With an old stroke, tissue scarring may appear as white spots on an MRI or CT scan. A TCD may reveal signs of obstructed or re-routed blood flow. Silent strokes are more common than classic strokes.

A GROUNDBREAKING study has demonstrated that the 0.23-Tesla (0.23-T) MRI using a novel haematoma-enhanced inversion recovery (HEIR) sequence has a 100% accuracy in differentiating between acute ...

Physiologic neuroimaging with CT and MRI has the potential for significantly improving stroke treatment. Ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes may have identical clinical presentations of a sudden ...

A new type of medical scanner developed by a University of Aberdeen team has shown that it can identify brain damage in stroke patients at lower magnetic fields than ever before. The world’s first ...

Nov. 27, 2024 — Researchers have analysed the effects of seven different hormone treatments for menopausal symptoms on the risk of blood clots, stroke and heart attack. The study, which involved ...

Jett Payne at home near Buda with his mom, Ryann, right, and neonatologist Ashley Lucke. Jett had a stroke during his ...

Blogging Stroke highlights high-impact studies published in the journal Stroke. In addition to article summaries, Blogging Stroke includes interviews with authors of recently published Stroke articles ...

There were subsequent stroke‐like episodes lasting for 1 to 2 hours of right‐sided weakness ... Zhao MY, Tong E, Duarte Armindo R, Fettahoglu A, Choi J, Bagley J, Yeom KW, Moseley M, Steinberg GK, ...

Their work builds on previous findings linking chronic inflammation in people with HIV to cerebrovascular disease and ...

Actor and comedian Jamie Foxx made headlines for his health scare when he was hospitalized in April 2023. Now, in his new ...

A Tandragee councillor and businessman has spoken out after a recent health scare left him waiting for an A&E appointment for ...

More information: Vasiliki Mallikourti et al, Field-Cycling MRI for Identifying Minor Ischemic Stroke Below 0.2 T, Radiology (2024). DOI: 10.1148/radiol.232972 ...