Evidence-Based
Use of Antithrombotics in Acute Ischemic Stroke Allyson Zazulia, M.D. -- Department
of Neurology and Radiology
Washington University School of Medicine -- Presented July
18, 2006
The International Stroke Trial (IST): a
randomised trial of aspirin, subcutaneous heparin, both,
or neither among 19435 patients with acute ischaemic stroke.
International Stroke Trial Collaborative Group. Lancet.
1997 May 31;349(9065):1569-81 Stroke Trials Directory Entry: IST
CAST: randomised placebo-controlled trial
of early aspirin use in 20,000 patients with acute ischaemic
stroke.
CAST (Chinese Acute Stroke Trial) Collaborative Group. Lancet.
1997 Jun 7;349(9066):1641-9 Stroke Trials Directory Entry: CAST
