Kaiz S Asif, Fadar O Otite, Shashvat M Desai, Nabeel Herial, Violiza Inoa, Fawaz Al-Mufti, Ashutosh P Jadhav, Adam A Dmytriw, Alicia Castonguay, Priyank Khandelwal, Jennifer Potter-Vig, Viktor Szeder, Tanzila Kulman, Victor Urrutia, Hesham Masoud, Gabor Toth, Kaustubh Limaye, Sushanth Aroor, Waleed Brinjikji, Ansaar Rai, Jeyaraj Pandian, Mehari Gebreyohanns, Thomas Leung, Ossama Mansour, Andrew M Demchuk, Vikram Huded, Sheila Martins, Osama Zaidat, Xiaochuan Huo, Bruce Campbell, P N Sylaja, Zhongrong Miao, Jeffrey Saver, Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez, Dileep R Yavagal
BACKGROUND: Despite the well-established potent benefit of mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke, access to MT has not been studied globally. We conducted a worldwide survey of countries on 6 continents to define MT access (MTA), the disparities in MTA, and its determinants on a global scale. METHODS: Our survey was conducted in 75 countries through the Mission Thrombectomy 2020+ global network between November 22, 2020, and February 28, 2021...
March 8, 2023: Circulation