Anna is a Neurologist, Professor, HoD and Co-Director, NZ Stroke Clot Retrieval Programme striving for Stroke care excellence in New Zealand and beyond.
🚨🌏 New WSO Scientific Statement: Stroke & Climate Change
🌡️☁️Cold, heat extremes, temperature variability, pressure & humidity shifts, wildfire smoke, dust and sandstorms all linked to ⬆️higher stroke risk
Read the statement here👇 https://t.co/O4JZsSpchJ @Anna_Ranta
Congratulations Dr. Karen Johnston on being awarded the prestigious William Feinberg Award for Excellence in Clinical Stroke at #ISC22. Her research in #stroke disparities highlights the under-representation of Black Americans in clinical research and rethinking research rigor.
In this randomized clinical trial, treatment with intra-arterial alteplase, compared with placebo, following an angiographically successful thrombectomy resulted in a greater likelihood of excellent neurologic outcome at 90 days. https://t.co/Z3EbWlXEe6
Intra-arterial Alteplase After Successful Thrombectomy and Functional Outcomes in Large Vessel Occlusion... https://t.co/MaVHRcwuzS via @JAMA_current part of @JAMANetwork
#ISC22#STROKE In the Multicenter International Study #ACTIONCVT, patients with #CerebralVenousThrombosis treated with #DOACs had similar rate of thrombosis recurrence and recanalization rates, but lower risk of major hemorrhages, when compared to #warfarin (1/3)
"If you have a large regional network and there are transport delays and difficulties, I think you really need to consider making the change" to tenecteplase, @Anna_Ranta says @TCTMD@karim_mahawish@LBGoldsteinMD https://t.co/sGtP1IwrEe
Long-Term Impact of Urgent Secondary Prevention After Transient Ischemic Attack #TIA and Minor #Stroke: Ten-Year Follow-Up of the EXPRESS Study #AHAJournals https://t.co/nvUaT5f346