Acute Ischemic Stroke

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Management

Ken Butcher, MD, on Multimodal CT Scanning for Acute Stroke

10/09/2019

A new review highlighted the power and importance of multimodal computed tomography scanning for acute stroke. Lead author Ken Butcher, MD, answered our questions about his review.

10/09/2019

Research Summaries

mortality risk

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mortality From Stroke

06/09/2022

Racial and ethnic disparities exist across all aspects of health care. Researchers examined the association of these disparities in short- and long-term mortality for different types of stroke.

06/09/2022

Emergency Medicine

Acute Ischemic Stroke: Shorter Thrombolytic Door-to-Needle Time Tied to Better 1-Year Outcomes

06/03/2020

Researchers investigated whether shorter door-to-needle times were associated with improved long-term outcomes among more than 61,000 Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years or older who were treated for acute...

06/03/2020

Neurology

Is Migraine Tied to Ischemic Stroke in Women?

04/09/2020

The authors of a recent narrative review sought to identify factors that may be associated with an increased risk of stroke among women with migraine.

04/09/2020

Acute Ischemic Stroke

Potential Stroke Therapy Is Deemed Ineffective

03/19/2020

Investigators of the RESTORE BRAIN study determined whether a selective GABAA α5 receptor antagonist is a safe and effective therapy for patients with ischemic stroke.

03/19/2020

Neurology

Headache Is Common at the Onset of or Shortly Following Ischemic Stroke

01/23/2020

To gain a deeper knowledge of the association between headache and ischemic stroke, authors of a new study reviewed current literature that had examined the prevalence and characteristics of new-onset...

01/23/2020

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