2018
International Comparison of Patient Characteristics and Quality of Care for Ischemic Stroke: Analysis of the China National Stroke Registry and the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines––Stroke Program
Wangqin R, Laskowitz D, Wang Y, Li Z, Wang Y, Liu L, Liang L, Matsouaka R, Saver J, Fonarow G, Bhatt D, Smith E, Schwamm L, Bettger J, Hernandez A, Peterson E, Xian Y. International Comparison of Patient Characteristics and Quality of Care for Ischemic Stroke: Analysis of the China National Stroke Registry and the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines––Stroke Program. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2018, 7: e010623. PMID: 30371291, PMCID: PMC6474951, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.118.010623.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChina National Stroke RegistryNational Stroke RegistryAcute ischemic strokeStroke RegistryIschemic strokeChinese patientsDeep venous thrombosis prophylaxisHealth Stroke ScaleVenous thrombosis prophylaxisAcute stroke careAdministration of thrombolyticsEvidence-based guidelinesAmerican Heart AssociationQuality of careBackground AdherenceDischarge antithromboticsThrombosis prophylaxisCessation counselingStroke ProgramStroke ScaleClinical characteristicsHospital arrivalNeedle timePatient characteristicsSecondary prevention
2009
Quality of Care in Women With Ischemic Stroke in the GWTG Program
Reeves M, Fonarow G, Zhao X, Smith E, Schwamm L. Quality of Care in Women With Ischemic Stroke in the GWTG Program. Stroke 2009, 40: 1127-1133. PMID: 19211482, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.108.543157.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality of careIschemic strokeAcute ischemic stroke admissionsMultivariable logistic regression modelDefect-free careGuidelines-Stroke programGWTG-Stroke programWorse poststroke outcomesIschemic stroke admissionsPast medical historySex differencesLogistic regression modelsSex-based differencesStroke admissionsCrude mortalityAtrial fibrillationMedical historyPoststroke outcomesHeart diseaseRisk adjustmentCareWomenFurther studiesMenStroke