acute stroke

Endovascular Thrombectomy: Promise and Challenges in Europe

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Unlocking Stroke Care: Endovascular Thrombectomy‘s Promise and Challenges in Europe In the realm of acute ischemic stroke, a devastating condition caused by a clot-blocked vessel, the landscape for treatment has shifted dramatically in favor of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) over traditional medical therapy alone. For over a decade, studies have consistently shown the life-altering benefits of … Read more

Feedback System Speeds Up Stroke Treatment

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TOPLINE: Performance feedback reduces the time to endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) in patients with ischemic stroke, according to a Dutch study. METHODOLOGY: The researchers conducted a stepped-wedge cluster randomized PERFEQTOS trial in the Netherlands, which included 4747 consecutive adult patients with ischemic stroke who underwent EVT between January 2020 and June 2022. Hospitals started with usual … Read more