After Re-Analysis, No Trials Show Efficacy of tPA in Acute Ischemic Stroke
The Case A 71-year-old woman arrives to the ED by EMS with right-sided weakness beginning 3 hours…
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After Re-Analysis, No Trials Show Efficacy of tPA in Acute Ischemic Stroke
The Case A 71-year-old woman arrives to the ED by EMS with right-sided weakness beginning 3 hours... -
Endovascular Therapy With or Without tPA—What Do the Studies Say?
The Case A 61-year-old healthy female presents with two hours of right-side weakness as well as slurred... -
Breaking Updates in Critical Care and Stroke
Early this year, two important conferences outside our specialty unveiled a spate of new findings whose impact...
Endovascular Therapy With or Without tPA—What Do the Studies Say?
The Case A 61-year-old healthy female presents with two hours of right-side weakness as well as slurred…
Breaking Updates in Critical Care and Stroke
Early this year, two important conferences outside our specialty unveiled a spate of new findings whose impact…
Posterior Strokes: “A wolf in sheep’s clothing”
For emergency physician Rachel Garvin, MD, FNCS, properly diagnosing posterior circulation strokes is a passion. But practicing…
Simple Ischemic Stroke: Is There Really Such a Thing?
The Case A 50-year-old male with no known past medical history is brought to the emergency department…
Blood-Thinner Reversal Agent Works in 82% of Serious Bleeding Cases
Broader results from the ANNEXA-4 trial have confirmed that Portola Pharmaceuticals’ andexanet alfa, sold as Andexxa, can…
Similar Outcomes of Cervical-Artery Dissection With Antiplatelet, Anticoagulation Therapy
Outcomes in the first year after cervical-artery dissection are similar with antiplatelet or anticoagulation therapy, according to…
Similar Thrombectomy Benefits for Transferred “Late-Window” Stroke Patients
Functional outcomes after thrombectomy for ischemic stroke in the late window are similar for transferred patients and…
Pushback Received to “Time to Expand Stroke Treatment Window?” Article
In our April issue, we published “Time to Expand Stroke Treatment Window?: Pushing the Envelope for Mechanical…
Opinion: Stanford’s New Stroke Protocol Expands the Treatment Window
Until now, the window to treat acute stroke with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) or endovascular thrombectomy was…