by Ket Patel | Dec 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Endovascular treatment is the treatment of choice for many intracerebral aneurysms (ICAs). However, coiling is probably less effective for giant or wide-necked aneurysms, and retreatment is not uncommon. Flow diversion (FD) is a novel endovascular approach to ICA...
by Ket Patel | Aug 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
Non-vitamin-K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) have become the standard of care in stroke prevention for individuals with atrial fibrillation (AF).
by Ket Patel | Aug 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
Embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) is a subset of cryptogenic stroke. Recurrence rates are high following ESUS and the optimal treatment to reduce the risk of recurrent stroke depends on the pathophysiology of the index stroke.
by Ket Patel | Aug 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
Time is of the essence to prevent brain damage in the context of acute ischaemic stroke, yet most patients do not receive specialist care or early reperfusion therapy in the setting of acute ischaemic stroke. In order to increase the number of patients treated in...
by Ket Patel | Aug 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
This article summarizes a Medtronic-sponsored symposium held on May 17th 2018 at the 4th European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC) in Gothenburg, Sweden. This symposium was introduced and moderated by Professor Antoni Dávalos.