Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2009;7(1):29-48. Several additional trials are using identification of a penumbra by neuroimaging for the inclusion of patients. The ReoPro Retavase Reperfusion of Stroke ...

The time to initiate intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke is generally limited to within 4.5 hours after the onset of symptoms. Some trials have suggested that the treatment window may ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although the literature and data regarding the prognostic and diagnostic ability – as well as the wider ...

The pathophysiology of cerebral ischemia in the borderzones between the large cerebral arteries has been the topic of considerable debate since this disease entity was defined in the first half of the ...

Trials of endovascular therapy for ischemic stroke have produced variable results. We conducted this study to test whether more advanced imaging selection, recently developed devices, and earlier ...

Cerebral blood flow defined maps describe the amount of blood delivered to the capillaries for a unit of time and is related to the amount of oxygen and nutrients reaching an area. CBV is used as an ...

CT perfusion and angiography failed to meet sensitivity and specificity thresholds to determine brain death. Neither should be used as standalone tests to establish death by neurologic criteria, the ...

Recent advances in scanner technology have made the use of CT stress myocardial perfusion imaging feasible. Just how well it matches up to MR perfusion in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD ...