by Ket Patel | Mar 4, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Stroke
“Drip and ship” is a safe way to manage patients with acute ischemic stroke, according to results from two separate studies. A review of 145 ischemic stroke patients who began receiving an intravenous infusion of tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) at a...
by Ket Patel | Mar 1, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Stroke
An investigational clot-retrieval device completely recanalized blocked cerebral arteries, improved neurologic outcomes, and significantly reduced mortality from acute ischemic stroke more often than did the widely used Merci device in a randomized, open-label trial....
by Ket Patel | Feb 26, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Stroke
The extra time needed for CT perfusion imaging in patients with an acute ischemic stroke may not be warranted, based on a retrospective analysis of 418 patients treated at nine U.S. tertiary stroke centers. The analysis showed that the outcomes in patients assessed...
by Ket Patel | Feb 25, 2012 | All Videos For Neurology, Stroke
Patients with a very low or a very high hematocrit are at higher risk for death after a stroke, and anemic patients are at greatest risk, according to a study presented at the International Stroke Conference sponsored by the American Heart Association on Feb. 2....
by Ket Patel | Feb 20, 2012 | All Articles For Neurology, Movement Disorders
A 2-year weight-lifting program improved physical symptoms of Parkinson’s disease – including tremor – and seemed to slow their progression. The progressive resistance routine, which alternated between increasing strength and speed in weight-lifting, was significantly...
