2024 Stroke Outcomes Baptist Health Lexington

Total Number of Stroke patients treated at Baptist Health Lexington:

• Ischemic Stroke: 820
• Hemorrhagic (bleeding) stroke: 104

Time is Brain! 2 million brain cells die every minute during a stroke. Every minute counts!

“Clot Busting Medication” - Door to IV Thrombolytic:

For patients arriving to Baptist Health Lexington with stroke symptoms, the average time from arrival to the administration of a “clot busting” medication = 24.0 minutes. This improved 3 minutes from 2022. Our time to “clot busting” administration earned Baptist Health Lexington the highest stroke award from American Heart Association: Get with the Guidelines.

Clot Busting Medication Complication rate at Baptist Health Lexington 2024 = .6 % (1/181) Nationwide the complication rate is 5% or greater.

Clot Removal (Mechanical Thrombectomy).  For stroke patients arriving at Baptist Health Lexington requiring a procedure to remove a blood clot from a large vessel in the brain, the percentage of time from arrival to the catheter entering the patient between 60 – 90 minutes = 88%. The nationwide percentage is 52%.

Successful restoration of blood flow to brain during the above stroke procedure. (Mechanical Thrombectomy).

• TICI 2b and TICI 3 are considered successful for restoring blood flow to the brain.

About this measure

A grading system is used to measure how well blood flow is restored following a mechanical thrombectomy to remove a clot from a blood vessel in the brain. This is called a Thrombolysis in cerebral infarction (TICI) score. Scoring is defined below:

Grade 3 - Complete restoration of blood flow in the brain
Grade 2b - Complete restoration of blood flow, but slower than normal
Grade 2a - Partial restoration of blood flow to the brain
Grade 1 - Minimal restoration of blood flow to the brain
Grade 0 – No restoration of blood flow to the brain