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A 16-year-old girl presented with acute aphasia and right-sided weakness consistent with a large-vessel stroke syndrome. Neuroimaging confirmed left middle cerebral artery occlusion, but the underlying etiology was not immediately apparent.

A large Veterans Health Administration study found that older adults with traumatic brain injury had elevated rates of several neurologic disorders both before and after injury. The findings support a bidirectional association between TBI and neurologic disease but do not establish causality.

The FDA accepted asundexian’s secondary-stroke-prevention application for Priority Review, supported by phase 3 OCEANIC-STROKE results in noncardioembolic ischemic stroke.

First-line pulsed field catheter ablation outperformed antiarrhythmic drug therapy for rhythm control at one year in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation, with similar serious adverse event rates.

The critical care nurse has a significant role to play in facilitating timely interventions for intracerebral hemorrhage patients, particularly regarding neurologic status changes and blood pressure control.

Stroke incidence is rising in women under 45, with attention turning to non-traditional risk factors including handheld percussive devices, sexual strangulation, migraine with aura, peripartum vascular changes, and early menopause.