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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

BackgroundStructural racism and rural/urban differences in stroke care affect care delivery and outcomes. We explored the interplay among structural racism, urbanity, and intravenous thrombolysis (tissue plasminogen activator) and endovascular thrombectomy (ET).Methods versus 88.6%), stroke certification (5.3% versus 0.11

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Performance of Thrombectomy-Capable, Comprehensive, and Primary Stroke Centers in Reperfusion Therapies for Acute Ischemic Stroke: Report From the Get With The Guidelines–Stroke Registry

Circulation

Study end points included timeliness of intravenous thrombolysis and EVT, successful reperfusion, discharge destination, discharge mortality, and functional independence at discharge.RESULTS:Among 84 903 patients, 48 682 received EVT, of whom 73% were treated at CSCs, 22% at PSCs, and 4% at TSCs.

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The “open data” movement runs aground on FOURIER

Dr. Anish Koka

The TIMI (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction) Study Group is a Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the esteemed Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Trials of this size are complex and can’t be done by just anyone, which is why the famed TIMI group was tasked with the job.

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Abstract WMP28: Developing a New Hospital Into a Primary Stroke Center in Just Over a Year

Stroke Journal

In this study we compared data from the opening of a 160-bed hospital until achieving Primary Stroke Center (PSC) certification (October 2021 - February 2023) to after certification (March 2023 - June 2023). Our primary outcome was to examine the proportion of IV thrombolysis prior to and after PSC certification.

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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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