If approved, the targeted IGF-1 fusion protein would become the only treatment available for late-window stroke patients ...

Prompt, intensive blood pressure lowering within days of a TIA or minor stroke cuts recurrent stroke rates, results of a major UK study show.

Intravenous thrombolysis is a standard treatment of acute ischemic stroke. The efficacy and safety of combining intravenous thrombolysis with argatroban (an anticoagulant agent) or eptifibatide (an ...

Tenecteplase improved functional outcomes without added safety risk in selected basilar artery occlusion stroke treated up to 24 hours after onset in the TRACE-5 trial.

Objectives To evaluate the long-term efficacy of remote ischaemic postconditioning (RIPC) on functional outcomes in patients ...

Intravenous thrombolysis remains a standard treatment for acute ischemic stroke within 4.5 hours after onset. Vascular reocclusion may occur after intravenous thrombolysis and may be preventable with ...

Nirupama Yechoor, MD, MSC, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior author of a paper ...