Medical Specialties of Clinicians Providing Mechanical Thrombectomy to Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke in the United States

Hooman Kamel; Caroline D Chung; Gbambele J Kone; Ajay Gupta; Nicholas A Morris; Matthew E Fink; Babak B Navi

doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.5172

Medical Specialties of Clinicians Providing Mechanical Thrombectomy to Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke in the United States

JAMA Neurol. 2018 Apr 1;75(4):515-517. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.5172.

Authors

Hooman Kamel^{1

2

3}, Caroline D Chung^{1

2}, Gbambele J Kone^{1

2}, Ajay Gupta^{1

2

4}, Nicholas A Morris⁵, Matthew E Fink^{1

2}, Babak B Navi^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Unit, Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, New York, New York.
² Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
³ Associate Editor.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
⁵ Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.

Abstract

This cross-sectional analysis of Medicare data determined the specialty of physicians providing mechanical thrombectomy to patients with ischemic stroke.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Brain Ischemia / complications*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Healthcare Disparities*
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Medicine / methods*
Retrospective Studies
Stroke / etiology*
Stroke / surgery*
Thrombectomy / methods*
Treatment Outcome
United States

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding