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 ...

Diagnosis: Acute ischemic stroke caused by distal left internal carotid artery occlusion, with salvageable penumbral tissue and a persistent large-vessel occlusion. B.H. Buck is a Fellow of the ...

Dental flossing is associated with a lower risk for ischemic and cardioembolic stroke and atrial fibrillation (AF).

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Therefore, the retinal vessels, as the only terminal microvessels that can be directly observed in vivo, share similar embryological, anatomical, and physiological characteristics with cerebral small ...

Endovascular therapy is a standard reperfusion treatment for acute ischemic stroke with large vessel occlusion and small to medium-sized infarctions (Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) ≥6 ...

Background: Magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is the most sensitive modality for ischemic stroke diagnosis ... 95% CI: 0.45–1.03) or small artery occlusion (OR, 0.71, 95% CI: ...