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Associations Between Measures of Structural Racism and Receipt of Acute Ischemic Stroke Interventions in the United States

Journal of the American Heart Association

We explored the interplay among structural racism, urbanity, and intravenous thrombolysis (tissue plasminogen activator) and endovascular thrombectomy (ET).Methods Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years with incident acute ischemic stroke admission in large metropolitan and nonurban settings were included. versus 0.11

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Abstract WP152: Associations between measures of structural racism and receipt of acute ischemic stroke interventions in the US

Stroke Journal

This study explores the interaction between structural racism, urbanity, and the administration of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) interventionsspecifically, intravenous thrombolysis (TPA) and endovascular thrombectomy (ET).Methods:This vs. 88.6%), stroke certification (5.3% vs. 38.4%), and lower rates of TPA (1.6% for TPA, 1.27

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