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Stroke, a vascular disease of the brain, is the #1 cause of disability and a major cause of death worldwide. Stroke has a major negative impact on the life of stroke-affected individuals, their families and the society. A significant proportion of stroke victims indicate that would have preferred death over their after-stroke quality of life. Mechanical thrombectomy (MT), opening the occluded artery using mechanical aspiration or a thrombus-entrapment device, is a guideline-mandated (class I, level of evidence A) treatment modality in patients with large vessel occlusion stroke. MT clinical benefit magnitude indicates that a universal access to this treatment strategy should be the standard of care. Today there is a substantial geographic variation in MT deliverability, with large-scale disparities in MT implementation. In many countries effective access to MT remains severely limited. In addition, many of the MT-treated patients are treated too late for a good functional outcome because of logistic delays that include transportations to remotely located, scarce, comprehensive stroke centres. Position Paper from the European Society of Cardiology Council on Stroke and European Association for Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions on interdisciplinary management of acute ischaemic stroke, developed with the support of the European Board of Neurointervention fills an important gap in systematically enabling interventional cardiologists to support stroke intervention in the geographic areas of unmet needs in particular. We review strengths and weaknesses of the document, and suggest directions for the next steps that are swiftly needed to deliver MT to stroke patients more effectively.

The management of the oncology patient is complex, due to late diagnosis, treatment and costs, affecting the medical, psychological, nutritional and economic areas. The creation of a multispecialty team, with specialists from health and other fields, is the characteristic of the institute. Since 1920, multidisciplinary has evolved and stood out in developed countries; in Mexico and continues to grow. Although it presents challenges, such as lack of time and coordination, its implementation significantly improves the comprehensive approach to patients. A retrospective study conducted at the Instituto Oncológico Nacional (ION) in Guadalajara, Mexico, was conducted from April 2019 to December 2023, involving multispecialty sessions via Zoom for oncology patients. Information were collected from medical records with specific inclusion criteria, for the creation of a database in Excel and subsequent analysis with the IBM SPSS Statistics 22 tool. 93.09% of the patients were placed in a specialised unit, while 6.91% in 'other tumours'. 37.2% of the sessions were held to establish treatment, 32% for diagnosis and 30.8% for both. The breast tumour unit had the most sessions (15%) and the robotic surgery unit had the least sessions (0.8%). 74.9% of the cases required one session and 25.1% required more sessions. An average saving of 5 consultations were generated; 68.8% of the sessions met their objectives and were followed up. Multispecialty virtual sessions in ION generate significant benefits: they reduce waiting times, save resources, improve access to specialised units and a comprehensive approach. Success is due to team coordination, communication between specialists and patients and implementation of decision making. It is recommended to promote this approach to optimise clinical outcomes and quality of life, overcoming logistical barriers and evaluating its long-term impact.