Jan 28th, 2026

#ISC26 Guidelines and Scientific Statements

#ISC26 brings new Guidelines and Scientific Statements to aid you in your work.

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Guideline

2026 Guideline for the Early Management of Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke

Scientific Statements

Classification and Management of Ischemic Stroke in Patients With Active Cancer (will publish on 2/2)

Prevention and Treatment of Maternal Stroke in Pregnancy and Postpartum

Early Recognition and Intervention for Poststroke Spasticity

Creating Virtual Stroke Networks: Current and Future Role of Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Imaging Applications, and Telehealth in Triage and Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke

Targeted Nursing Interventions for Improving Stroke Care and Outcomes in the Rural Setting

Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in the United States: Prevalence and Incidence

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#ISC26 Closing Main Event reports on SPAN2, I-ACQUIRE, LAIS, LUMOSA, CONCERN, MeVO, DISTALS and BCI-REHAB trials

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Late-Breaking Science reveals findings on adjunct intra-arterial thrombolysis, TNK, tirofiban and more

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Catch up on all the #ISC26 posters you missed at the conference

From left to right: Ángel Chamorro, Joseph Broderick and Ronald M. Lazar.

CHOICE-2, FASTEST and CREST 2 results revealed during Opening Main Event

Samarth Shah, PharmD, BCPS, and Alireza Atri, MD, PhD

GLP-1s: From weight loss to brain gain

Kori S. Zachrison, MD, MSc, FAHA, Nestor R. Gonzalez, MD, FAHA, and Shyam Prabhakaran, MD, MS, FAHA

Assessing changes, additions to 2026 acute ischemic stroke guideline

James Meschia, MD, FAHA, and John Huston, MD

Intensive medical management, revascularization and algorithms

Guillaume Paré, MD

Polygenic risk scores: Potential game changer

Nancy Brown

CEO highlights Heart Association accomplishments

Stacey E. Rosen, MD

Sex matters: Closing the gender gap in research and medicine

Mary Cushman, MD, MSc, FAHA, and Babak Navi, MD, MS

Cancer and ischemic stroke

Rami Morsi, MD, and Kazutaka Uchida, MD, PhD

New research emerges on LVOs