Anterior Choroidal Artery territory ⬇️⬇️ important as strokes here may be caused by ✨cardioembolism ✨distal ICA steno-occlusive disease ⚠️Not just the typical small vessel that defines other deep territory strokes Cool video map from Stroke AHA/ASA ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/ST…

Fantastic engagement from UofT Stroke UToronto Neurology at #WSC2023 ❤️ I love seeing the success of our fantastic residents Brindan Sivanandan Laavanya Dharmakulaseelan Foad Taghdiri Andrea Kuczynski - any other U of T Adult Neurology Residents here?

Congratulations to #neurologist Frank Silver, as a 2022 Appointee to the #OrderofOntario. Dr. Silver is an integral part of #stroke care as a founding member of the Canadian Stroke Strategy & Chair of the H&S Stroke Best Practices in Virtual Care. 🏆👏🧠 news.ontario.ca/en/backgrounde…

ATRESIA Take Home Points by Dr. Christine Albert: NOACs significantly reduce the risk of a combined endpoint of stroke and systemic embolism in CIED pt with AHRE of < 24 hrs by ~ 37%, NNT (=250) to prevent one stroke is substantial AHA Science Stroke AHA/ASA #AHA23

Key Point 1 from the article Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Diseases by Dr. Aaron Izenberg from the October Peripheral Nerve and Motor Neuron Disorders issue, which is available to subscribers at bit.ly/3RoZkoL. #ALS #Neurology #NeuroTwitter #MedEd

#MondayTip 🧠Proposed #algorithm for the management of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis 💡Just released #Guidelines offer essential insights for diagnosis and management of #CVT 🙌Great work by Gustavo Saposnik 🌐 Cheryl Bushnell, MD, MHS, FAHA & all the writing group Stroke AHA/ASA⤵️ ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.116…

A helpful guide for providers managing patients with cervical artery dissection. Grateful for AHA Science for commissioning this statement and for all the support they provided. Also grateful for being part of this incredible co-author team. #stroke #CAD ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/ST…

Attention Canadian #neurology residents (and #sleep fellows, and interested #psychiatry and #pulmonology residents): We are please to announce the 5th National Course on Sleep Medicine that will take place at the The Neuro on November 23-24, 2024! mcgill.ca/neuro/channels…

New resource to disseminate to those of you in primary care (and beyond since everyone who sees patients also sees people with migraine). It does not replace a headache consult but it’s a great starting point for those who can be managed in primary care or those who are waiting

This is part of an excellent thread on under-recognized complications of drug therapy. The interaction below is mechanistically fascinating and applies to all carbapenems.

🧵#STROKE: The DECOMPRESS-2 prospective, observational, cohort study evaluated clinical outcomes in patients with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis who underwent decompressive hemicraniectomy.

Such a fun and educational with this wonderful #simulation team and exceptional neurology residents. Houman Khosravani @WilSKingston Stephanie Reiter Ashish Kumar

Proud of all of you!

Do you know the signs of stroke? Students at Thorncliffe Park Public School (Thorncliffe Park TDSB) do! Dr. Manav Vyas, neurologist at St. Michael's Hospital, visited the school to teach the kids to be FAST (face, arms, speech, time) heroes!🦸‍♀️Fast Heroes CTV News Toronto toronto.ctvnews.ca/video/c2947136…

🧠Nuances in using the Boston criteria v2.0 for Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy diagnosis in non-hemorrhagic presentations. 👇🎥 🏥 Relevant for memory clinics! Thank you NeurologyLive® Marco Meglio for the opportunity to discuss these issues! #NeuroTwitter #NeuroRad #Neurology

Pleased to share the final version of the Canadian Best Practice Guidelines for Cerebral Venous Thrombosis. Many thanks to an outstanding multidisciplinary team of experts who provided unique perspectives on this complex disease. doi.org/10.1017/cjn.20…

Amazing slide for some of the key trials in ICH: #AANFC

1/11 Neurological complications post-transplant are very important for #neurohospitalists and 🧠#residents who see these consults in 🏥. These complications occur in 10-30% of organ and HSCT recipients!! While often multifactorial, immunosuppressants are major contributors.

#STROKE: This Advances in Stroke article by Thanh Nguyen 🇺🇦 et al. discusses the latest advances and emerging trends in 2023 and 2024 that inform the triage, interventional, and hemorrhagic realms of patient stroke care. #AHAJournals ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.11…

Original Article: Endovascular Treatment of Stroke Due to Medium-Vessel Occlusion (ESCAPE-MeVO) nej.md/40LTUaL Editorial: Medium- and Distal-Vessel Occlusion — The Limit of Thrombectomy? nej.md/40Hu9bP AHA Science | #ISC25