multimodal brain MRI scan, catheter cerebral angiogram, echocardiogram, continuous cardiac monitoring. Diagnosis: Acute ischemic stroke caused by distal left internal carotid artery occlusion ...

Emergency responders can begin treatment en route to the hospital and ensure that the person gets to a stroke-ready hospital.

A CT (computed tomography) scan, sometimes also called a CAT scan, is a type of specialized X-ray. The scan can show cross-sectional images of a specific area of your body. With a CT scan ...

1989, p. 1412). The two main types of stroke are ischemic and hemorrhagic, accounting for approximately 85% and 15%, respectively (Hickey, 2003). When an ischemic stroke occurs, the blood supply ...

There is increased risk for ischemic stroke in patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation at a younger age. Younger individuals diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF) have a higher risk for ...