Stroke—a sudden loss of blood to the brain caused by a blocked blood vessel—is one of the most common causes of death in America, and stroke survivors often experience serious long-term symptoms.

When an ischaemic stroke strikes—the most common type, caused by a clot blocking blood flow to the brain—doctors race against time to restore circulation within the "golden hour" as rapid treatment ...

Stroke survivors were more likely to have little or no disability after 90 days if a clot was removed from a large brain artery followed by the injection of the clot-dissolving medication tenecteplase ...