People who've had a stroke face a significantly higher risk of serious complications if they have an elective surgery during the nine months following their stroke, according to a new Danish study.

Although stroke treatments have vastly improved in recent years, leading to better outcomes for many, one population of patients often does not receive these effective therapies: those who suffer ...

SAN DIEGO—A recent study presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS) 20th Annual Meeting noted that U.S. rates of endovascular thrombectomy, a lifesaving stroke treatment, ...

Steps for reducing the risk of stroke in patients undergoing heart surgery are detailed in a new American Heart Association Scientific Statement, "Considerations for Reduction of Risk of Perioperative ...

Current clinical guidelines used to determine when patients can safely undergo surgery following a stroke may be too conservative and could be delaying important care for cancer and other “semi-urgent ...

Paul Hargadon doesn't put much stock in being the first person in the United States to get a new kind of carotid artery stent. His vascular surgeon Dr. Bradley Boone at Cardiothoracic and Vascular ...

Steps for reducing the risk of stroke in patients undergoing heart surgery are detailed in a new American Heart Association Scientific Statement, "Considerations for Reduction of Risk of Perioperative ...

Good communication and teamwork before, during, and after are keys to minimizing the risk of stroke in patients undergoing cardiac and thoracic aortic surgery, according to a new scientific statement ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — When it comes to treating a stroke, time is crucial. "Every minute we delay stroke care, you know, hundreds of millions, of billions of brain cells are lost.", Dr. Justin Singer ...

SAN FRANCISCO (WPVI) -- A beauty pageant contestant who suffered a debilitating stroke went through an eight-hour surgery to reconstruct her paralyzed face. KGO-TV reports, at the age of 20, Julia ...