The middle cerebral artery territory comprises the corticospinal tract, which is responsible for fine motor activity of the hands, and the corticoreticulospinal tract, which is involved in postural ...

A 65 year-old man with atrial fibrillation had the acute onset of left hemiplegia and a right gaze preference. Initial diffusion-weighted MRI scan indicated a large right MCA infarct. Two days later, ...

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2009;7(1):29-48. Several additional trials are using identification of a penumbra by neuroimaging for the inclusion of patients. The ReoPro Retavase Reperfusion of Stroke ...

The effect of endovascular thrombectomy that is performed more than 6 hours after the onset of ischemic stroke is uncertain. Patients with a clinical deficit that is disproportionately severe relative ...

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 ...