Stroke Alert Negar Asdaghi, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FAHA

On Episode 39 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the April 2024 issue of Stroke: “Intravenous Tirofiban Versus Alteplase Before Endovascular Treatment in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Pooled Analysis of the DEVT and RESCUE BT Trials” and “Radial Versus Femoral Access for Mechanical Thrombectomy in Stroke Patients: A Non-Inferiority Randomized Clinical Trial.” She also interviews Dr. Shadi Yaghi about his article “Antithrombotic Treatment for Stroke Prevention in Cervical Artery Dissection: The STOP-CAD Study.”
For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20240401.480865

On Episode 38 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the March 2024 issue of Stroke: “High-Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels Are Associated With Decreased Risk of Poststroke Cognitive Impairment” and “Long-Term Risk of Arterial Thrombosis After Intracerebral Hemorrhage: MUCH-Italy.” She also interviews Drs. Santosh Murthy and Wendy Ziai about their article “Association Between Hematoma Volume and Risk of Subsequent Ischemic Stroke: A MISTIE III and ATACH-2 Analysis."
For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20240311.154039

On Episode 37 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the February 2024 issue of Stroke: “Intravenous Thrombolysis Before Endovascular Treatment in Posterior Circulation Occlusions: A MR CLEAN Registry Study” and “Effect of the Factor XIa Inhibitor Asundexian According to Baseline Infarct Pattern and on MRI Covert Infarct Outcomes.” She also interviews Drs. Brian Hoh and Marc Chimowitz on the Focused Update series of articles in this issue on the topic of intracranial atherosclerosis.
For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20240209.645497

On Episode 36 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the January 2024 issue of Stroke: “Time Window for Induced Hypertension in Acute Small Vessel Occlusive Stroke With Early Neurological Deterioration” and “Patent Foramen Ovale Management for Secondary Stroke Prevention: State-of-the-Art Appraisal of Current Evidence.” She also interviews Drs. Kelly Flemming and Issam Awad about their articles “Trial Readiness of Cavernous Malformations With Symptomatic Hemorrhage. Part I: Event Rates and Clinical Outcome” and “Trial Readiness of Cavernous Malformations With Symptomatic Hemorrhage. Part II: Biomarkers and Trial Modeling.”
For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20240108.294731

On Episode 35 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi is joined by Dr. Ashkan Shoamanesh, Associate Professor of Neurology at McMaster University, for the inaugural 2023 Ralph L. Sacco Review of Top Cerebrovascular Research of the Year. In honor of the late Dr. Ralph L. Sacco, former Editor-in-Chief of Stroke, who died in January 2023, Drs. Asdaghi and Shoamanesh review some of the top cerebrovascular science published in any journal or presented at any scientific forum throughout the past year.
For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20231206.234364

On Episode 34 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the November 2023 issue of Stroke: “Identification of Clinically Relevant Brain Endothelial Cell Biomarkers in Plasma” and “Robot-Assisted Transcranial Doppler Versus Transthoracic Echocardiography for Right to Left Shunt Detection.” She also interviews Dr. Thalia Field about her article “Study of Rivaroxaban for Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial Comparing Anticoagulation With Rivaroxaban to Standard-of-Care in Symptomatic Cerebral Venous Thrombosis.”
For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20231027.572752