UPMC’s first Stroke Survivors Reunion celebrated resilience, featuring Ed Hermance’s inspiring recovery story. Quick action ...

Eighty-year-old Edward “Ed” Hermance is being called a miracle by friends and families after suffering a severe stroke and ...

New research presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery's (SNIS) 19 th Annual Meeting shows that thrombectomy, a minimally invasive procedure typically reserved for treating a ...

An innovative procedure called endovascular thrombectomy may be a game changer for those who have a stroke. Getty Images/iStockphoto For decades, there has been scant progress in treating one of the ...

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PHOENIX, AZ—After 1 year of follow-up, a significant benefit with thrombectomy on top of medical therapy for patients with large-core ischemic strokes has emerged in the TESLA trial, which fell shy of ...

In patients who've had a large core stroke, the benefits of thrombectomy can continue to increase out to 1-year follow-up, new results from the SELECT2 trial showed. Other new data from the trial show ...

Share on Pinterest New research shows an endovascular thrombectomy helps create new connections around dead brain tissue after a stroke. BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images New research shows ...

A study presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery's (SNIS) 20th Annual Meeting noted that mechanical thrombectomy, a standard treatment for adults with a large vessel occlusion, a ...

Each moment we are given holds possibility. Yet, every 40 seconds a person suffers from a stroke, which can take away that promise of possibility. Millions of Americans and their families are affected ...

A randomized trial shows greater safety and effectiveness of the large-bore mechanical thrombectomy procedure than the catheter-directed intervention.