In the management of acute and chronic stroke, smartphone apps enhance communication between first responders and waiting hospital staff and reduce door-to-needle time, according to a literature ...

Panel A shows a noncontrast computed tomographic (CT) scan of the head (transverse section) revealing slight hypodensity in the left insular cortex (arrow). Panel B shows a CT angiogram (transverse ...

Acute ischemic stroke remains one of medicine’s most time-sensitive emergencies. When blood flow to the brain becomes blocked, approximately 1.9 million neurons die each minute without intervention.

A digital clock that sounds alarms signaling each step of acute stroke care at the hospital is a low cost tool that helped doctors in Germany streamline and accelerate the time-sensitive process, ...

Blood pressure management after thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke may require a change in approach. The HOPE clinical ...

Alteplase is the standard agent used in early reperfusion therapy, but alternative thrombolytic agents are needed. The efficacy and safety of reteplase as compared with alteplase in patients with ...