Please confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape.
If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit.
Log outCancel
Top News From ISC 2014: SlideshowHighlights of this year's conference include results from the eagerly awaited FAST-MAG trial, as well as results from CRYSTAL-AF,
ICARO-3, URICO-ICTUS, and more.
Conference News
ISCTARGET: STROKE Cuts Door-to-Needle Time, Improves OutcomesNew data from the quality improvement program confirm that reducing the time from hospital arrival to administration of thrombolysis is safe and linked to less bleeding, better outcomes in stroke.
Medscape Medical News, April 2014
ISCtPA Could Be Cost-Effective in Mild Stroke A new cost-effectiveness analysis suggests that tPA will be good value in mild stroke if it is shown to work in this population in larger studies.
Medscape Medical News, February 2014
ISCFew Receive Best Acute Stroke Care Despite Good AccessMore than 80% of people in the US live within an hour's drive of a hospital that is able to give tPA, but only 4% of patients with acute stroke actually receive such treatment, a new study shows.
Medscape Medical News, February 2014
ISCTCD Bests TEE for Diagnosis of PFOTranscranial Doppler saline studies are better than transesophageal echo at finding patent foramen ovale after cryptogenic stroke, and may allow risk stratification to guide management.
ISCEndovascular Therapy vs tPA in Cervical ICA StrokeResults of a case-control study show similar efficacy, higher ICH, and reduced mortality with endovascular therapy vs intravenous thrombolysis in patients with acute cervical ICA occlusion.
Medscape Medical News, February 2014
ISCFAST-MAG: No Benefit of Prehospital Magnesium in Stroke But the study did show that up to 75% of stroke patients calling 911 early can be started on treatment in the first hour after symptoms emerge, opening up the opportunity to test other agents in the prehospital setting.
Medscape Medical News, February 2014
ISCCocaine Increases Stroke Risk Cocaine greatly increases ischemic stroke risk in young adults within 24 hours of use, a new study has found.
ISCMinor Infections May Increase Stroke Risk in Children Common infections are associated with a significantly higher chance of stroke in children, and routine vaccinations appear to be protective, a new study suggests.
Medscape Medical News, February 2014
ISCThrombolysis Limits Stroke Regardless of Age, SeverityFindings of a new meta-analysis from the Stroke Thrombolysis Trialists' Collaboration may have implications for guidelines 'on both sides of the Atlantic,' authors say.
Medscape Medical News, February 2014
ISCURICO-ICTUS: Uric Acid Beneficial for Stroke? Giving stroke patients uric acid along with standard thrombolysis within 4.5 hours of first symptoms appears safe and effective at limiting disability, new data suggest.
