Stroke

In the past few decades, several randomized clinical trials (RCTs) have compared percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients with multiple vessels coronary artery disease (MVCA) or left main …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) patients are often high risk being elderly and having multiple comorbidities. Many risk factors are established to be associated with new onset incident AF, as well as AF-related complications such as stroke and …

A stroke is an acute neurologic condition that occurs due to a disruption of cerebral perfusion, resulting in focal or global neurological impairment [ 1 ]. Strokes can be broadly classified into ischemic strokes (IS) and hemorrhagic strokes (HS).

Stroke is an important disease with unmet clinical need. To uncover novel paths for treatment, it is of critical importance to develop relevant laboratory models that may help to shed light on the pathophysiological mechanisms of stroke. Induced …

We aimed to explore the relationship between multiple hypointense vessels and cognitive function in patients with single subcortical infarction (SSI) and the role of SSI with different etiological mechanisms in the above relationship. Multiple …

Intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator (IV t-PA) was administered to acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients after screening with a head CT to exclude intracerebral hemorrhage. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with diffusion weighted imaging …

The incidence of stroke has declined in high income countries (HIC) over the past two decades, while rising in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) [ 1 ]. Worse still, LMICs have poor stroke outcomes compared to HIC with LMICs accounting for …

Virtual reality (VR) is usually associated with entertainment, but it is also increasingly used in rehabilitation [ 1 ]. The rapidly changing world has made life faster and our habits and preferences have changed. Methods that were effective at the …