The clinical syndrome produced by a stroke is determined by the artery or arteries that are occluded. Blood is supplied to the brain by two major sets of arteries, the anterior and posterior ...

Summarized by the aphorism 'time is brain', rapid recanalization is critical to optimize clinical outcomes. Time to clot dissolution in thrombolysis is dependent on several factors – that is, clot ...

Dual antiplatelet treatment has been shown to lower the risk of recurrent stroke as compared with aspirin alone when treatment is initiated early (≤24 hours) after an acute mild stroke. The effect of ...

Trials of the efficacy and safety of endovascular thrombectomy in patients with large ischemic strokes have been carried out in limited populations. We performed a prospective, randomized, open-label, ...