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Mission: To ensure the highest level of safety and quality for every stroke patient across the continuum through standardized care and innovative strategies. A telestroke consult is a real-time audio/visual consultative service with a Mayo Clinic Neurology stroke specialist, for acute stroke patients who present at the emergency department of a participating hospital. Providing immediate access to critical clinical neurological consultative support, the patients receive optimal and prompt care from a stroke specialist.
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Telestroke has become a critical component of modern stroke care, enabling neurologists to provide safe, timely, and effective treatment in a remote manner. As telestroke…
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A friend from my book club recently had a stroke. I learned that women have a higher risk of strokes. What are the risk factors, and…
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My neighbor had a stroke and received a "clot buster" medication. Then, I found out my uncle had a surgery after a stroke. Can you…
Risk actors are traits and lifestyle habits that increase your chance of disease. Being aware of these risk factors and knowing your personal risk is…
World Stroke Day is October 29, 2024. Learn more about how you can prevent stroke for you and your loved ones. 1 in 4 of…
What looks and feels like a stroke sometimes isn't. Instead, sudden weakness, difficulty speaking, vision changes, dizziness and other symptoms of a stroke might be…
Research Highlights: Hospital beds for stroke patients are typically elevated at the head, however, a flat head position before surgical removal of a blood clot…
Stroke is a leading cause of death and serious long-term disability in the United States. About half of those who survive a stroke are left…
Some intermittent fasting strategies may be associated with an increased risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke, according to new data presented Monday,…
Ischemic stroke survivors who received care recommendations from an artificial intelligence (AI)-based system had fewer recurrent strokes, heart attacks or vascular death within three months,…
Every 40 seconds someone in the U.S. has a stroke[1] and 1 in 4 stroke survivors will have another one[2]. During May, American Stroke Month, the American Stroke Association,…
May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and as part of everyday awareness, Mayo Clinic healthcare professionals suggest reducing stroke risk and knowing the signs. A stroke happens…
NIH-funded observational study shows risk grows sharply with more frequent use. Frequent cannabis smoking may significantly increase a person’s risk for heart attack and stroke,…
A Brown University researcher who has studied women and stroke for over a decade shared crucial information about factors emerging in studies as important risk…
February is American Heart Month, a time to pay special attention to understanding, preventing and treating heart disease – the leading cause of death in…
The holiday season, billed as the happiest time of the year, can be lonely, especially for those without close family and friends. Loneliness and social isolation,…
Telestroke facilitates emergent assessment of patients with suspected acute ischemic stroke (AIS) to identify candidates for immediate therapeutic interventions. The most recent guidelines for the…
Mayo Clinic Rochester Plummer Building will be lit red for World Stroke Day, October, 29, 2023. One in four of us will have a stroke…
Objective To examine in-hospital stroke onset metrics and outcomes, quality of care, and mortality compared with out-of-hospital stroke in a single community-based primary stroke center.…
What happened to my arm? Why can't I walk right? What's wrong with my mom's face? It's drooping on one side, and her words don't…