Stroke Alert

On Episode 69 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the October 2026 issue of Stroke: "Ticagrelor-Aspirin With Thrombolysis by Infarct Patterns in Moderate Ischemic Stroke: TAPIS Subgroup Analysis" and "Persistence of Association of Blood Biomarkers With Risk of Recurrent Stroke on Long-Term Follow-Up: Population-Based Study." She also interviews Dr. Che-Feng Chang and Dr. Hsin-Hsi Tsai about their article "Cilostazol Treatment for Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Targeting Dural Lymphatics."
For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20261014.79800

On Episode 68 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the September 2026 issue of Stroke: "MAD-MT Score: A Tool to Optimize Patient Selection for Mechanical Thrombectomy in Distal Vessel Occlusions" and "Standard Antiplatelet Therapy Versus Thrombolysis in Acute Spontaneous Spinal Cord Infarction: A Propensity Score–Matched Analysis." She also interviews Dr. Pol Camps-Renom about his article, "Personalized Blood Pressure Targeting After Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial."
For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20260914.504328

On Episode 67 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the August 2026 issue of Stroke: "Diagnostic Yield of Cardiac CT to Detect Cardiac Thrombi in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS of HEARTS)" and "Intensive Versus Conventional Blood Pressure Lowering After Successful Endovascular Thrombectomy: OPTIMAL-BP 1-Year Outcomes." She also interviews Prof. Ulf Landmesser about the CLOSURE-AF trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20260811.265479

On Episode 66 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the July 2026 issue of Stroke: "Liraglutide and Recurrent Stroke by Baseline Insulin Resistance: A Post Hoc Analysis of the LAMP Trial" and "Predictors of Hematoma Expansion and Response to Andexanet in Patients With Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Secondary Analyses of the ANNEXA-I Randomized Clinical Trial." She also interviews Dr. Diana Aguiar de Sousa about the EXCOA-CVT trial, presented recently at the European Stroke Organisation Conference.
For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20260715.563317

On Episode 65 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the June 2026 issue of Stroke: "AI-Derived LA Volume Index, LA/RA and LA/LV Volume Ratios From Coronary Artery Calcium Scans Predict Long-Term Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke" and "Prevalence and Association of Atherosclerosis to Ischemic Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation on Anticoagulation." She also interviews Dr. Randolph Marshall, principal investigator of the Carotid Revascularization and Medical Management for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis–Hemodynamics (CREST-H) study.
For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20260603.690307