Tag: best medical therapy
ISC 2024 examines TCAR ‘explosion’ alongside advances in intensive medical therapy
This year’s International Stroke Conference (ISC; 7–9 February, Phoenix, USA) hosted discussions on the current state of play in carotid stenosis treatment—and, most notably,...
Observational study addresses ‘ongoing debate’ around intervention in asymptomatic carotid patients
Alessandro Gregio (University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy) recently presented midterm results from the Carotid asymptomatic stenosis observational study during the first of two Society...
Medical therapy improvements mean “the time has come” to reconduct prior...
“The time has definitely come to look at the evidence, and redo these studies,” posited Alun Davies (Imperial College London, London, UK), putting forward...
Thrombectomy appears comparable to medical management in treating ACA occlusion stroke
Mechanical thrombectomy appears to be a safe and technically feasible treatment option for ischaemic strokes caused by primary isolated anterior cerebral artery (ACA) occlusions...
