Stroke Alert November 2021

<p>On Episode 10 of the <em>Stroke Alert</em> Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the November 2021 issue of <em>Stroke</em>: “<a href= "https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.035045">Biomarkers of Coagulation and Inflammation in COVID-19–Associated Ischemic Stroke</a>” and “<a href= "https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.033743">Treatment-Associated Stroke in Patients Undergoing Endovascular Therapy in the ARUBA Trial</a>.” She also interviews Dr. S. Claiborne Johnston about “<a href= "https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.035555">Ischemic Benefit and Hemorrhage Risk of Ticagrelor-Aspirin Versus Aspirin in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack</a>.”</p> <p>Dr. Negar Asdaghi:</p> <p>1) What is the net ischemic benefit derived from combination of ticagrelor and aspirin treatment in patients with mild ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack?</p> <p>2) Is the ischemic stroke in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 associated with the rise in biomarkers of inflammation and coagulopathy?</p> <p>3) What are the characteristics associated with periprocedural stroke in patients treated endovascularly for an unruptured AVM?</p> <p>We'll discuss these topics and much more at today's podcast. 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 November 2021 issue of <em>Stroke</em>, we have a large selection of topics, from <a href= "https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.031212">peanut consumption reducing the risk of ischemic stroke</a>, and the <a href= "https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.033214">decline in the rate of progression of coronary atherosclerosis in patients on a Mediterranean diet</a>, to <a href= "https://www.ahajournals.org/do