Could not be prouder of Shadi Yaghi for leading this extraordinary analysis of 4000 patients with cervical artery dissection (STOP-CAD) tx’d in routine practice. AP no different from AC for preventing recurrent stroke. But comes with a cost of bleeding. AHAMeetings #ISC25

🧵/ Late breaking science results from #ISC25 will be posted to this thread at the time of presentation. (bookmark this post) DISTAL ESCAPE-MeVO DISCOUNT TRANSPORT2 C3FIT PRESTIGE-AF ANGEL-TNK HOPE

MIND trial data just presented at #ISC25. A trend towards benefit with minimally invasive surgery. The study was stopped early after the publication of the ENRICH trial. AHA Science

Advanced imaging may help diagnose dissection and could also risk stratify patients. #ISC25

#STROKE: The #ESCAS trial showed that cerebrolysin combined with speech and language therapy offers promising potential for enhancing recovery in poststroke aphasia. Michael Brainin #AHAJournals ahajrnls.org/4i2XBQE

Findings supporting AHA guidelines: Cervical artery dissection is not a contraindication to IV thrombolysis in otherwise eligible patients. Liqi Shu Daniel Mandel, MD Jim Siegler (@jimsieglermd.bsky.social now) Eva A. Mistry, MBBS, MSCI, FAHA Thanh Nguyen 🇺🇦 Vancouver Stroke Program. ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.11…

Honored to receive the AATS/WomenInThoracicSurg Women Scholars Program Scholarship to attend the AATS and WTS Annual Meetings this year. Thanks to Benjamin Wei, MD Sara Pereira MD for your support and mentorship! UAB Cardiothoracic Surgery UAB Surgery

One third of endovascularly treated patients in routine care are older than 80. EVT is safe in the elderly, but advanced age is a powerful predictor of poor outcomes. Florida Stroke Registry UMiami Neurology UMiamiStroke Vera Sharashidze

Started as med school best friends in 2012 Aga Khan University and ended up in Seattle AATS #AATS25 w/ Mujtaba Mubashir, MD and Natasha Khan MD. Couldn’t plan it better if I tried!

I was honored to visit the UW program and spend the day with the faculty and fellows. What an incredible team and program! Thank you for having me. Natasha Khan MD Brown Neurology

Hot off the press, carotid revascularization may be superior to medical treatment in patients with symptomatic carotid artery webs. Excited to start the multicenter SPIDER-WEB study which will provide more insight on this issue. #stroke #annalsofneurology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…