Efficacy of recanalization therapy for ischemic stroke: multicenter hospital network experience.

Purpose: Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability with high mortality rate in the first year after the event. In Campania, mechanical thrombectomy treatment significantly increases in the last 3 years, as well as hospitals delivering acute stroke treatments. The aim of this study is to demonstrate how a full opening of our stroke network improves stroke management and stroked patients' survival in Campania.

Prevalence, clinical characteristics, resource utilization and outcome of patients with acute chest pain in the emergency department. A multicenter, prospective, observational study in north-eastern Italy.

Background: The evaluation and triage of patients with suspected myocardial ischemia in the emergency department is challenging and costly. In Italy there are no prospective data neither about the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and outcome of patients with chest pain in the emergency room, nor about the costs of their triage. Therefore, this study was undertaken to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and costs of the actual emergency department triage modalities of patients with acute chest pain.