Nov 1, 2018
This month’s Delayed Recall highlights episodes on stroke risk, prevention and treatment. Dr. Jim Siegler and Dr. Christian Gerloff begin the show discussing the results of the WAKE-UP stroke trial. This episode first aired on October 2, 2018. The next segment, from September 11, 2018 focuses on acute ischemic stroke, where Dr. Dan Ackerman talks with Dr. Andrei Alexandrov about his paper on dual antiplatelet therapy pretreatment. This interview is followed by a segment that first appeared in the August 21, 2018 show on silent infarct and the risk of infarct recurrence in adults with sickle cell anemia with Dr. Justin Sattin and Dr. Lori Jordan. The episode concludes with another interview on acute ischemic stroke from August 14, 2018 investigating a POINT study on Clopidogrel and aspirin in acute ischemic stroke and high-risk TIA with Dr. Will Rondeau interviewing Dr. Clay Johnston.