Abstract
Stroke is the second leading cause of both disability and death worldwide, with the highest burden of the disease shared by low- and middle-income countries. In 2016, there were 13.7 million new incident strokes globally; ≈87% of these were ischemic strokes and by conservative estimation about 10%-20% of these account for LVO. Fewer than 5% of patients with acute ischemic stroke received IVT globally in the eligible therapeutic time window and fewer than 100,000 MTs were performed worldwide in 2016. This highlights the large gap among eligible patients and the low utilization rates of these advances across the globe. Multiple global initiatives are underway to investigate interventions to improve systems of care and bridge this gap.
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Stroke (engine)EpidemiologyMedicinePsychological interventionIschemic strokeIntensive care medicineCardiologyInternal medicineIschemiaPsychiatry
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- 97
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- 20_Supplement_2
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Vasu Saini,
Luis Guada,
Dileep R. Yavagal
(2021).
Global Epidemiology of Stroke and Access to Acute Ischemic Stroke Interventions.
Neurology
, 97
(20_Supplement_2)
, S6-S16.
https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000012781
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- 10.1212/wnl.0000000000012781