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troke burden and mortality may be higher in Africa compared with other world regions.1 The large vessel occlusion stroke subtype portends the highest mortality risk but mechanical thrombectomy (MT) can mitigate this. MT utilization is nearly 500-fold lower in low-/middle-income countries compared with high-income countries, with worse outcomes.2,3 Mission Thrombectomy 2020+ is a global initiative by the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology, a peer network of multidisciplinary stroke experts, aimed at improving MT access worldwide.2 To define disparities in MT access, the MT-GLASS study (Mechanical Thrombectomy Global Access for Stroke)2 surveyed a global cohort of countries. Using data from this study, we analyzed MT access in Africa compared with other regions.
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DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.124.047825
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