Women with large vessel occlusion acute ischemic stroke are less likely to be routed to comprehensive stroke centers.

Muhammad Bilal Tariq; Iman Ali; Sergio Salazar‐Marioni; Ananya S Iyyangar; Hussain M Azeem; Swapnil Khose; Victor Lopez; Rania Abdelkhaleq; Louise D McCullough; Sunil A Sheth; Youngran Kim

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Women with large vessel occlusion acute ischemic stroke are less likely to be routed to comprehensive stroke centers.

August 23, 2023

Tariq MB, Ali I, Salazar‐Marioni S, et al. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023;12(14):e029830.

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Delayed diagnosis and treatment of stroke leads to adverse patient outcomes. This cross-sectional study identified gender disparities in the treatment of patients with large vessel occlusion (LVO) acute ischemic stroke (AIS), with women being less likely to be routed directly to comprehensive stroke centers compared with men, despite having more significant stroke syndromes.

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