Global epidemiology of stroke and access to acute ischemic stroke interventions

V Saini, L Guada, DR Yavagal - Neurology, 2021‏ - neurology.org
Purpose of the Review To provide an up-to-date review of the incidence of stroke and large
vessel occlusion (LVO) around the globe, as well as the eligibility and access to IV …

Stroke in Africa: profile, progress, prospects and priorities

RO Akinyemi, B Ovbiagele, OA Adeniji… - Nature Reviews …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Stroke is a leading cause of disability, dementia and death worldwide. Approximately 70% of
deaths from stroke and 87% of stroke-related disability occur in low-income and middle …

Intravenous tenecteplase compared with alteplase for acute ischaemic stroke in Canada (AcT): a pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, registry-linked, randomised …

BK Menon, BH Buck, N Singh, Y Deschaintre… - The Lancet, 2022‏ - thelancet.com
Background Intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase bolus followed by infusion is a global
standard of care for patients with acute ischaemic stroke. We aimed to determine whether …

Guidelines for the early management of patients with acute ischemic stroke: 2019 update to the 2018 guidelines for the early management of acute ischemic stroke: a …

WJ Powers, AA Rabinstein, T Ackerson, OM Adeoye… - Stroke, 2019‏ - ahajournals.org
Background and Purpose—The purpose of these guidelines is to provide an up-to-date
comprehensive set of recommendations in a single document for clinicians caring for adult …

European Stroke Organisation (ESO)-European Society for Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT) guidelines on mechanical thrombectomy in acute …

G Turc, P Bhogal, U Fischer, P Khatri… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - jnis.bmj.com
Background Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) has become the cornerstone of acute ischemic
stroke management in patients with large vessel occlusion (LVO). Objective To assist …

Recommendations for the establishment of stroke systems of care: a 2019 update: a policy statement from the American Stroke Association

O Adeoye, KV Nyström, DR Yavagal, J Luciano… - Stroke, 2019‏ - ahajournals.org
In 2005, the American Stroke Association published recommendations for the establishment
of stroke systems of care and in 2013 expanded on them with a statement on interactions …

Time to treatment with endovascular thrombectomy and outcomes from ischemic stroke: a meta-analysis

JL Saver, M Goyal, AAD Van der Lugt, BK Menon… - Jama, 2016‏ - jamanetwork.com
Importance Endovascular thrombectomy with second-generation devices is beneficial for
patients with ischemic stroke due to intracranial large-vessel occlusions. Delineation of the …

Stroke: molecular mechanisms and therapies: update on recent developments

F Shehjar, B Maktabi, ZA Rahman, GA Bahader… - Neurochemistry …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Stroke, a neurological disease, is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, resulting in
long-term disability in most survivors. Annual stroke costs in the United States alone were …

Association between dispatch of mobile stroke units and functional outcomes among patients with acute ischemic stroke in Berlin

M Ebinger, B Siegerink, A Kunz, M Wendt, JE Weber… - Jama, 2021‏ - jamanetwork.com
Importance Effects of thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke are time-dependent.
Ambulances that can administer thrombolysis (mobile stroke units [MSUs]) before arriving at …

Association between time to treatment with endovascular reperfusion therapy and outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated in clinical practice

R Jahan, JL Saver, LH Schwamm, GC Fonarow… - Jama, 2019‏ - jamanetwork.com
Importance Randomized clinical trials suggest benefit of endovascular-reperfusion therapy
for large vessel occlusion in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is time dependent, but the extent to …