Updates in Stroke Prevention and Management (Cardiovascular Care Essentials 2026)

CME Credit Available:

This activity offers .75 1A AOA 

Important: CME credit for lectures included in this package cannot be claimed more than once. If you previously claimed CME credit for any of these lectures through attendance at ACOI2025, either online or in person, you are not eligible to claim credit for those lectures again.

Note: ACOI reports credits to the AOA at the beginning of each month.

Learning Objectives:

In this session, you'll learn how to:

• Apply 2026 acute ischemic stroke (AIS) updates: prehospital triage, thrombolysis, and thrombectomy selection 
• Implement 2021 secondary prevention strategies (antithrombotics, lipids, BP, carotids, cardioembolic sources)
• Translate 2024 primary prevention guidance into clinic workflows (Life’s Essential 8, sex-specific risk, SDOH)

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: 

ACOI requires each planner and presenter to identify all conflicts of interest and mitigates risk of bias using a series of strategies for relevant conflicts. Unless otherwise noted below, the ACOI, ACOI staff and planners for this activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

Vikranth Gongidi, DO, FACOI, faculty for this activity, has no relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. 

Release & Review Date: 

This activity is valid from July 31, 2026, until July 31, 2029.