Left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease can lead to what's known as a "widowmaker" heart attack, so-called because of the ...

"Vascular surgeon here. A sudden onset of pain in your calf when you walk should NEVER be ignored. It could be a clot in an ...

Have you ever experienced a sudden, severe headache? What about a moment when words just wouldn’t come out right, even though ...

The ion channel PIEZO2 doesn't just convey touch stimuli. It also plays a key role in the development of coronary vessels, a team led by Annette Hammes from the Max Delbrück Center reports in "Nature ...

For those with advanced ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) or certain brainstem strokes, they can be what is referred to as ...

Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) Infarction: Axial CT scans 3 days after presentation. Note the hypodensity in the left occipital lobe in the distribution of the left posterior cerebral artery. This ...

Recent trials have shown the effectiveness of thrombectomy in treating basilar-artery occlusion. 9,10 However, ... 95 had small-vessel occlusions, and 37 had strokes of undetermined or other cause.

Right external carotid artery injection in lateral projection demonstrates anastomotic connection (arrow) between the occipital artery and reconstituted basilar artery. The anastomosis in our patient ...

Introduction. Basilar artery (BA) dolichosis refers to the elongation or curvature of the BA, with a BA curve length >29.5 mm or bending length (BL) >10 mm, and is one of the primary diagnostic ...

Introduction. Basilar artery occlusion (BAO) entails a high risk for severe disability and mortality. The role of mechanical thrombectomy (MT) in large vessel obstruction of the posterior cerebral ...

No significant improvement at 90 days Once again, a trial comparing endovascular therapy to medical treatment of stroke caused by basilar-artery occlusion found that endovascular treatment did not ...