Women received comparable ischemic stroke care to men, as measured by pre-specified Get With The Guidelines-Stroke program metrics, according to a recent study. Researchers included around 51,317 (49% women) patients from 73 sites from 2010 to 2014. They found:

• As compared with men in the study, women were older (73 ± 15 vs 69 ± 14 years), more hypertensive (67% vs 63%), and had more atrial fibrillation (19% vs 16%).

• Defect-free care was slightly lower in women than in men.

• Temporal trends in defect-free care improved substantially and similarly for men and women, with a 29% absolute improvement in women and 28% in men.

• Women, however, were less likely to receive thrombolysis and less likely to have a door-to-needle time <1 hour as compared to men.

Citation: Asdaghi A, Romano JG, Wang K, et al. Sex disparities in ischemic stroke care. [Published online ahead of print August 23, 2016]. Stroke. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.01059.