Stroke
Great strides have been made in the provision of carotid revascularization within 14 days following an ischemic stroke, an evidence-based time frame set by American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines.
Perfusion imaging likely guides therapy for acute ischemic stroke in such a way as to optimize outcomes, according to a meta-analysis published online November 9, 2016, ahead of print in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery. The authors warn, however, that several questions about its benefits and drawbacks still remain unanswered.…
Infarcts in New Territories After Endovascular Stroke Treatment Less Common Than Previously Believed
Although infarcts in new territories (INTs) following endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke are relatively uncommon and unlikely to be caused by the intervention, they do appear to have an impact on clinical outcomes, according to an analysis of the ESCAPE trial published online November 10, 2016, ahead of print in the Stroke.…
Findings from the latest iteration of the ICTuS study suggest that therapeutic cooling for acute ischemic stroke may place patients at increased risk for pneumonia. Even so, the investigators are not daunted and hope to find the correct recipe that will make therapeutic cooling a valid clinical option in the near future.…
Clot burden score (CBS), which uses degree of contrast opacification on CT angiography to estimate the extent of intracranial thrombus burden, is emerging as an important but limited tool for helping direct therapy among patients with acute ischemic stroke.…
Page 31 of 43