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. 

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July 26, 2022 — The American Heart Association, the world’s leading nonprofit organization focused on heart and brain ...

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July 26, 2022 — While overall current electronic cigarette use (meaning use within the past 30 days) fell slightly in ...

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July 15, 2022 — The American Heart Association, the leading voluntary organization devoted to longer, healthier lives ...

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July 14, 2022 — More than one in four pregnancy-related deaths (26.5%) in the U.S. are tied to poor heart health ...

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July 13, 2022 — Black children who underwent heart transplant surgery for the first time were more than three times as ...

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July 12, 2022 — Pesticides and heavy metals in soil may have detrimental effects on the cardiovascular system, according ...

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July 6, 2022 — In one of the first studies to investigate the overall quality of care and outcomes of stroke care for ...

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July 5, 2022 — Is lowering patients' blood pressure following treatment for an ischemic stroke a safe way to lead to ...

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July 1, 2022 — The carotid artery in 81-year-old Reynold Zamora’s neck was nearly completely blocked with plaque ...

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June 30, 2022 — Before a baby is ever born, critical supply chain problems with nutrition and oxygen can result in ...

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The global thrombectomy devices market is poised to experience substantial expansion, owing to the emergence of ...

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June 20, 2022 — Clinical trials of new gel treatments for stroke should be delayed until technology used in the tests is ...

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June 16, 2022 — Xoran Technologies has recently received a patent for a modular computed tomography (CT) system assembly ...

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June 14, 2022 — A new American Heart Association scientific statement highlights the need for more data and research ...

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