Temporal Trends in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Endovascular Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke.

ABSTRACT: Introduction Endovascular therapy (EVT) use increased following clinical trials publication in 2015, but limited data suggest there may be persistent race and ethnicity differences. Methods and Results We included all patients with acute ischemic stroke arriving within 6 hours of last known well and with National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score ≥6 between April 2012 and June 2019 in the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke database and evaluated the association between race and ethnicity and EVT use and outcomes, comparing the era before versus after 2015. Of 302 965 potentially eligible patients; 42 422 (14%) underwent EVT. Although EVT use increased over time in all racial and ethnic groups, Black patients had reduced odds of EVT use compared with non-Hispanic White (NHW) patien

SUBMITTER: Sheriff F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9075329 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature