Vancouver Stroke Program

Should patients with #stroke and device-detected subclinical #AFib (SCAF) be treated with OAC?

Our subgroup analyses of the ARTESIA RCT (@thelancet.bsky.social) provide novel insights indicating that OAC is beneficial in appropriately selected patients.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

23.01.2025 04:16 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Combination Antithrombotic Therapy for Reduction of Recurrent Ischemic Stroke in Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease | Stroke BACKGROUND: Stroke secondary to intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) is associated with high recurrence risk despite currently available secondary prevention strategies. In patients with system...

Congratulation to Dr. Sashi Perera on leading this important phase II RCT suggesting reduced rates of ischemic cerebrovascular events with dual pathway inhibition (rivaroxaban+ASA) in patients with ICAD.

www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
@macdeptmed.bsky.social @ahascience.bsky.social

16.01.2025 01:42 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Nurse Nadine’s classic stroke Xmas door decoration needs a tPA-to-TNK update but will always remain a classic! Happy holidays!

24.12.2024 23:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Please join us for today’s CVC rounds with Dr Mypinder Sekhon, Tuesday 10 Dec from 12-1 Vancouver time: "Studying the dying process in humans: A roadmap to an in vivo model of cerebral ischemia"
Rm 2263 at DHCC, or msg us for the link!

10.12.2024 15:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Canadian Stroke Best Practices - CVT - CLOT Conversations Conversation with co-authors Dr Thalia Field and Dr Jennifer Mandzia on the Canadian Stroke Best Practices 7th edition, Cerebral Vein Thrombosis. Hear from two of the guideline's authors about the lat...

Thanks so much for having us on the Thrombosis Canada Clot Conversations podcast to discuss the new Heart and Stroke Canadian Best Practice Guidelines in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis! clotconversations.buzzsprout.com/1946680/epis...

30.11.2024 00:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Very proud of an outstanding team of collaborators in bringing this work to completion summarizing the experience of young stroke survivors and highlighting needs to improve continuity of care.

28.11.2024 08:08 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

Neurointervention for cerebral venous thrombosis: what are people actually doing? Sincere thanks to Dr Thanh Nguyen and our international collaborators for helping to characterize patterns of practice. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/N373J...

21.11.2024 17:28 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0