Stacy Pugh, VP and general manager of Medtronic’s neurovascular unit
Technology and innovation are not the most important things we can do for stroke, according to Stacey Pugh, VP and general manager of the neurovascular unit at Medtronic.
The most important thing that could happen for stroke is passing proper legislation about taking patients in emergency situations to comprehensive stroke centers for proper treatment, Pugh explained during her keynote discussion at DeviceTalks West last month.
Technology has changed, but systems of care have not.
“The most important thing we can do today in stroke unfortunately isn’t innovation. It’s legislation,” Pugh said.
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