Annual Endovascular Thrombectomy Case Volume and Thrombectomy-capable Hospitals of Korea in Acute Stroke Care

CONCLUSIONS: The 1-year CFR was significantly reduced when EVT candidates were treated at TCHs. TCHs are not defined based solely on the number of EVTs, but also based on the presence of a stroke unit and stroke specialists. This supports the need for TCH certification in Korea and suggests that annual EVT case volume could be used to qualify TCHs.PMID:37055356 | PMC:PMC10111097 | DOI:10.3961/jpmph.22.318

Source: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health - April 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Eun Hye Park Seung-Sik Hwang Juhwan Oh Beom-Joon Kim Hee-Joon Bae Ki-Hwa Yang Ah-Rum Choi Mi-Yeon Kang S V Subramanian Source Type: research