Stroke

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

Recognizing the Clinical and Financial Value of Stroke Care

05/28/2015

Scott Bachik, Senior Vice President, and, Stacey Lang, Senior Vice President, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scott Bachik, Senior Vice President, ...

Many hospitals across the country treat stroke patients, but few have a full understanding of the financial impact that this patient population brings to the bottom line.

Many hospitals across the...

05/28/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Meeting Update

VEITHSymposium — The Dawn of a New Era in Ischemic Stroke

02/03/2015

Cath Lab Digest talks with:

L.N. Hopkins, MD, on a new era in ischemic stroke, thanks to a catheter-based device that can capture and remove clot from large brain arteries.

Cath Lab Digest talks with: L.N. Hop...

I can’t remember seeing anything else in medicine more exciting and impressive than what happens when a patient who is paralyzed on one side and unable to speak with a clot in his middle cerebral artery, within seconds of removing the clot,...

I can’t remember seeing anything...

02/03/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Stroke Following Open and Endovascular Thoracic Aortic Repair

02/08/2013

The cause of stroke following endovascular aortic interventions has been inadequately studied. The authors discuss indications for left subclavian revascularization prior to deliberate coverage in endovascular repair.

The cause of stroke following...

02/08/2013

Vascular Disease Management

Clinical Editor's Corner

Renewed Focus on Stroke as a Complication of Thoracic Aortic Procedures

02/07/2013

Frank J. Criado , MD;

Stroke is still a challenging complication of TEVAR that requires further study, as in the review article by Lyons et al in this issue.

Stroke is still a challenging...

02/07/2013

Vascular Disease Management

Cerebral Vascular Accident Following a Pulmonary Embolism: Search for the Hidden Patent Foramen Ovale

06/19/2008

Alex Harrison, MD1, Ghalib Wahidi, MD2, Morton Kern, MD1 Division of Cardiology, Dept. of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California1; Dept. of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California2.

Alex Harrison, MD1, Ghalib Wahidi, MD...

Case Report An 83-year-old male with multiple medical problems was admitted to the hospital for intravenous antibiotic treatment of a severe lower extremity cellulitis. He suffered from longstanding diabetes mellitus and resultant chronic...

Case Report An 83-year-old male...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest

Feature

Cerebral Vascular Accident Following a Pulmonary Embolism: Search for the Hidden Patent Foramen Ovale

06/19/2008

Alex Harrison, MD1, Ghalib Wahidi, MD...

Case Report An 83-year-old male...

06/19/2008

Cath Lab Digest