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

On Episode 41 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the June 2024 issue of Stroke: “Global, Regional, and National Burdens of Stroke in Children and Adolescents From 1990 to 2019: A Population-Based Study” and “Head Injury and Risk of Incident Ischemic Stroke in Community-Dwelling Adults.” She also interviews Dr. Raul Nogueira about his article “Endovascular Versus Medical Management in Distal Medium Vessel Occlusion Stroke: The DUSK Study” and highlights some of the science presented at the recent European Stroke Organisation Conference.

On Episode 40 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the May 2024 issue of Stroke: “Incidence and Outcomes of Posterior Circulation Involvement in Moyamoya Disease” and “Glymphatic System Impairment Contributes to the Formation of Brain Edema After Ischemic Stroke.” She also interviews Dr. Susanne van Veluw about her American Heart Association Centennial Collection article on “Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy.”
For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20240507.258307

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