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01-04-2023 | Stroke | Review

What’s the Future of Vascular Neurology?

Authors: Rebecca F. Gottesman, Lawrence Latour

Published in: Neurotherapeutics | Issue 3/2023

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Abstract

The field of vascular neurology has made tremendous advances over the last several decades, with major shifts in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation of patients with stroke. Furthermore, the individuals who are providing the care represent a different cohort than those who were caring for stroke patients 30 years ago, with the increasing need for rapid decision-making for acute interventions and a larger workforce being needed to provide the many complicated aspects of care of stroke patients. Understanding the history of the field is critical before one can speculate about its future directions. In summarizing some of the past massive shifts in the past few decades, this review will discuss future opportunities and future challenges and will introduce the rest of this special issue focusing on vascular neurology in a post-thrombectomy era. Although thrombolysis and thrombectomy remain a major part of ischemic stroke management and care, in the coming years, there will likely be further modifications in how we provide the care, who provides it, how we train those individuals who provide it, where it is provided, and what data inform early management decisions.
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Metadata
Title
What’s the Future of Vascular Neurology?
Authors
Rebecca F. Gottesman
Lawrence Latour
Publication date
01-04-2023
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Neurotherapeutics / Issue 3/2023
Print ISSN: 1933-7213
Electronic ISSN: 1878-7479
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13311-023-01374-4

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