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HOT TOPICS: The FASTEST Trial and the Future of ICH Treatment
In this episode of the NCS Podcast Hot Topics series, host Eric Lawson, MD, speaks with Stephan Mayer, MD, about the FASTEST clinical trial and the decades-long effort to determine whether ultra-early hemostatic therapy can improve outcomes for patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Dr. Mayer shares how the idea of using recombinant factor VIIa in ICH first emerged and how earlier trials helped shape the questions researchers are asking today.
The conversation explores what FASTEST revealed about the relationship between treatment timing, hematoma expansion and functional…
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