"SIR strongly believes IRs have a current and growing role in the care of patients with ischemic strokes," said SIR President M. Victoria Marx, MD, FSIR, an interventional radiologist at Keck Medicine of USC. "We stand committed to advocate for policy changes and provide the cognitive and technical skills and resources necessary for IRs to provide high-quality care."
Stroke affects 16.9 million worldwide each year, with 795,000 new cases in the United States annually. Approximately 100,000 of the U.S. cases are eligible for EVT treatment, yet only a fraction are treated due to the shortage of thrombectomy-capable stroke centers. To meet that volume the U.S. would need 500 endovascular stroke centers and 2,000 physicians. It currently has 231 thrombectomy-capable stroke centers.
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The global position statement was published on the website of the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) and will appear in its December issue.
About the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR)
The Society of Interventional Radiology is a nonprofit, professional medical society representing more than 8,000 practicing interventional radiology physicians, trainees, students, scientists and clinical associates, dedicated to improving patient care through the limitless potential of image-guided therapies. SIR's members work in a variety of settings and at different professional levels—from medical students and residents to university faculty and private practice physicians.
About Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe (CIRSE)
The Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) is a nonprofit, educational and scientific association aiming to improve patient care through the support of teaching, science, research and clinical practice in the field of cardiovascular and interventional radiology. Interventional radiology is an innovative and ever-expanding specialty that provides minimally invasive treatments for a wide range of diseases, which are performed by trained physicians under appropriate image guidance. CIRSE aims to support education and further research in this field, as well as ensuring excellent patient safety and timely access to IR therapies.
About the Interventional Radiology Society of Australasia (IRSA)
Interventional Radiology Society of Australasia (IRSA) is an association of interventional radiologists from Australia and New Zealand, under the auspice of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists. Interventional radiologists apply minimally invasive therapies using imaging guidance such as X-ray, ultrasound and CT scan. Many conditions that once required surgery can be treated nonsurgically by interventional radiologists.
SOURCE Society of Interventional Radiology
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