Stroke is a severe complication of the chronic cardiopathy. Left ventricular mural thrombi are common in the chronic cardiomyopathy of AT. They often lie at the apex and cover fibrotic endocardial lesions. Fragments of thrombi may become detached, migrate with the bloodstream, and cause embolic ...
Treatment of embolic stroke as a medical emergency: Implications in a managed care environmentEncouraging innovations should be a concern of the providers/gatekeepers of health-care if lower health-care costs are to become a reality. Controlled prices and improper incentives will dramatically slow ...
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Purpose. The study is aimed at identifying echocardiographic and circulating biomarkers as well as hemodynamic indices of embolic stroke of undetermined etiology (ESUS) in patients aged <65. Methods...
Alteplase (tissue plasminogen activator, tPA) is currently the only FDA-approved treatment that can be given to acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients, if patients present within 3 h of an ischemic stroke. Recent clinical trial evidence now suggests th
--InspireMD, Inc., developer of the CGuard™ Embolic Prevention System for the prevention of stroke, today announced that the company will participate in the Leipzig Interventional Course 2022, which is being held June 6-9 in Leipzig, Germany. "We are
Cardioembolic stroke accounts for approximately one in six ischemic strokes (Cerebral Embolism Task Force 1986,1989). However, no clinical or laboratory finding assures the diagnosis. A large-vessel distribution cerebral infarct is considered to be of cardiac origin if the patient has a potential card...
Non-stenotic carotid plaque is considered an important etiology of embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS). However, only a few previous studies included a negative control group, and the characteristics of non-stenotic carotid plaque in ESUS have yet to be investigated. The objective of thi...
clots, which may also reduce blood flow to the brain. In some cases, plaque may rupture or dislodge from the vessel wall and block smaller downstream arteries. Patients with carotid stenosis have an increased risk of stroke as a r...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook embolic Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia Wikipedia Related to embolic:embolic stroke em·bol·ic (ĕm-bŏl′ĭk) adj. 1.Of, relating to, or caused by an embolus or an embolism. ...