Insights on the Trends and Future of Vascular Neurology View PDF

^*Afraah Mohammed Mouzzam
Medicine, Ayaan Institute Of Medical Sciences, Moinabad, Ayaan Institute Of Medical Sciences, Moinabad, Ayaan Institute Of Medical Sciences, Telangana, India

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Afraah Mohammed Mouzzam
Medicine, Ayaan Institute Of Medical Sciences, Moinabad, Ayaan Institute Of Medical Sciences, Moinabad, Ayaan Institute Of Medical Sciences, Telangana, India

Published on: 2024-05-15

Abstract

Over the last several decades, advances have been made in vascular neurology, including advancements in stroke diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation. Furthermore, the individuals who are providing the care represent a different cohort than those who were caring for stroke patients 30 years ago, because it has become increasingly important to make quick decisions for acute interventions and a larger workforce is required to provide the many complex aspects of stroke care. Before one can speculate about its future direction, one must understand the field’s history. The remainder of this special issue focuses on vascular neurology in a post-thrombectomy era, highlighting some of the recent massive changes in the last few decades and introducing future opportunities and challenges. The management and care of ischemic strokes continues to rely on thrombolysis and thrombectomy, but the way care is delivered, who provides it, how they are trained, where they are provided, and how data are used to inform early management decisions will likely change in the coming years

Keywords

Vascular neurology, Stroke patients, Acute ischemic stroke, Cerebrovascular disease, Neuroimaging

Introduction

In the past decades, acute ischemic stroke patient care has advanced more rapidly than in many clinical fields: this disease has evolved from one that was primarily treated by internal medicine physicians to one where vascular neurologists treat it; from being a disease that was primarily treated by internal medicine physicians, As a result, it has evolved from a disease with few treatments and no urgency in its management to a disease in which “Time is Brain” and acute evaluations have become an integral part of the management process; from evaluation in hospitals to early evaluation via telemedicine, mobile stroke units have also become available; it has also shifted from being the second leading cause of death in the United States to the fifth [1]. How will the next 30 years be? By improving primary and secondary prevention, will stroke be eliminated? What are the primary sites where stroke care is provided by emergency medicine doctors or in the field? Does precision medicine allow optimal selection of treatment protocols both for acute care and secondary prevention of ischemic stroke? Throughout this issue, novel developments have been made within stroke care (with a focus on ischemic stroke), which indicates new hope for stroke management and stroke care in the future. In no way will stroke disappear as a disease, but advances in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation will enable a broader population to be reached and stroke’s severe disability to be minimized [2-4].