Stroke 2021 May 24
2021 Guideline for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Guideline From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
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New comment by at Columbia University ( April 14, 2022)
Agree, typically 14 days unless there are other factors like a mechanical valve or intracardiac thrombus.
While some have the practice of 90 days per SAMMPRIS trial, the lower rates of ischemic stroke in the medical therapy group were driven by events with...
New comment by at Texas Institute For Neurological Disorders ( December 20, 2023)
Thank you, Dr. @Davis! I do agree with your discussion. While the CHANCE and SAMMPRIS trials have shown great benefits of antiplatelet medication in the second prevention of i...
No thrombus detected on echocardiogram and no evidence of atrial fibrillation is present.
New comment by at Elliot Hospital ( July 5, 2022)
Thank you, Dr. @Ken Uchino!
Also how would you manage this perioperatively?
New comment by Medical Oncologist at Oncology & Hematology Specialists ( July 10, 2023)
The above discussion reinforces the controversial nature of this topic and the decision I think has to be individualized based on age, comorbidities, etc with VKA as the backb...
New answer by at Shaare Zedek Medical Center (July 19, 2023)
It depends on what you mean by "screen". The 2021 AHA Guidelines on secondary stroke prevention simply state that an evaluation for OSA "may be considered." OSA is associated ...