Middle cerebral artery stenosis is a less common occlusive disease in patients in western countries than in Asian patients. 1 The introduction of screening for MCA stenosis in stroke patients by use ...

Brain swelling, or cerebral edema, is a medical emergency. Learn about the evidence-based treatments doctors use to reduce ...

In medicine, we like to say that “time is brain,” meaning that every moment a stroke goes untreated, the potential for ...

Methods— Using established perfusion thresholds, we characterized the relationship among core, penumbra, and brain tissue perfused above penumbral thresholds (non-core/non-penumbra [NC/NP]) in 36 ...

Objective Serum uric acid (SUA) has been associated with cardiovascular diseases, including atherosclerosis and carotid artery stenosis. However, data on the relationship between SUA level and ...

A diagnosis of a cerebral aneurysm isn't usually made until a subarachnoid hemorrhage has already occurred. How is a subarachnoid hemorrhage treated? A subarachnoid hemorrhage is a medical emergency.

In general, studies assessing CA in ICAD are scant (33). Interestingly in asymptomatic middle cerebral artery (MCA) stenosis, CA has been demonstrated to be impaired unilaterally while symptomatic MCA ...

Lexi Cook tells PEOPLE about raising her son, Bo, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at 4 months old, and how some doctors have given her hope.

Background Craniotomy for subdural hematoma (SDH) in elderly patients with comorbidities can be challenging. The Subdural Evacuating Port System (SEPS; Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN) offers a less ...

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A 32-year-old software engineer from Pune, with recurrent ischemic episodes and was partially blind, underwent Superficial Temporal Artery to Middle Cerebral Artery (STA-MTA) bypass surgery by a ...

Background With transradial access (TRA) being more progressively used in neuroendovascular procedures, we compared TRA with transfemoral access (TFA) in middle meningeal artery embolization (MMAE) ...