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The Warfarin–Aspirin Symptomatic Intracranial Disease (WASID) Trial, funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and reported by Chimowitz et al.¹ in this issue of the Journal, was a careful comparison of these two therapies in patients with cerebrovascular events attributed to intracranial atherosclerosis. The WASID Trial, in concert with other, smaller studies,^2,3 clearly shows that symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis is a marker of extremely aggressive vascular disease. Ischemic stroke, brain hemorrhage, or death from vascular causes other than stroke occurred within two years in approximately 22 percent of the patients, whether they were treated with high-dose aspirin . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Stroke Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

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