Past, Present, and Future of Stroke in Middle-Income Countries: The Brazilian Experience

2013120 citationsJournal Article

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Sheila Cristina Ouriques Martins · Hospital Moinhos de Vento

Octávio Marques Pontes‐Neto · Clinics Hospital of Ribeirão Preto

Cloer Vescia Alves · Ministério da Saúde

Gabriel R. de Freitas · D’Or Institute for Research and Education

Jamary Oliveira‐Filho · Universidade Federal da Bahia

Elza Dias Tosta · Hospital de Base

Norberto L. Cabral

Abstract

The evolution of stroke care in Brazil over the last decade is a pathway that exemplifies the challenges that middle-income countries have to face in order to improve stroke prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. The reported Brazilian experience can be extrapolated to understand the past, present, and future of stroke care in middle-income countries.

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Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Health, Nursing, Elderly Care

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Published in: International Journal of Stroke

Volume 8, Issue SA100, pp. 106-111

DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12062

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