WSC 2025 | The global implementation of acute stroke care: advances and challenges
Valeria Caso, MD, PhD, FESO, Santa Maria Della Misericordia Hospital, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy, highlights advances and challenges in the global implementation of acute stroke care. Prof. Caso emphasizes that a dedicated space for stroke patients can make a significant difference without incurring high costs, and highlights the need for a structured approach. This interview took place at the 17th World Stroke Congress (WSC) in Barcelona, Spain.
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Currently, especially WSO is working very hard to implement stroke care. And you know, the knowledge is there, but the point is how to reach remote parts of the world. And now there are programs in Africa, there are programs in Malaysia to bring what we already know. So we know that thrombectomy and thrombolysis is the best treatment for our patients. But what is often forgotten is that a structured stroke care, so a dedicated space only for stroke patients, makes the real difference...
Currently, especially WSO is working very hard to implement stroke care. And you know, the knowledge is there, but the point is how to reach remote parts of the world. And now there are programs in Africa, there are programs in Malaysia to bring what we already know. So we know that thrombectomy and thrombolysis is the best treatment for our patients. But what is often forgotten is that a structured stroke care, so a dedicated space only for stroke patients, makes the real difference. And this can be done without too much cost. So we are pushing and pushing for this structured approach, like the bundle of care in intracerebral hemorrhage, so there is a lot to do, and when you say it’s about the cost, it’s not true, it’s not about cost, it’s about doing it, implementing it.
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