Stroke care in Armenia: Recent developments

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Introduction: Armenia is an upper-middle-income country with a population of nearly 3 million. Stroke is one of its major public health problems and ranks as the sixth leading cause of death, with a mortality of 75.5 per 100,000. Methods and results: Until recently, modern stroke care was not available in Armenia. During the past 8 years substantial advances have been made in building medical infrastructure and delivering acute stroke care. This manuscript describes contributors to this progress, including extensive and long-term collaboration with international stroke experts, the development of hospital-based stroke teams, and a funding commitment for stroke care by the government. Conclusion: The results of acute stroke revascularization procedures during the past 3 years are reviewed and found to meet international standards. Future directions are discussed including the immediate need to expand acute stroke care to underserved parts of the country by adding primary and comprehensive stroke centers. An active educational program for nurses and physicians and the TeleStroke system development will help support this expansion.

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Yeghiazaryan, N., Isahakyan, A., Zubalova, L., Hovhannisyan, Y., Sahakyan, G., Chekijian, S., … Babikian, V. L. (2023). Stroke care in Armenia: Recent developments. European Stroke Journal, 8(1_suppl), 28–34. https://doi.org/10.1177/23969873221108739

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