by University of Pittsburgh Credit: CC0 Public Domain Endovascular therapy, or EVT, a minimally invasive surgery performed inside the blood vessels—is 2½ times more likely than standard medical management to achieve a positive outcome after vertebrobasilar stroke that affects the back of the brain, including the brain stem. The meta-analysis of four randomized clinical trials, published today in The Lancet, was...
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Deadly type of stroke increasing among younger and middle-aged adults
by Laura Williamson, American Heart Association Graphical abstract. Credit: DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.037332 New cases of a debilitating and often deadly type of stroke that causes bleeding in the brain have been increasing in the U.S., growing at an even faster rate among younger to middle-aged adults than older ones, new research shows. The findings show an...