With the greater availability of treatments for acute ischaemic stroke, including advances in
endovascular therapy, personalised assessment of patients before treatment is more …

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) …

Objective We assessed gender differences and women-specific secular trends in stroke.
Methods Data from 2318 women and 2274 men with first-ever stroke collected from the …

Stroke affects both men and women of all ages, although the condition is more common
among the elderly. Stroke occurs at an older age among women than among men; although …

Purpose: In the future, budget constraints will make efficient care for stroke patients more
important. The cost of hospitalization for stroke is high. It is desirable to consider a patient's …

Objective Effective provision of urgent stroke care relies upon admission to hospital by
emergency ambulance and may involve pre-hospital redirection. The proportion and …

Introduction: This study investigates gender differences among stroke patients treated in the
telestroke network using specific risk factors that contribute to stroke severity. Methods: We …

Background Survival after malignant middle cerebral artery infarcts is dismal. In 2007, a
pooled analysis of randomised trials in Europe demonstrated a substantial survival benefit …

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in women, were found in hospitals without SU (Figure 1). There were no differences in terms …

Stroke is a major cause of mortality and morbidity, particularly in the older ages. Women
have a longer life expectancy and are more likely to experience stroke than men …