Journal article
Influence of Guidelines in Endovascular Therapy Decision Making in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Insights From UNMASK EVT
Nima Kashani, Johanna M Ospel, Bijoy K Menon, Gustavo Saposnik, Mohammed Almekhlafi, Pillai N Sylaja, Bruce C Campbell, Ji-Hoe Heo, Peter J Mitchell, Mathew Cherian, Francis Turjman, Byungmoon Kim, Urs Fischer, Alexis T Wilson, Blaise Baxter, Alejandro Rabinstein, Shinichi Yoshimura, Michael D Hill, Mayank Goyal
Stroke | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2019
Abstract
Background and Purpose- The American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association guidelines for early management of patients with ischemic stroke offer guidance to physicians involved in acute stroke care and clarify endovascular treatment indications. The purpose of this study was to assess concordance of physicians' endovascular treatment decision-making with current American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association stroke treatment guidelines using a survey-approach and to explore how decision-making in the absence of guideline recommendations is approached. Methods- In an international cross-sectional survey (UNMASK-EVT), physicians were randomly assigned 10 of 22 ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study was funded by Stryker Inc through an unrestricted research grant to the University of Calgary. The company was not involved in the design, execution, analysis, and interpretation or reporting of the results.