Search Tag: Thrombectomy

2024 21 Oct

  New research published in the Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases confirms that strokes, previously thought to primarily affect older adults, can also occur in younger individuals aged 18-50.    The global incidence of stroke among young adults (aged 18-49) is steadily increasing. Each year, over 7.6 million people suffer from new...Read more

2018 30 Jan

According to a new study (DEFUSE 3), thrombectomy for ischaemic stroke 6 to 16 hours after a patient was last known to be well plus standard medical therapy resulted in better 90-day functional outcomes than standard medical therapy alone among patients who had evidence of salvageable tissue on the basis of a formula that incorporated early infarct...Read more