Some patients with an acute large-vessel ischemic stroke who already show a large-core infarct at early imaging can still benefit from thrombectomy, especially if the procedure successfully restores ...

An internationally validated, imaging-based score helps clinicians better identify patients with stroke at highest risk for epilepsy.

After nonfatal myocardial infarction or stroke, initiation of a GLP-1 receptor agonist was linked to reduced risk for all-cause and CV-related mortality in patients with diabetes, researchers reported ...

Sotagliflozin, a dual SGLT1/2 inhibitor, shows benefit specifically for reducing myocardial infarction and stroke risks. Among patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD) at ...

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 ...

A new blood marker reflects the extent of brain injury after an ischemic stroke and can predict patient outcomes months to ...

The artery of Percheron (AOP) represents a rare anatomical variant whereby a single arterial trunk supplies both paramedian thalami and, in many cases, the rostral midbrain. Occlusion of this artery ...

Heart attack patients who do not take daily aspirin have an elevated likelihood of recurrent myocardial infarction, stroke or death compared with those who consistently take the drug, according to ...

Pressure-controlled intermittent coronary sinus occlusion (PiCSO) therapy added to primary PCI does not seem to reduce myocardial infarct size in patients with anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial ...