The most common type of stroke is an ischemic stroke, accounting for about 87% of all cases, according to the American Stroke ...

Learn the warning signs and symptoms of a stroke from a neurosurgeon, and what to do if you think someone is having a brain ...

Stroke: Causes and Risk Factors. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Brown RD. ... Women ages 35 and younger are 44% more likely to have an ischemic stroke than male peers.

The main cause of ischemic strokes, which account for 87% of all strokes, is atherosclerosis. These fatty deposits, known as plaque, line blood vessel walls and cause blockages. Atherosclerosis can ...

Keywords: No-reflow phenomenon, acute ischemic stroke, mechanical thrombectomy, intravenous thrombolysis, recanalization, futile recanalization, microvascular impairment, cerebral autoregulation, ...

About 50% of patients have headache after a hemorrhagic stroke, and more than a third report severe pain — yet headache care ...

Older Black patients on Medicare in the United States experience disparities in stroke care access and outcomes, compared with White patients.

Health, emotional well-being, financial, and family stress levels are associated with intracerebral hemorrhage risk after controlling for hypertension.

Patients with atrial fibrillation who have experienced a stroke would benefit greatly from earlier treatment than is ...

New study reveals alarming increase in cases of cervical artery dissection, a little-known but growing cause of stroke.

The development of new biomarkers that enable the early diagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI) should facilitate early intervention and reduce the mortality associated with this disease. In this ...

Schematic diagram of the perturbed metabolic pathways that were detected by the UPLC/MS/MS, showing the network links between the identified biomarker pathways and MCAO-induced ischemic stroke. The ...