Medical Xpress October 17, 2024
For people with stroke, social factors such as race, neighborhood and insurance, may be linked to whether they receive treatment, according to a study published in the October 16, 2024, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
The study looked at people with ischemic stroke, which is caused by a blockage of blood flow to the brain and is the most common type of stroke. It also looked at two treatments for stroke: thrombolytic therapy, or clot-busting drugs; and thrombectomy, a procedure that removes blood clots from arteries to restore blood flow.
“Social and economic disparities are tied to poor outcomes in stroke,” said study author Chathurika Samudani Dhanasekara, MD, Ph.D., of Texas Tech...
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