Show Notes
Every year, more than 12 million people suffer from strokes. With 6.5 million dead and many left with permanent disability, it is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide.
Today, we’ll learn about the stroke pathway and secondary stroke risk as well as the underlying diseases that are connected to stroke and how they can be identified and treated.
In this episode, host Wiebke Plenkers, product line head for ON THE SPOT, Siemens Healthineers global mobile CT solutions, is joined by Mira Katan, MD, head of Stroke Unit and deputy head of Acute Neurology at University Hospital Basel in Switzerland and Carlos Molina, MD, head of Neurology Section and director of Stroke Unit at Barcelona’s Vall d’Hebron Research Institute.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode: The pathway for an incoming patient after it is determined that they are suffering from a stroke Determining the type and severity of the stroke is an important deciding factor for successful treatment Modern imaging techniques support in the identification between an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke Secondary stroke events are a significant risk for many stroke patients Educating patients is key in preventing secondary stroke events Implementation of telemedicine is just one of the advances that might improve outcomes for stroke patients in the future
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