Aspirin or Anticoagulation? Preventing Cerebral Ischemic Events After Carotid Artery Dissection

Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; Director, Stroke Program, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois

Mark J. Alberts, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Received royalties from: University/Athena Diagnostics for an ApOE genotype test
Received honoraria from: AGA Medical Corporation; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; diaDexus, Inc.; Eli Lilly and Company; Genentech, Inc.; Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; MedscapeCME; Merck & Co., Inc.; Novo Nordisk; PDL BioPharma, Inc.; Pfizer Inc.; sanofi-aventis; Schering-Plough Corporation; TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc.; The Medicines Company
Received grants for clinical research from: AGA Medical Corporation; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Novo Nordisk; PhotoThera; sanofi-aventis; Schering-Plough Corporation
Served as an advisor or consultant for: AGA Medical Corporation; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Eli Lilly and Company; Genentech, Inc.; Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; MedscapeCME; Merck & Co., Inc.; Novo Nordisk; PDL BioPharma, Inc.; Pfizer Inc.; sanofi-aventis; The Medicines Company
Other: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP (speaker's bureau); Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (speaker's bureau); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (speaker's bureau); diaDexus, Inc. (speaker's bureau); Genentech, Inc. (speaker's bureau); MedscapeCME (speaker's bureau); Mitsubishi Pharma America, Inc. (review panel); Novo Nordisk (speaker's bureau); PDL BioPharma, Inc. (speaker's bureau); sanofi-aventis (speaker's bureau); Schering-Plough Corporation (review panel); TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. (data safety monitoring board); The Medicines Company (speaker's bureau)