Defined as a prejudice either for or against something, biases at the provider, patient, and
societal level all contribute to differences in cardiovascular disease recognition and …

Background and Objectives Women have been underrepresented in cardiovascular disease
clinical trials but there is less certainty over the level of disparity specifically in stroke. We …

Importance Whether recent changes in demographic characteristics and therapeutic
technologies have altered stroke outcomes remains unknown. Objective To determine …

Objective To explore the sex differences in outcomes and management after stroke using a
large sample with high-quality international trial data. Methods Individual participant data …

Background and Purpose—Women are reported to have poorer health-related quality of life
(HRQoL) after stroke than men, but the underlying reasons are uncertain. We investigated …

Background Women have worse outcomes after stroke than men, and this may be partly
explained by stroke severity. We examined factors contributing to sex differences in severity …

Objectives The association between prestroke sarcopenia and functional outcomes in
patients who have had a stroke has not, to our knowledge, been evaluated to date. We …

Objective A prior meta-analysis of reports published between 2000 and 2008 found that
women were 30% less likely to receive IV recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) …

Stroke in women may be considered as a distinct entity due to numerous differences
compared with men, including specific epidemiological, etiological, and outcome features …

Purpose The aim of this study was to analyze sex differences in outcome after thrombectomy
for acute ischemic stroke in clinical practice in a large prospective multicenter registry …