Intracranial Procedures' Challenges Make Aggressive Therapy Preferable in Stroke Treatment, Expert Says

CINCINNATI—Unique challenges associated with revascularization for blocked intracranial arteries for preventing and treating stroke make aggressive medical therapy alone a preferable alternative for many patients with a recent transient ischemic attack or stroke, a University of Cincinnati (UC) neurologist writes in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

Joseph Broderick, MD, Albert Barnes Voorheis Chair of Neurology at UC and Research Director at the UC Neuroscience Institute, wrote the editorial to accompany an article, "Stenting versus Aggressive Medical Therapy for Intracranial Artery Stenosis.” Both the article and the editorial appear in NEJM’s Online First publication Sept. 7, 2011, and are scheduled for the Sept. 15 print issue.

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