The findings suggest that arterial imaging with 3-D MRI could be useful in helping to determine stroke risk among diabetics. The carotid arteries are vessels on each side of the neck that supply oxygenated blood to the head. Narrowing of the carotid arteries is associated with risk of stroke,...
Atransient ischemic attack, orTIA, is sometimes referred to as a "mini-stroke." With a TIA, the stroke symptoms occur but go away on their own. Some people fully recover fromstrokes, but over two-thirds of stroke survivors are left with some type of disability. People who experience mild...
Loss of mental and physical abilities Nerve damage Seizures Problems with vision Death Is There Prenatal Testing for Congenital “Neonatal” Hydrocephalus? Prenatal testing for congenital hydrocephalus, such as through ultrasound or fetal MRI, is vital to early diagnosis. Misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis...
Cranial MRI showed clear signs of subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy with lacunar cerebral infarcts in the right periventricular white matter, but no territorial infarcts or signs of global or focal atrophy were found. Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE) was unremarkable in June 2020 (29/30...
(due to bleeding and vascular problems in the eye [retinopathy]), neurologic problems (lethargy, confusion, sleepiness,headache, problems with sensation or movement in one area of the body [neuropathy],stroke), and shortness of breath orchest pain(due tocongestive heart failurecaused by an ...
Significance of early CT signs in acute stroke: a CT scan-diffusion MRI study. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2002;13:47-56.Jaillard A, Hommel M, Baird AE, Linfante I, Llinas RH, Caplan LR, Edelman RR, Warach S. Significance of early CT signs in acute stroke: a CT scan-diffusion MRI study. ...