The clinical syndrome produced by a stroke is determined by the artery or arteries that are occluded. Blood is supplied to the brain by two major sets of arteries, the anterior and posterior ...

A man in the 40s presented with acute vertigo and occipital headache. He was diagnosed with right posterior inferior ...

A 65 year-old woman developed the abrupt onset of a right gaze preference, left hemiplegia, and left visual field loss. Middle and Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarction. Axial CT scans; (Left) Day 2; ...

A 54 year-old woman developed the sudden onset of difficulty seeing on the left side. In the ER, her EKG showed new onset atrial fibrillation. Four months later, she reported headaches and a CT scan ...

Within the next 5 years, continued research in stroke bedside monitoring might yield more tools for clinicians that manage these acutely ill patients. Ideally, NIRS and other noninvasive brain oxygen ...

Early decompressive hemicraniectomy reduces mortality without increasing the risk of very severe disability among patients 60 years of age or younger with complete or subtotal space-occupying ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Patients who are over the age of 60 and have suffered a major stroke due to blockage of the middle cerebral artery benefit from hemicraniectomy -- removal of part of the skull located above the ...