CVA-03 · Acute Ischemic Stroke

Acute Ischemic Stroke. Topics: Imaging, Blood Pressure Management, and Antithrombotics. Part of the Cerebrovascular / Stroke series of the Reflex PM&R Board Review podcast. Audio correction: In the audio: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, or NIHSS score of 5 or lower. — Correct: NIHSS 3 or lower, not 5. CHANCE and POINT define minor stroke as NIHSS 3 or less for aspirin plus clopidogrel. NIHSS 5 or less is the THALES entry criterion for ticagrelor plus aspirin, a different regimen. The written chapter is correct. Full correction register: https://www.reflexpmr.com/errata. The full companion chapter and a linked board-style Q-bank set for this topic are at https://www.reflexpmr.com/read/CVA-03.