Stroke Alert December 2021

<p>On Episode 11 of the <em>Stroke Alert</em> Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the December 2021 issue of <em>Stroke</em>: “<a href= "https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.032972">Baseline Cognitive Impairment in Patients With Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis in the CREST-2 Trial</a>” and “<a href= "https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.033425">Serious Adverse Events and Their Impact on Functional Outcome in Acute Ischemic Stroke in the WAKE-UP Trial</a>.” She also interviews Dr. Mark Parsons about his article “<a href= "https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.034205">Stroke Patients With Faster Core Growth Have Greater Benefit From Endovascular Therapy</a>.”</p> <p>Dr. Negar Asdaghi:        </p> <p>1) Can the presence of a high-grade asymptomatic carotid stenosis result in development of early dementia?</p> <p>2) Have you ever wondered if a random poststroke urinary tract infection or hospital-acquired pneumonia can impact the 90-day poststroke outcome?</p> <p>3) When it comes to the beneficial effect of endovascular thrombectomy, what is the concept of late window paradox, and why do we need to know about this and its relation with the speed of infarct growth?</p> <p>These are the questions that we will tackle in our December podcast. We're covering the best in <em>Stroke</em>. Stay with us.</p> <p>Dr. Negar Asdaghi:         Welcome back to the <em>Stroke Alert</em> Podcast. My name is Negar Asdaghi. I'm an Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and your host for the monthly <em>Stroke Alert</em> Podcast. For the December 2021 issue of <em>Stroke</em>, we have a large selection of topics, from whether <a href= "https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.032989">adjusting antiplatelet therapies after stenting for intercranial aneurysms can potentially reduce ischemic events</a>, to studying the <a href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.034424"> outcomes