January 7, 2016 — Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the Western industrialized world, and according to the ...
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.
January 07, 2016
January 6, 2016 — A new study determined that the Watchman left atrial appendage closure device is more cost-effective ...
January 06, 2016
December 23, 2015 — Patients who have had a stroke in the back of the brain are at greater risk of having another within ...
December 23, 2015
November 20, 2015 — Boston Scientific announced the first implants of the Watchman FLX left atrial appendage closure ...
November 20, 2015
November 3, 2015 — In recognition of World Stroke Day, the patient-focused organization StopAfib.org launched a diverse ...
November 03, 2015
October 29, 2015 — Results from a new survey from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association found that ...
October 29, 2015
October 16, 2015 — Long-term study results from the RESPECT trial found that closing a patent foramen ovale (PFO) with ...
October 16, 2015
September 16, 2015 — A novel radiopharmaceutical probe developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has the ...
September 16, 2015
September 2, 2015 — Retrieval of larger thrombi during intra-arterial treatment (IAT) is associated with improved ...
September 02, 2015September 1, 2015 — The first-ever two-year outcomes from the Global Anticoagulant Registry in the Field - Atrial ...
September 01, 2015
Most people assume strokes only happen to octogenarians, but recent evidence suggests that survivors of childhood cancer ...
August 28, 2015
August 5, 2015 — Boehringer Ingelheim announced the first U.S. patients have been enrolled in two of the company's ...
August 05, 2015
July 13, 2015 - Hospitals performing carotid artery stenting vary considerably in rates of in-hospital stroke or death ...
July 13, 2015
June 12, 2015 - Endovascular treatment (EVT) of intracranial aneurysm is effective in preventing long-term bleeding, but ...
June 12, 2015
June 5, 2015 - Penumbra Inc. announced that the company's ACE64 aspiration thrombectomy system received 510(k) marketing ...
June 05, 2015