Delays in presentation and mortality among Black patients with mechanical thrombectomy after large-vessel stroke at a US hospital

CONCLUSIONS: Black race was associated with an increased risk of death after mechanical thrombectomy for stroke. The increased risk may be associated with access-related factors, including delayed presentation to stroke centers.PMID:34198259 | DOI:10.3171/2021.4.FOCUS2182

Source: Neurosurgical Focus - July 1, 2021 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Joshua S Catapano Kavelin Rumalla Visish M Srinivasan Candice L Nguyen Dara S Farhadi Brandon Ngo Caleb Rutledge Redi Rahmani Jacob F Baranoski Tyler S Cole Ashutosh P Jadhav Andrew F Ducruet Felipe C Albuquerque Source Type: research