Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is the leading cause of adult disability in the United States and a major cause of death both ...

It can affect an artery or vein of the brain and may cause harm to brain tissue. Three main types of CVA are an ischemic stroke, a cerebral hemorrhage, or a cerebral venous occlusion. These events are ...

Male Wistar rats (n = 66; controls, n = 7) were subjected to 2 hours of middle cerebral artery occlusion and were killed at various times of reperfusion (0.5 to 168 hours) for p53 immunohistochemistry ...

Arterial dissections and intracranial aneurysms cause the majority of neurovascular symptoms in Marfan's syndrome. Neurovascular disease is uncommon in osteogenesis imperfecta, although ...

A 5F or 6F intermediate catheter was used to access the target vertebral artery. An intracranial microcatheter and neuroguidewire were employed to attempt passage through the occluded segment. If the ...

Background Recent studies have shown that follow-up head CT is a strong predictor of functional outcomes in patients with middle cerebral artery stroke and mechanical thrombectomy. We sought to ...

Background The vertebral artery (VA) ostium (VAO) is a common stenosis site. Most patients with VAO stenosis refractory to medical treatment are treated endovascularly using stenting. To optimally ...

For example, an estimation of neck pain frequency might be very different in 1 study with primarily extracranial dissections, as compared with another with a larger number of intracranial ...

PHA was demonstrated and basilar artery occlusion was confirmed using digital subtraction angiography. Mechanical thrombectomy with a stent retriever and aspiration was performed via the PHA, and ...

Doctors were able to repair some tears and placed a stent in one artery." Caitlin's mother Darlene Jensen told WSB-TV that doctors believe the young woman's stroke occurred "as a direct result of ...