Nov. 20, 2024 — Researchers show that genetic traits influence the cellular composition of atherosclerotic plaques, which over time will affect the risk of such lesions to cause a stroke or ...

EMERGENCY head CT scans can reveal previously unknown strokes offer clinicians a significant opportunity to prevent future strokes, according to recently published research. The study highlighted that ...

This heightened awareness has led to increased adoption of diagnostic tools, including CT scans, MRI, and carotid ultrasound, which are pivotal in detecting ischemic strokes swiftly. 3.

mh.org.au Background and objective CT perfusion (CTP) is rapid and accessible for emergency ischaemic stroke diagnosis. The feasibility of introducing CTP and diagnostic accuracy versus non-contrast ...

Elijah’s mother, Michelle, took her son to the emergency room and talked them into doing a CT scan — and that’s when they found a 3-centimeter tumor at his brain stem/spinal cord.

A female patient in her 70s presented with mild slurred speech. Clinical assessment revealed only minor dysarthria. A stroke protocol CT study was performed comprising a non-contrast CT head, CT ...

An occipital stroke happens in the back of the brain. This lobe, or part of the brain, helps people to recognize what they see. That means strokes in the occipital lobe can cause vision changes, which ...

This valuable study reports machine learning models derived from large-scale data to predict the risk of post-stroke ... to CT or MRI records, the patient’s cortical lobes and subcortical involvement ...

Patients with diabetes or hypertension frequently present with small vessel ischemic stroke syndromes. Dubbed lacunar because of the resemblance to a small lake (lacune) deep in the brain on CT ...

swmail.sw.org Background and aim Ocular gaze deviation (OGD) is a well known clinical observation (Prevost's sign) in patients with acute cerebral ischemic stroke. Although OGD has been observed on CT ...

The etiology of headache in stroke is not known, and its relation to migraine and tension-type headache is unclear. The aim of our study was to investigate and classify headache appearing in stroke ...

Here we report our first experience of MT with a new combined CT and mobile C-arm X-ray device setup. Methods Patients with AIS underwent stroke imaging (non-contrast enhanced CT, CT perfusion, and CT ...