Purpose— Our goal is to provide an overview of the current evidence about components of the evaluation and treatment of adults with acute ischemic stroke. The intended audience is physicians and other ...

It remains controversial whether long‐term clinical impact of newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF) in the acute phase of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is different from that of prior AF ...

Aim: This executive summary of the clinical practice guideline for the evaluation and diagnosis of chest pain provides recommendations and algorithms for clinicians to assess and diagnose chest pain ...

Ischemia is a stimulus for production of angiogenic cytokines that activate local vascular cells and mobilize angiogenic cells to the circulation. These responses are impaired in elderly patients with ...

While mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is proven to be lifesaving and disability sparing, there remains a disparity in its access in low- to middle-income countries. We hypothesized that team-based MT ...

The publication of the 2023 American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines for the Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage represents a milestone in the evolving landscape of cerebrovascular ...

Occlusive and nonocclusive cervicocephalic thrombi can be encountered during neurovascular imaging in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Radiographic and morphological characteristics on basic and ...

Background and Purpose— The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of a quality improvement program for improving stroke care and the determinants of success at the team and hospital levels.

Stroke is a leading cause of death that disproportionately affects women. Treating carotid stenosis with carotid artery stenting (CAS) or carotid endarterectomy (CEA) can prevent ischemic stroke. Yet, ...

Background and Purpose— Prompt recognition of stroke symptoms is critical to timely treatment and women have increased delay to treatment. Women may be more likely to present with atypical symptoms, ...

Background and Purpose— The clinical usefulness of noninvasive measurement of carotid intima media thickness and plaque visualization in the general population is still uncertain. Methods— We ...

We highly appreciate the consideration on differential diagnoses that Pieroni et al put forward regarding our recently published article 1 on the clinical, morphological, and ultrastructural features ...