known as lacunar strokes. Detecting silent strokes can be challenging as they do not present with obvious symptoms. However, some subtle signs that may indicate a silent stroke include balance ...

Although short-term dual antiplatelet therapy may eventually prove to benefit specific populations with very high stroke risk, the SPS3 trial definitively establishes that lacunar stroke alone is ...

An accurate diagnosis of lacunar stroke was made in 410 patients by means of a modified version of the Treatment of Acute Stroke Trial criteria or the Oxford Community Stroke Project criteria ...

Snelling, MDCertain types of strokes can damage the corona radiata. This bundle of nerve fibers in the brain carries information between cells in the outermost layer of the brain (cerebral cortex) and ...

The analysis showed no link between flossing and thrombotic or lacunar strokes. "Dental flossing reduces oral infections and gum disease, which are linked to inflammation," Sen said. Because ...

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).