A cerebral angiogram checks for abnormalities in the blood vessels of your brain. The procedure has a handful of related names. These include: Carotid angiogram or angiography Cerebral angiogram or ...

Cerebral angiography is a diagnostic test that uses an X-ray. It produces a cerebral angiogram, or an image that can help your doctor find blockages or other abnormalities in the blood vessels of your ...

A 63 year-old woman with atrial fibrillation presented with the acute onset of a left hemiplegia and neglect syndrome. After the CT showed no evidence of hemorrhage, IV tPA was administered followed ...

An angiogram is a diagnostic test that uses X-rays and a contrast dye to visualize the blood vessels in the body, including those in the brain. This test can help diagnose a brain aneurysm. An ...

AHA: Thrombolysis Shows Potential After Wake-Up Stroke For patients with acute ischemic stroke due to middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion who either fail to respond or have contraindications to ...

A 57 year-old man presented with a mild headache. His examination was normal. An MRI scan of the brain suggested an abnormality of the left internal carotid artery, which led to the patient undergoing ...

A transradial approach (TRA) for cerebral angiography was less effective than the transfemoral route in achieving an accurate diagnostic success rate. Study investigator, Wei Ni, MD, Huashan Hospital, ...

An 87-year-old woman presented to the emergency department three hours after acute onset of left hemiplegia, profound neglect and dysarthria (severe stroke; National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale ...