June 3, 2014 — Strokes kill nearly 130,000 Americans every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Stroke
This channel includes news and new technology innovations for stroke. It includes both diagnosis and treatment of stroke, stroke imaging, pharmaceuticals and interventional stroke technologies. Stroke comes in two forms, which have different therapies.
1. Ischemic stoke is a blockage of an artery in the brain, preventing blood flow and is offen referred to as a "brain attack" because it is a similar casue as a heart attack. This type of stroke is often treated with anti-coagulants, including use of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). Interventional mechanical thrombectomy can also be used to remove the clot.
2. Hemorrhagic stroke is caused when there is bleeding due to a ruptured blood vessel in the brain caused by a brain aneurysm burst or a weakened blood vessels. These strokes are less common, but exact diagnosis is important, because use of tPA in these patients can have catastrophic consequences. Treatments include interventional embolization and surgical clipping of target vessels.
April 16, 2014 — Covidien announced it has notified customers of a voluntary recall to address an issue with certain ...
March 26, 2014 — Inspire MD Inc. has enrolled the first patient into the CARENET (CARotid Embolic protection study using ...
October 1, 2013 — Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may serve as a valuable noninvasive tool for assessing the ...
September 24, 2013 — W. L. Gore & Associates has enrolled the first patient in its Gore Carotid Stent clinical study for ...
August 21, 2013 — The idea that surgery to relieve the pressure caused by hemorrhaging in the brain is a perfect job for ...
May 13, 2013 — For patients who received stents to restore blood flow through the main arteries supplying blood to the ...
April 12, 2013 – The Massachusetts General Hospital officially announced the launch of the Mass General Institute for ...