A new era of endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke: what are the implications for stroke care in Brazil?

In Brazil, stroke has been a neglected disease and the first cause of mortality for decades[1]. After recent advances on stroke policies and practices, stroke has now dropped to the second cause of mortality[1,2,3,4]. A small victory, but we are still far from winning the war against this condition. Less than 1% of stroke patients in Brazil have access to intravenous thrombolysis and admission to a stroke unit[1]. In this context, how are we to face the dawn of a new era of endovascular therapy (EVT) for ischemic stroke?