OBJECTIVES: Ischemic tissue injury contributes to significant morbidity and mortality and is implicated in a range of pathologic conditions, including but not limited to myocardial infarction ...

New research provides further evidence that thrombolysis benefits select patients with acute ischemic stroke up to 24 hours after symptom onset.

Ischemic strokes happen when a blood vessel in the brain ... If the blocked vessel is not re-opened, irreversible brain tissue injury and damage will happen to that part of the brain. People who are ...

A team in Pittsburgh received a $2.3 million grant to fast-track the development and clinical transition of a minimally ...

A stroke is an injury to the brain caused ... or your doctor may say "ischemic infarct (stroke)." Ischemia means lack of ...

More information: Fernando F. Gonzalez et al, Perinatal arterial ischemic stroke diagnosed in infants receiving therapeutic hypothermia for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, Pediatric Research ...

Hypoxia-ischemia induces an inflammatory response in the immature central nervous system that may be important for development of brain injury ... the vessels and tissue in the infarct region.

A blood test may rapidly distinguish brain bleeds from clot-caused strokes, even before people with stroke symptoms reach the ...