Stroke Alert October 2021

<p>On Episode 9 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the October 2021 issue of <em>Stroke</em>: “<a href= "https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.033032">Endovascular Therapy of Anterior Circulation Tandem Occlusions</a>” and “<a href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.032822">Automated Perfusion-Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Childhood Arterial Ischemic Stroke</a>.” She also interviews Dr. Sepideh Amin-Hanjani about her article “<a href= "https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.034707">Outcome Following Hemorrhage From Cranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulae</a>.”</p> <p>Dr. Negar Asdaghi:</p> <p>1) Should perfusion imaging be incorporated into routine neuroimaging for stroke-like presentation in the pediatric population?</p> <p>2) Is performing emergent cervical carotid stenting beneficial in patients undergoing endovascular thrombectomy for a tandem occlusion?</p> <p>3) What are the outcomes of patients with intracranial hemorrhage secondary to dural AV fistula?</p> <p>These are the questions that we will answer in our podcast today. Stay with us.</p> <p>Dr. Negar Asdaghi:                        Welcome back to <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 Stroke Alert Podcast. For the October 2021 issue of <em>Stroke</em>, we have a comprehensive list of publications, from <a href= "https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.030950">studying the role of C-reactive protein in outcome prediction after subarachnoid hemorrhage</a> to <a href= "https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.033272">studying the association of over 81 classes of routinely prescribed drugs with the risk of ischemic stroke</a>, which I encourage you to review in addition to our podcast today. Later in the podcast, I have the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Sepideh Amin-Hanjani on her wo