infarction: Flair axial MRI scans. Note the large bright signal in the right basal ganglia and internal capsule. Although watershed infarcts are most often thought of as areas between two ...

Multi-infarct dementia, also known as vascular dementia, is a form of dementia resulting from brain damage caused by stroke or transient ischemic attacks (also known as mini-strokes).