Photo Credit: J Am Coll Cardiol. Central Illustration (adapted). High-risk, nonstenotic intracranial plaque appears to be a more important cause of embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) than ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . BOSTON — In PROTECTED TAVR, the largest-ever randomized trial of transcatheter aortic valve replacement, ...

Stroke remains a problem after TAVR and continues to feed discussions around how extensively cerebral embolic protection devices and other strategies should be used. In a session during TVT Connect, ...

CHICAGO -- Routine use of devices to prevent cerebral emboli during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) did not prevent strokes, a large randomized trial showed. Incidence of stroke within ...

Medically reviewed by Huma Sheikh, MD Key Takeaways High blood pressure and atherosclerosis are common causes of strokes.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement with a cerebral protection system experienced fewer ...

MicroPort NeuroTech Limited ($HK:2172) announced an update on their ongoing clinical study. Study Overview The clinical study “a Prospective, ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Among COVID-19 patients who suffer stroke, the rate of cryptogenic and embolic strokes is higher ...

A device designed to remove embolic material—fragments of tissue that can be released into the bloodstream during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)—did not result in a reduction in the ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — For many families, the tradition of yelling "play ball!" at a baseball game is fun, but expected. Shauna Rasor and her family? They are treating it as a miracle. "I think in this kind ...