An embolic stroke is a type of ischemic stroke that occurs when an embolus (a blood clot that breaks off from a larger blood clot) travels from elsewhere in the body to block an artery in the brain.

Nearly 800,000 people have a stroke each year, causing tens of thousands of deaths and even more long-term health issues in ...

Routine use of devices to prevent cerebral emboli during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) did not prevent strokes, a large randomized trial showed. Incidence of stroke within 72 hours ...

“In our population, a routine strategy of cerebral embolic protection did not reduce the rate of stroke. Our study provides convincing evidence that there is no value in the routine use of this ...

Approximately 45% of ischemic strokes are caused by small or large artery thrombus, 20% are embolic in origin, and others have an unknown cause (Hickey, 2003). Thrombosis can form in the ...

The goal of this industry-sponsored study was to determine if PFO closure with the AMPLATZER PFO Occluder was superior to the current medical standard of care in the prevention or recurrent embolic ...

CHICAGO, IL—A large-scale, randomized trial testing routine cerebral embolic protection during TAVI has once again failed to show the device reduces the risk of stroke. The two trials, which in ...

Transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with procedure-related stroke. Cerebral embolic protection (CEP) devices may reduce embolization to the cerebral circulation and hence ...

Cerebral embolic protection (CEP) devices are designed to stop this debris reaching the brain, and they have been suggested as a solution to reduce stroke risk for TAVI patients. However, evidence ...

A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that stroke was not prevented by routinely using devices ...