Tag: global stroke care
Roughly half of all healthy life lost to stroke is caused...
The latest analysis of the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries and Risk Factors study (GBD), assessing data ranging from 1990–2021, has indicated that roughly...
Philips and WSO publish policy paper calling for “revolution in stroke...
Royal Philips and the World Stroke Organization (WSO) have published a joint policy paper calling for a “revolution in stroke care” to make a real difference to the lives...
Cost-flexible devices and boosting thrombectomy uptake in the developing world
The growth of intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) coupled with the advent—and ongoing expansion—of mechanical thrombectomy has seen acute stroke transform from “a diagnosable and hardly...
Gravity launches Supernova stent retriever and Neutron aspiration catheter for global...
Gravity Medical Technology has announced the launch of its next-generation stroke treatment devices: the Neutron aspiration catheter and the Supernova stent retriever. Early adoption...
New Siemens-WSO partnership to tackle stroke’s “disastrous disease trajectory”
Siemens Healthineers and the World Stroke Organization (WSO) have announced a two-year partnership to develop the acute stroke workforce, and improve treatment and care...
Growing haemorrhagic stroke burden in USA represents “major challenge” moving forward
The past three decades have seen a “notable rise” in the burden of haemorrhagic stroke across the USA and this, coupled with the increasing...
Study finds “dismally low” global access to thrombectomy and “enormous disparity”...
The Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN) has released its first global analysis of access to mechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of large...
Thrombectomy use rates underscore recent advances in Latin American stroke care
A systematic review of interventional acute ischaemic stroke treatments in Latin American countries has found that mechanical thrombectomy usage in these regions is “comparable...
Philips enrols first patient in WE-TRUST stroke study to assess new...
Royal Philips has announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the WE-TRUST (Workflow optimisation to reduce time to endovascular reperfusion for ultra-fast...
Research finds a decline in global stroke care during the pandemic
A study published in the journal Neurology concludes that despite the reported stroke-related complications of COVID-19, there has been a global decline in the volume of stroke...
