Background and Purpose: As a result of contraindications (eg, frailty, cognitive impairment, comorbidities) or patient refusal, many patients with stroke and atrial fibrillation cannot be discharge…
Correspondence to: Alexander Dellabella, PharmD, Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28203. Email Division of Pharmacy, Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center,…
Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Correspondence to: Elisabeth B. Marsh, MD, Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600…
Negar Asdaghi, MD, MSc Eric D. Goldstein, MD Nastajjia Krementz, MD Dr. Negar Asdaghi: Let’s start with some questions. 1) Is tirofiban a safe replacement…
BACKGROUND: Blood-brain barrier damage has traditionally been considered to determine the occurrence and development of poststroke brain edema, a devastating and life-threatening complication. Howeve
Reduced left ventricular ejection fraction ≤40%, a known risk factor for adverse cardiac outcomes and recurrent acute ischemic stroke, may be detected during an acute…
The recurrence rate of ischemic stroke remains substantial despite advances in secondary prevention, reaching 5 to 8% at three months in recent clinical trials. 1-4…
Studies have suggested a hemostatic role for magnesium in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). A secondary analysis of the Field Administration of Stroke Therapy-Magnesium (FAST-MAG)…
BACKGROUND: Inpatient telestroke programs have emerged as a solution to provide timely stroke care in underserved areas, but their successful implementation and factors influencing their…
BACKGROUND: Inpatient telestroke programs have emerged as a solution to provide timely stroke care in underserved areas, but their successful implementation and factors influencing their…
Correspondence to: Nicole B. Sur, MD, Department of Neurology, Stroke Division, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 1120 NW 14th St, CRB 1358 Miami,…
