Quantifying candidate volume for endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke: a retrospective chart review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endovascular therapy is the new standard of care for certain patients with acute ischemic stroke. We aimed to determine whether procedural volumes at an academic health sciences centre in northeastern Ontario exceeded the minimum of 20 procedures annually to support establishment of an endovascular therapy centre and thus improve regional access to this type of care.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective chart review at Health Sciences North, a regional stroke centre for northeastern Ontario that currently does not offer endovascular therapy for patients with acute ischemic stroke. Medical records and neurovascular imaging results for patients with a discharge diagnosis of cerebral infarction who were seen by the stroke on-call team at Health Sciences North between

SUBMITTER: Lauzon B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6307980 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature