Tag: stroke systems

AI-based decision support system helps improve post-stroke vascular outcomes at three...

Ischaemic stroke survivors who received care recommendations from an artificial intelligence (AI)-based system experienced fewer recurrent strokes and heart attacks, and a lower rate...
stroke trials SNIS 2020

LIVE from SNIS: The stroke trials you need to know about

From acute interventions to endovascular therapy indication expansion, Sunil Sheth from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, USA, kick-started the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s...

LIVE from SNIS: New study validates use of RACE scale for...

A new study presented at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS) 17th Annual Meeting (4–7 August, virtual meeting) serves as the first prospective validation...
Demetrius Lopes

The role of neurosurgeons during COVID-19

COVID-19 represents a global challenge that has exposed the USA’s fragmented public healthcare system, writes Demetrius Lopes. Here, he details Chicago’s action plan in...
Mario Muto stroke care across countries

WFITN 2019: Homogeneous organisation of stroke care across countries is next...

Mario Muto (Naples, Italy), president of WFITN 2019 (World Federation of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology; 21-24 October; Naples, Italy), talks to BLearning Neuro about challenges in...
endovascular therapy

Superior clinical outcomes for endovascular therapy candidates triaged directly to a...

For patients with emergent large vessel occlusion (LVO) eligible for endovascular therapy, prehospital triage to a more distant comprehensive stroke centre (CSC) compared with...
SNIS recommendations

South Florida partnership working to save lives using data to guide...

A progressive emergency medical services (EMS)–driven partnership in South Florida (USA) has expedited access to lifesaving care for stroke patients. This groundbreaking effort to...