On Episode 60 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the January 2026 issue of Stroke: "Impaired Perfusion and Early Ischemic Stroke Recurrence in Symptomatic Intracranial Atherosclerosis: BIORISK ICAS Study" and "Systematic Genetic Assessment in Young Patients With Cryptogenic Stroke: The ES-EASY project." She also interviews Dr. Fabiano Cavalcante and Prof. Charles Majoie about their article "Acute Carotid Stenting for Tandem Lesions in Patients Randomized to Endovascular Treatment With or Without Thrombolysis: Results From the IRIS Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis."

For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20260114.701495

On Episode 59 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi is joined by Dr. Eva Mistry, Stroke Associate Editor and Vice Chair of Research and Divisional Director of Vascular Neurology at the Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Cincinnati, for the 2025 Ralph Sacco Review of Top Cerebrovascular Research. In honor of the late Dr. Ralph L. Sacco, former Editor-in-Chief of Stroke, who died in January 2023, Drs. Asdaghi and Mistry review some of the top cerebrovascular science published in any journal or presented at any scientific forum throughout the past year.

For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20251216.704704

On Episode 58 of the Stroke Alert Podcast, host Dr. Negar Asdaghi highlights two articles from the November 2025 issue of Stroke: "Fingolimod as a Potential Cerebroprotectant Results From the Stroke Preclinical Assessment Network" and "Apixaban and Recurrent Stroke Risk With Left Ventricular Dysfunction: A Secondary Analysis of the ARCADIA Trial." She also interviews Drs. Aaron Rodriguez-Calienes and Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez about their article "Endovascular Thrombectomy Versus Best Medical Therapy for Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke Beyond 24 Hours: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis."

For the episode transcript, visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/podcast.20251114.13070