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MRI imagining is becoming more available in acute settings; understanding MRI in stroke is critical to staying ahead of the curve.
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How Do You Operationalize the Use of the ASPECTS Score and Is It the Poor Man’s CTP?

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Ataxia and Dystaxia: How To Examine and Discuss These Disabling Symptoms With Your Patients

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Ataxia and dystaxia are often missed clinically. But they're important and potentially disabling. Listen to this podcast to learn more and help you identify these high-risk patients.
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Posterior Circulation Horror Stories: How To Save the Day and Your Patient

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Posterior circulation strokes are often devastating. The diagnostics are different and the treatments are evolving. If you care for stroke patients, this podcast is a must.
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Confusion vs. Aphasia- So Important and So Challenging at Times!

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Confusion isn't really a stroke symptom but aphasia clearly is. One is life threatening and the other can often be self limited and benign. Are you sure your neurological exam is up to the task?
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Why Is the Extended Window Controversial and What Happened With the FDA?

Haemin Go posted on 9/7/2021

Moderator: William A. Knight IV, MD, FACEP, FNCS
Other Participants: Stacie L. Demel, DO, PhD

The ECASS 3 trial was an RCT of IV-rtPA in the window of 3-4.5 hrs after onset of stroke symptoms. It was conducted in Europe. The European regulatory bodies have endorsed tPA for that window, but the FDA has not. Listen to two national experts in stroke discuss the trial and the meaning of the endorsement or lack thereof. This podcast is a must for acute stroke practitioners!

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Ken Milne

I watched the video on ECASS-III and you mentioned the controversy in this time window. However, there was no mention of Alper et al reanalysis in the BMJ_EBM that questioned the results? Can you comment? https://ebm.bmj.com/content/25/5/168


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Ken Milne

Here was some of our feedback on Alper et al https://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2020/08/10/bmjebm-2020-111517

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