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Endovascular Treatment of Stroke Due to Medium-Vessel Occlusion

Endovascular Treatment of Stroke Due to Medium-Vessel Occlusion

by Sandrine Pageau, Hans Rosenberg, Krishan Yadav | Apr 14, 2025 | Featured, Journal Club, Neurology

Methodology: 5/5 Usefulness: 4/5 Goyal M, et al. N Engl J Med. 2025 Feb 5. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2411668.  Question and Methods: This multi-center, open label RCT of 530 patients presenting with medium-sized vessel stroke within 12h of last seen well compared functional...
Posterior Circulation Strokes

Posterior Circulation Strokes

by Kathleen O'Connell | Mar 14, 2024 | Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Neurology, Recently Featured, Resuscitation

Posterior circulation ischemia accounts for approximately 20-25% of all ischemic strokes and is a significant cause of patient disability. The diagnosis can be extremely challenging as findings are often not typically focal. Posterior strokes are misdiagnosed more...
An Update on the ED Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke and TIA

An Update on the ED Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke and TIA

by Michael Hale, Richard Hoang, Shankar Sethuraman | Jun 13, 2019 | Grand Round Summaries, Neurology

Ischemic stroke is one of Canada’s leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Over the last 30 years, we have observed rapid advances concerning how we identify, respond to, and treat patients with acute ischemic stroke. Because this topic is so vast, the focus of...
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