82: Managing Seizures After Ischemic Stroke

Welcome to the NeurologyLive® Mind Moments® podcast. Tune in to hear leaders in neurology sound off on topics that impact your clinical practice. In this episode, we spoke with Carolina Ferreira Atuesta, MD, MSc, a scientific researcher and clinical data manager at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She spoke about research she and colleagues recently presented at the American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting on poststroke epilepsy, the ongoing clinical efforts to manage seizures occurring after stroke, what studies still need to explore, and more. Looking for more epilepsy discussion? Check out the NeurologyLive® epilepsy clinical focus page. Or, for more stroke-focused content, check out our stroke clinical focus page. Episode Breakdown: 1:20 – Background on the multicenter study 3:30 – Goals of the study and main findings 5:25 – Surprising findings from the study 6:50 – The understanding of this association in clinical care 9:25 – Neurology News Minute 11:55 – Current state of prognostication post stroke 16:50 – The lack of standardized approach to monitoring 20:50 – Lingering needs for future studies 22:55 – Closing thoughts This episode is brought to you by Medical World News, a streaming channel from MJH Life Sciences®. Check out new content and shows every day, only at medicalworldnews.com. The stories featured in this week's Neurology News Minute, which will give you quick updates on the following developments in neurology, are further detailed here: FDA Accepts New Drug Application for Duchenne Therapy Vamorolone Enrollment for Pivotal Phase 3 PHOENIX Study of AMX0035 Completed Alzheimer’s Association Panel Offers Considerations for New Definition of Meaningful Change in Drug Trials Sanofi Discontinues Phase 3 Study of Tolebrutinib in Myasthenia Gravis Thanks for listening to the NeurologyLive® Mind Moments® podcast. To support the show, be sure to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. For more neurology news and expert-driven content, visit neurologylive.com. REFERENCES 1. Atuesta FC. Seizures After Ischemic Stroke: A Matched Multicenter Study. Presented at: AES Annual Meeting; December 2-6, 2022; Nashville, TN, and virtual. SIG. 2. Ferreira-Atuesta C, Döhler N, Erdélyi-Canavese B, et al. Seizures after Ischemic Stroke: A Matched Multicenter Study. Ann Neurol. 2021;90(5):808-820. doi:10.1002/ana.26212