Table 4.
Endovascular therapy rate for acute ischemic stroke in population-based studies.
| Studies | Population | Study period | Participants | Embolectomy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weber et al. (2019)27 | Germany | 2016 | 227687 patients with ischaemic stroke the G-DRG data | 4·7% (10692/227687) |
| Smith et al. (2017)26 | US | 2003–2016 | 2437975 patients with ischaemic stroke from 2222 hospitals | 3·3% in 2016 |
| Otite et al. (2021)18 | US | 2008–2017 | 4442657 patients with ischaemic stroke from National Inpatient Sample | 0·7–2·8% across the age spectrum |
| Chen et al. (2019)6 | China | 2015 | 1826332 patients with ischaemic stroke from 1267 tertiary hospitals | 0·45% |
| Aguiar de Sousa et al. (2019)37 | 44 European countries | 2016–2017 | 1913985 patients with ischaemic stroke from 44 European countries | 1·90% |
| Richter et al. (2021)19 | Germany | 2016 | 227687 patients with ischaemic stroke from all acute care hospitals | 4·3% (9795/227687) |
| Richter et al. (2021)19 | Germany | 2019 | 225531 patients with ischaemic stroke from all acute care hospitals | 7·2% (16135/225531) |
| The present analysis | China | 2019–2020 | 3408704 patients with ischaemic stroke from 1724 hospitals | 1·45% (49551/3408704) |
Abbreviations: CRCS-5, Clinical Research Center for Stroke-Fifth Division; G-DRG, German Diagnosis-Related Groups.