Knowledge Bomb: Antiplatelet Therapy in Ischemic Stroke
We continue the series with Knowledge Bomb #22. The purpose and motivation for this series is outlined in the first entry and extensively in an ALiEM IDEA series blog entry. Background Ischemic stroke remains amongst the top five causes of death world wide impacting 6.2 million people annually¹. In the United States, 140K Americans die each year from stroke².