A call for neurologists to take up stroke intervention

Vasantha M Padma, Rohit Bhatia, Gigy Kuruttukulam, Anand Alurkar, Kewal Krishan Talwar, Dheeraj Khurana, Subhash Kaul, Vinit Suri, Gagandeep Singh, Vikram Huded

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology 2016 19(4):429-432

Recent data have provided overwhelming evidence in favor of benefits of emergent endovascular intervention in large vessel acute ischemic stroke (AIS). India with its large population has a huge burden of AIS. Hence, neurologists need to gear up to the new challenge of providing interventional care to huge populations of AIS in the country. The best way to cover this unprecedented unmet need is to encourage neurologists to take up interventional subspecialty interests through new but sound training pathways.

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