Experience on Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Stroke Treatment in a Brazilian University Hospital

Brazil is a developing country struggling to reduce its extreme social inequality, which is reflected on shortage of health-care infrastructure, mainly to the low-income class, which depends exclusively on the public health system. In Brazil, less than 1% of stroke patients have access to intravenous thrombolysis in a stroke unit, and constraints to the development of mechanical thrombectomy in the public health system increase the social burden of stroke.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - January 4, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Guilherme S. Nakiri, Luis H. Castro-Afonso, Lucas M. Monsignore, Francisco A. Dias, Frederico F. Alessio-Alves, Soraia Ramos C. Fabio, Millene R. Camilo, Pedro T. Cougo-Pinto, Octavio M. Pontes-Neto, Jo ão Pereira Leite, Daniel G. Abud Source Type: research