Key Terms: Thrombolysis, endovascular therapy,

Hosts: Ryan Muir, Houman Khosravani

Summary:

In this episode the hosts discuss the future of stroke by exploring and proposing novel applied modern concepts of endovascular and thrombolytic therapies to innovative and creative ideas for the future.

• Endovascular therapy for distal vessels is discussed
  
• Improving geographic access to endovascular therapy (especially for wide spread countries like Canada)
  
• The role of the NIHSS score in the acute assessment of stroke in the future and the increasing reliance on imaging parameters to guide decision making
  
• The future of thrombolysis
  
• The future of neuroimaging: Evolving understanding of ASPECTS and MRI Brain (Solid state MRI in acute stroke assessments), and potential role for focused ultrasound
  
• Neuroprotection and extending time-windows