2021 Guideline for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Guideline From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

Stroke 2021 May 24

2021 Guideline for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Guideline From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

Related Questions

When do you start anticoagulation in a patient with cardioembolic CVA secondary to new onset atrial fibrillation with hemorrhagic conversion?

New comment by at Columbia University ( April 14, 2022)

Agree, typically 14 days unless there are other factors like a mechanical valve or intracardiac thrombus.

Read more (1 Answer available)

What duration of dual antiplatelet therapy do you use for secondary prevention of ischemic stroke due to intracranial atherosclerotic disease?

While some have the practice of 90 days per SAMMPRIS, the lower rates of ischemic stroke in the medical therapy group were driven by events within the...

New comment by at Shaare Zedek Medical Center ( May 6, 2022)

Thank you!

Read more (8 Answers available)

Would you consider anticoagulation for a young patient with a recent embolic stroke and newly diagnosed global cardiac hypokinesis with ejection fraction of less than 25%?

No thrombus detected on echocardiogram and no evidence of atrial fibrillation is present.

New comment by at Elliot Hospital ( July 5, 2022)

Thank you, Dr. @Ken Uchino!

Read more (1 Answer available)