The blockage does not last long enough to cause permanent damage, so the symptoms disappear. Because people often feel normal ...

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a condition where protein (called amyloid) builds up in the brain, making blood vessels weak. People with CAA are four times more likely to develop dementia within ...

The validated 6-variable IsCHEMiA score accurately identifies patients at high risk for developing epilepsy following an acute ischemic stroke.

Stroke is a sudden and unanticipated medical emergency. Its early symptoms are often lost amidst what is perceived only to be weakness or fatigue leading to dangerous delays in treatment. Early detect ...

A new UCLA study reveals that a widely used federal hospital safety metric is fundamentally flawed when applied to emergency stroke care, potentially creating incentives that may discourage hospitals ...

BERLIN, Germany—Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are more likely than similar individuals without the arrhythmia to have brain infarcts detected on MRI, an analysis of the Swiss-AF cohort study ...

The use of thrombectomy in patients with acute stroke and a large infarct of unrestricted size has not been well studied. We assigned, in a 1:1 ratio, patients with proximal cerebral vessel occlusion ...

South Korea’s MFDS gave regulatory clearance to SK Inc. C&C’s artificial intelligence (AI) solution to diagnose cerebral infarction called Medical Insight+ Brain Infarct on Feb. 22, as a class III ...

Veteran Odia singer Geeta Patnaik died at 73 after suffering a brain stroke. Doctors say recognising early warning signs and acting quickly can be life-saving.