On Episode 55 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the August 2025 issue of Stroke: “Anticoagulation Timing in Acute Stroke With Atrial Fibrillation According to Chronic Kidney Disease: The OPTIMAS Trial” and “Risk of Intracranial Hemorrhage With Apixaban Versus Aspirin Therapy: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.” She also interviews Dr. Stephen Ryan and Prof. Anne Aamodt about the Tenecteplase in Central Retinal Artery Occlusion Study (TenCRAOS), presented in May at the European Stroke Organisation Conference. For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20250815.784085
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Stroke Alert July 2025
On Episode 54 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the July 2025 issue of Stroke: “Association of the Timing and Type of Acute Symptomatic Seizures With Poststroke Epilepsy and Mortality” and “Effect of Argatroban Plus Dual Antiplatelet in Branch Atherosclerosis Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial.” She also interviews Dr. Amrou Sarraj about the article “Mechanical Thrombectomy for Large Ischemic Stroke: A Critical Appraisal of Evidence From 6 Randomized Controlled Trials.” For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20250710.454589
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Stroke Alert June 2025
On Episode 53 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the June 2025 issue of Stroke: “Effects of Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering on Brain Swelling in Thrombolyzed Acute Ischemic Stroke: The ENCHANTED Results” and “Association of Ischemic Core Hypodensity With Thrombectomy Treatment Effect in Large Core Stroke: A Secondary Analysis of the SELECT2 Randomized Controlled Trial.” She also interviews Drs. Samantha Rivet and Felix Ng about their article “Persistent Tissue-Level Hypoperfusion (No-Reflow) Negates the Clinical Benefit of Successful Thrombectomy.” For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20250611.774006
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Stroke Alert May 2025
On Episode 52 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the May 2025 issue of Stroke: “Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Childhood Arterial Ischemic Stroke: An Unanticipated Natural Experiment” and “Low Hemoglobin Causes Hematoma Expansion and Poor Intracerebral Hemorrhage Outcomes.” She also interviews Dr. David Fiorella about the MIND trial, presented in February at the International Stroke Conference. For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20250508.399500
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Stroke Alert April 2025
On Episode 51 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the April 2025 issue of Stroke: “Clinical Severity and Outcomes in Large Infarcts With Endovascular Therapy: A Post Hoc Analysis of the ANGEL-ASPECT Trial” and “Association Between Thrombus Composition and Etiology in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Treated by Thrombectomy.” She also interviews Dr. Roland Veltkamp about the PRESTIGE-AF trial, presented in February at the International Stroke Conference. For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20250414.579089
Stroke has launched a monthly podcast, Stroke Alert. Hosted by Dr. Negar Asdaghi, each episode begins by posing key takeaway questions from featured articles in the current issue of Stroke. This is followed by a brief summary and analysis of these articles, as well as an interview with the author of one of these featured articles or with one of the Stroke editors.
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