Stroke patients face unequal access to clot-removal care; race and insurance shape transfers, even with Medicare—here’s what must change, according to Luke Messac, MD, PhD. Disparities in access to ...

Nonurban patients with suspected LVO who receive direct transportation to a thrombectomy-capable center have better functional outcomes.

Longer door-in-door-out (DIDO) times during interhospital transfer for endovascular therapy (EVT) are associated with significantly lower rates of EVT, higher complication rates, and worse functional ...

Stroke patients who were treated by a mobile interventional stroke team were nearly twice as likely to be functionally independent three months after their stroke compared to patients who were ...

Safety-net definitional ambiguity undermines targeted funding, limiting the ability to sustain staffing, infrastructure, and quality improvement needed for optimal stroke care across diverse ...

France: A large multicenter study from France has reported that administering intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) to patients with acute ischemic stroke in the late time window—before they are transferred ...

This “long overdue” update expands the pools of patients eligible for thrombolysis and thrombectomy, and tackles pediatric ...

Ceredigion MS and MP Elin Jones and Ben Lake have demanded the treat and transfer model for stroke services at Bronglais Hospital be scrapped ahead of a crunch Hywel Dda University Health Board ...

Expanded eligibility for advanced stroke therapies and new recommendations for diagnosing and treating stroke in children and ...