Just 14 patients need screening with extended CT angiography to find one clot, according to the DAYLIGHT study, improving ...

The new CT scan is a big step forward. In the study, scientists used it to scan 128 patients who had high blood pressure ...

Both CT scans and, say, conventional radiographs use X-rays, but if you get a chest X-ray because you’re short of breath, for example, you’re taking an image from the front to the back. With ...

Researchers found that the clot-busting drug alteplase can still improve recovery when given up to 24 hours after the start ...

Siemens Healthineers has deployed its first mobile stroke unit in the U.S., with an ambulance equipped with its own CT scanner. Run by UCLA Health of Southern California, the specialized bus can ...

Former Israeli President Shimon Peres remains in serious but stable condition, a CT scan showed five days after he suffered a massive stroke. The scan conducted on Sunday morning at Sheba Medical ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently had a CAT scan of my chest as an evaluation for pneumonia. I didn’t have pneumonia, but I got an unexpected high calcium score in my coronary arteries.

But using the treatment for stroke recovery is novel — the Food and Drug Administration approved Vivistim to treat upper extremity impairments post-stroke in August 2021.

CHI St. Alexius Dickinson earns American Heart Association’s Rural Stroke Gold Achievement Award, recognizing the hospital’s excellence in treating strokes across southwest North Dakota.