Combating Stroke Requires Global Health Systems To Take A Giant Step

Mechanical Thrombectomy Often Goes Where Drug Therapy Cannot In Addressing The ‘Silent Disease’

Health authorities around the world are being advised to mitigate the relentless rise in the long-term costs of stroke, set to top $1.5tn within a generation. Wider availability of mechanical thrombectomy will help address providers’ and patients’ needs, Royal Philips CMO Carla Perón explained in an interview with In Vivo.

A medical illustration of an ischemic stroke
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