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A Normal Head CT Scan Does Not “Rule Out” Ischemic Stroke – Part II
As a follow up to last week’s post about head CT scans failing to demonstrate evidence of ischemic stroke in certain situations (early stroke, strokes of small sizes, strokes in the brainstem or...
View ArticleMistakes young stroke patients make
I will keep today’s post brief, but wanted to relay mistakes that young stroke patients frequently make in hopes that they will not perpetuate. Yesterday I saw a young stroke patient who decided to...
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Understanding cerebral aneurysms following the death of journalist Lisa...
A reporter for WABC in New York City, Lisa Colagrossi, died over the weekend after an aneurysm in her brain ruptured. Colagrossi, 49, apparently experienced the very sudden onset of symptoms, and was...
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Reversible Cerebrovascular Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS): when a headache...
We live in a stressed out society. With greater pressures to be top performers in terms of productivity in the work place, as parents, as partners or spouses – something usually has to give. I find...
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Pondering “Telestroke” While Covering A Telestroke Service
This week is one of my on-call weeks for Duke University’s telestroke network. When I first came to Duke just over one year ago, I was very familiar with the telestroke concept and had attended a...
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When A Baby Has A Stroke: A Personal Story From the Executive Director of...
“Your baby has a brain abnormality.” Those were the chilling words my husband and I heard when I was 29 weeks pregnant with our third child. We were told by the perinatologist that our unborn baby’s...
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New book for patients with carotid and vertebral artery dissection is now...
One of the most meaningful parts of my neurology residency training was learning how to treat patients with carotid and vertebral artery dissections. Not only was I fascinated with the concept that a...
View ArticleCerebellar Stroke: Five Things Healthcare Providers Should Know
When I started The Stroke Blog in 2014, I had a few ideas of what readers might be seeking. In fact, I kept a running list of topics that I thought patients would find informative. I am now humbled to...
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The Diagnosis I Never Expected: A Young Stroke Survivor’s Story
August 5, 2017 was a typical night for my girlfriend and me: quiet dinner, just the two of us, followed by dessert at Amelie’s, a popular bakery in Charlotte, North Carolina. After arriving home,...
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Finally! A randomized clinical trial evaluating treatments for cerebral...
When the topic of stroke is being discussed, for the most part it is the concept of “blockages” developing within in the arteries of the brain – that is, the blood vessels that are carrying...
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