An ischemic stroke is a medical emergency caused by a blockage in a blood vessel that supplies blood to a region of the brain. Symptoms may include facial drooping, limb weakness on one side ...

Nonischemic causes of the symptoms, such as seizure, migraine, and anxiety, or global cerebral ischemia from hypotension may be impossible to distinguish from focal cerebral ischemia. Given these ...

A thorough and prompt history-taking and physical examination are important for all patients presenting with transient neurological symptoms to confirm the diagnosis of the cerebral ischemic syndrome.

An ischemic stroke occurs when the oxygen supply to the brain is significantly reduced. This reduction can lead to brain damage or the death of brain tissue. Most often, ischemic strokes are ...

It can happen in your brain, legs, and just about everywhere in between. You usually get ischemia because of a build-up or blockage in your arteries. What it feels like and how it affects you ...

Ticagrelor may be a more effective antiplatelet therapy than aspirin for the prevention of recurrent stroke and cardiovascular events in patients with acute cerebral ischemia. We conducted an ...

In a multicentre cohort of 1028 patients with low-risk transient focal neurologic events (i.e., no motor or speech symptoms or signs), we found that 13.5% showed evidence of ischemia on MRI.12 Since a ...

Microvascular ischemic disease is a term that’s used to describe changes to the small blood vessels in the brain. Changes to these vessels can damage white matter, the brain tissue that contains ...

The development of novel neuroprotective drugs for ischemic stroke has been greatly hindered by the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Fortunately, administrating drugs via ECS can bypass the BBB and ...