Association of Age, Sex and Education With Access to the Intravenous Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Most patients with AIS present outside IVT eligibility in South Korea, and only 60% of eligible patients were ultimately treated. We identified increased age, female sex and lower education as key features on which to focus interventions for improving IVT utilization.
Authors
- Sunil A. Sheth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0602-8509)
- Wook‐Joo Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5290-0623)
- Kyung‐Ho Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8997-5626)
- Jee‐Hyun Kwon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5894-3146)
- Tai Hwan Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5148-1663)
- Kwang‐Yeol Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4570-3538)
- Keun‐Sik Hong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4684-6111)
- Byung‐Chul Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3885-981X)
- Anjail Zarinah Sharrief (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9814-6715)
- Moon‐Ku Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0166-387X)
- Chi Kyung Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0423-7297)
- Sung‐Il Sohn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6900-1242)
- Dong‐Eog Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9339-6539)
- Jae‐Kwan Cha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1049-5196)
- Sung Hyuk Heo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9215-5119)
- Kyu Sun Yum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9815-7652)
- Hee‐Joon Bae (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0051-1997)
- Jay Chol Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3550-2196)
- Youngran Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2063-5017)
- Hyungjong Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6112-2939)
- Jong‐Moo Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4199-3024)
- Kyusik Kang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4021-4439)
- Jun Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8643-0797)
- Beom Joon Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2719-3012)
- Sang‐Hwa Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0609-1551)
- Joon‐Tae Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4028-8339)
- Kyungbok Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2663-7483)
- Yoona Ko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7688-495X)
- Jae Guk Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-0033)
Institutions
- Ulsan College (KR)
- Hallym University (KR)
- Korea University (KR)
- Eulji University (KR)
- Korea University Medical Center (KR)
- Dong-A University Hospital (KR)
- Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul (KR)
- New Generation University College (ET)
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (KR)
- University of Ulsan (KR)
- Seoul Medical Center (KR)
- Chonnam National University Hospital (KR)
- Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital (KR)
- Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital (KR)
- Kyung Hee University Dental Hospital (KR)
- Ulsan University Hospital (KR)
- Yeungnam University Medical Center (KR)
- Chung-Ang University Hospital (KR)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center (US)
- Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital (KR)
- Chungbuk National University Hospital (KR)
- Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital (KR)
- Jeju National University Hospital (KR)
- Keimyung University (KR)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Korean Medical Science
- Published
- 2024-12-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2025.40.e49
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39
Funders
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
- Korea University Guro Hospital
- Jeju National University
- Chonnam National University
- Chung-Ang University
- Chungbuk National University
- Dong-A University
- Dongguk University
- Eulji University
- Keimyung University
- Seoul National University
- Soonchunhyang University
- Kyung Hee University
- Hallym University
- Inha University
- Inje University
- Korea University
- Yeungnam University
- Ministry of Health and Welfare
- Korea Health Industry Development Institute
- Jeju National University Hospital
- Inha University Hospital
- College of Medicine, Seoul National University