Racial Disparity in Mechanical Thrombectomy Utilization: Multicenter Registry Results From 2016 to 2020.

ABSTRACT: Background Previous studies on racial disparity in mechanical thrombectomy (MT) treatment of acute large vessel occlusion stroke lack individual patient data that influence treatment decision-making. We assessed patient-level data in a large US health care system from 2016 to 2020 for racial disparities in MT utilization and eligibility. Methods and Results A retrospective study was performed of 34 596 patients admitted to 43 hospitals from January 2016 to September 2020. Data included patient age, sex, race, residential zip code median income and population density, presenting hospital stroke certification, baseline ambulation, and National Institutes of Health stroke scale. The cohort included 26 640 White, non-Hispanic (77.0%), and 7956 African American/Black (23.0%) patients. In multiv

SUBMITTER: Wallace AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9245822 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature