Among patients with acute ischemic stroke, diagnostic imaging with CT alone was noninferior to initial CT plus MRI for discharge and 1-year clinical outcomes, in a new study. The rates of death or ...

Despite the development of effective treatments, well over 90% of acute ischemic stroke patients are not treated. The primary reason is that they arrive at the hospital beyond the stringent 3-h time ...

DALLAS, April 5 - The accuracy of diagnosing a blocked brain vessel in an emergency setting improved nearly 100 percent when physicians used a high-speed CT scanner, researchers report in today's ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming health care. AI systems can now detect diabetic eye disease from retinal photos and analyze CT images for signs of early-stage lung cancers and stroke.

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.

Endovascular therapy (EVT) is recommended as the standard treatment for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) due to large-vessel occlusion (LVO) in the ...