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Interventional stroke therapy: current state of the art and needs assessment. |
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| Authors: | Christopher J White Christopher U Cates Michael J Cowley Bonnie H Weiner Jeffrey S Carpenter L Nelson Hopkins Michael R Jaff Stephen R Ramee Marilyn M Rymer Mark H Wholey |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana;2. Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia;3. Division of Cardiology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia;4. Saint Vincent Hospital/Fallon Clinic, Worcester, Massachusetts;5. Department of Radiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia;6. Toshiba Stroke Research Center, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York;7. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts;8. Mid American Brain and Stroke Institute, Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri;9. Pittsburgh Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Abstract: | The primary therapeutic strategy for ischemic stroke, as for MI patients, is early reperfusion. Improvement in stroke treatment will require dedicated stroke centers to emulate MI quality indicators such as minimizing the "door-to-balloon time". A critical element in achieving this goal will be organizing the existing multidisciplinary pool of carotid interventionalists to provide the endovascular component of the acute care for ischemic stroke patients. |
| Keywords: | peripheral vascular disease (PVD) stroke thrombolytic |