World Stroke Organization Brain & hEart globAl iniTiative Program

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INTRODUCTION: The World Stroke Organization (WSO) Brain & Heart Task Force developed the Brain & hEart globAl iniTiative (BEAT), a pilot feasibility implementation program to establish clinical collaborations between cardiologists and stroke physicians who work at large healthcare facilities.

METHODS: The WSO BEAT pilot project focused on atrial fibrillation (AF) and patent foramen ovale (PFO) detection and management, and poststroke cardiovascular complications known as the stroke-heart syndrome. The program included 10 sites from 8 countries: Brazil, China, Egypt, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Romania, and the USA The primary composite feasibility outcome was the achievement of the following 3 implementation metrics (1) developing site-specific clinical pathways for the diagnosis and management of AF, PFO, and the stroke-heart syndrome; (2) establishing regular Neurocardiology rounds (e.g., monthly); and (3) incorporating a cardiologist to the stroke team. The secondary objectives were (1) to identify implementation challenges to guide a larger program and (2) to describe qualitative improvements.

RESULTS: The WSO BEAT pilot feasibility program achieved the prespecified primary composite outcome in 9 of 10 (90%) sites. The most common challenges were the limited access to specific medications (e.g., direct oral anticoagulants) and diagnostic (e.g., prolonged cardiac monitoring) or therapeutic (e.g., PFO closure devices) technologies. The most relevant qualitative improvement was the achievement of a more homogeneous diagnostic and therapeutic approach.

CONCLUSION: The WSO BEAT pilot program suggests that developing neurocardiology collaborations is feasible. The long-term sustainability of the WSO BEAT program and its impact on quality of stroke care and clinical outcomes needs to be tested in a larger and longer duration program.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

Enthalten in:

Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) - 53(2024), 1 vom: 03., Seite 115-124

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sposato, Luciano A [VerfasserIn]
Martins, Sheila [VerfasserIn]
Scheitz, Jan F [VerfasserIn]
Aspberg, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Gurol, M Edip [VerfasserIn]
Abdalla, Mohamed [VerfasserIn]
Arauz, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Cano-Nigenda, Vanessa [VerfasserIn]
Fiorilli, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Israel, Carsten [VerfasserIn]
Kusano, Kengo [VerfasserIn]
Mansour, Ossama [VerfasserIn]
Messé, Steven R [VerfasserIn]
Pille, Arthur [VerfasserIn]
Secchi, Thaís [VerfasserIn]
Polanczyk, Carisi A [VerfasserIn]
Biolo, Andreia [VerfasserIn]
Ramadan, Ismail [VerfasserIn]
Sallam, Ashraf [VerfasserIn]
Schäbitz, Wolf [VerfasserIn]
Toyoda, Kazunori [VerfasserIn]
Valencia, Sharon [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Shang [VerfasserIn]
Xiong, Yunyun [VerfasserIn]
Zaki, Amr [VerfasserIn]
Saposnik, Gustavo [VerfasserIn]
Fisher, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Bahit, M Cecilia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atrial fibrillation
Implementation
Journal Article
Neurocardiology
Patent foramen ovale
Quality improvement
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Stroke

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Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1159/000530471

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35778801X