Including cardiac CT in the initial stroke imaging protocol detects more high-risk cardioaortic embolic sources than the current practice of performing later echo, a new study shows.

We recruited patients with acute posterior circulation ischemic stroke, without extensive early hypodensity on CT, who had had symptom onset 4.5 to 24 hours before screening.

Notably, off-label tenecteplase had already become the preferred thrombolytic for acute ischemic stroke before the expanded indication.

Traditionally, patients with ischemic stroke are treated with medical thrombolysis, or intravenous-based drugs that dissolve the clot. But thrombolysis does not work as well in a large clot.

Hyperfine reports on new data at ISC 2025 showcasing the growing potential for using images from AI-powered portable MRI for stroke diagnosis.

The tissue plasminogen activator, clot-dissolving, thrombolytic medicine has been approved for adults with acute ischemic stroke (AIS).

The use of thrombectomy in patients with acute stroke and a large infarct of unrestricted size has not been well studied. We assigned, in a 1:1 ratio, patients with proximal cerebral vessel occlusi ...

BASEL, Switzerland—Multiple randomized trials presented last week at the European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC) 2024 have bolstered the case that tenecteplase (TNK) is an effective—if not ...

PHOENIX, AZ—IV tirofiban lessens early neurological deterioration when given within 24 hours of symptom onset in patients with an acute noncardioembolic ischemic stroke who aren’t treated with IV ...