Long-term dual antiplatelet therapy has not been rigorously assessed in patients with specific ischemic stroke subtypes other than that associated with atrial fibrillation (JW Neurol Aug 11 2009).

This includes having multiple TIAs. Subcortical dementia is associated with lacunar stroke, a form of ischemic stroke. Lacunar stroke occurs when small arteries located deep in the brain are blocked.

Symptoms may include: Typically, small vessel thrombosis has no symptoms. The condition worsens until a lacunar stroke occurs. Thrombotic strokes are caused by inadequate blood flow to a part of ...

A cocktail of isosorbide mononitrate and cilostazol was found to reduce problems with thinking and memory by 20 per cent in people who suffered a lacunar stroke. Lacunar strokes affect at least ...

Physicians and nurses need to understand the process and procedures of an autopsy to be able to answer patients' and family members' questions. A family confronted with a difficult decision, such ...

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The femoral ring is bounded in front by the inguinal ligament, behind by the pectineus, medially by the crescentic base of the lacunar ligament and laterally by the fibrous septum on the medial side ...

Eligible patients aged under 55 are routinely assessed for PFO with contrast echocardiography. Lacunar infarct pattern in the region of perforator artery distribution (<1.5 cm CT, <2.0 cm DW-MRI).