The NeurologyLive® stroke clinical focus page serves as a resource for updates and information related to the clinical care and management of stroke and cerebrovascular disease, featuring news, podcasts, and videos about the latest FDA actions, clinical guideline updates, interviews with physicians, and study and clinical trial findings. The page includes information on stroke, large vessel occlusion, subcranial hemorrhage, intracranial hemorrhage, ischemic stroke, and more.
August 20th 2025
At AHS 2025, Elizabeth Seng, PhD, professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, presented findings from a study showing that migraine was associated with increased odds of ischemic stroke in veterans.
Addressing the Challenges in Determining Pediatric Brain Death
February 27th 2019The pediatric critical care medicine attending physician in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia spoke about how physicians can better address brain death in pediatric patients.
FDA Issues Final Policy Framework for RMAT Designated Therapies
February 18th 2019The framework consists of 2 documents that expand on the agency’s plans for its risk-based approach for describing drugs, devices, and biologics, including those designated as regenerative medicine advanced therapies.
Late-Window Thrombectomy Shows Benefit for Transferred Patients with Ischemic Stroke
February 10th 2019The investigators concluded that these findings have implications which suggest that transferring patients for late-window thrombectomy is associated with substantial clinical benefits and should be strongly encouraged.
Early Rehabilitation Associated with Improved Outcomes in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
February 7th 2019The stroke specialist at the Cerebrovascular Center at Cleveland Clinic detailed how patients who were rehabilitated earlier were shown to have better outcomes and a shorter stay in the intensive care unit in this study.