Disability Stroke

Although thrombectomy was linked with improved functional recovery in patients with pre-stroke disability, it might also increase the risk for survival with significant disability, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.

Immigrants to Canada had lower rates of stroke or transient ischemic attack compared with long-term residents, with rates varying by age, stroke type and country of origin, according to results of a province-wide retrospective analysis.

Hispanic and black adults aged younger than 50 years were less likely to have poor outcomes 3 months after a hemorrhagic stroke compared with white adults, according to a study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.