Background Among patients with a proximal vessel occlusion in the anterior circulation, 60
to 80% of patients die within 90 days after stroke onset or do not regain functional …

Background In 2015, five randomised trials showed efficacy of endovascular thrombectomy
over standard medical care in patients with acute ischaemic stroke caused by occlusion of …

Background Carotid-artery stenting and carotid endarterectomy are both options for treating
carotid-artery stenosis, an important cause of stroke. Methods We randomly assigned …

Background Trials of the efficacy and safety of endovascular thrombectomy in patients with
large ischemic strokes have been carried out in limited populations. Methods We performed a …

Background Endovascular therapy is increasingly used after the administration of intravenous
tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) for patients with moderate-to-severe acute ischemic …

Importance Endovascular thrombectomy with second-generation devices is beneficial for
patients with ischemic stroke due to intracranial large-vessel occlusions. Delineation of the …

Background Although the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the diagnosis of
acute stroke is increasing, this method has not proved more effective than computed …

Background Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography that is aimed at residual obstructive
intracranial blood flow may help expose thrombi to tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA). Our …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Clinicians are insecure reading CT scans by using the
one-third rule for acute middle cerebral artery stroke (1/3 MCA rule) before treating patients with …

ContextNoncontrast computed tomography (CT) is the standard brain imaging study for the
initial evaluation of patients with acute stroke symptoms. Multimodal magnetic resonance …