Comprehensive stroke care in Grapevine

As a designated Comprehensive Stroke Center, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine has the resources needed to provide the highest level of stroke care, quickly diagnosing and treating any stroke, right in the Northeast Tarrant County community.

Our team gives you access to a full range of medical and surgical services to get the stroke care you need when and where you need it. 

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Treatment and services we offer

We’re here for you with a full range of services, from prevention to immediate care for stroke symptoms to stroke rehabilitation and recovery.

Based on specific criteria, mechanical thrombectomy is an advanced option offered by our Comprehensive Stroke Center in Grapevine to care for stroke quickly. This minimally invasive, image-guided procedure uses a small incision to remove or repair the cause of the stroke from inside the blood vessel.

Contact the Baylor Scott & White – Grapevine Stroke Program

When a stroke happens, immediate care from a center equipped to treat the condition is crucial to restore blood flow and protect brain health. Always call 911 if you or a loved one is experiencing signs of a stroke. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine is ready 24/7 with the care you need.

Stroke Program achievements

2025 highlights include:

  • American Heart Association/American Stroke Associations Get with The Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus, which recognized demonstrated compliance with 7 established measures.
    • Target: Stroke Honor Roll-Elite Plus (American Heart Association/American Stroke Association) recipient by consistently delivering clot-busting medication within established timeframes. Eligibility requires treatment of applicable acute ischemic stroke patients within:
      • 60 minutes for at least 85% of patients
      • 45 minutes for at least 75% of patients
      • 30 minutes for at least 50% of patients
    • Advanced Therapy award (American Heart Association/American Stroke Association) recipient for providing thrombectomy services quickly to patients. To receive this award, 50% of patient must have thrombectomy performed within 90 minutes of hospital arrival and within 60 minutes for patients that are transferred from another hospital.
    • Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (American Heart Association/American Stroke Association) recipient, which recognized demonstrated compliance with ten established measures.
  • Median time for clot-busting medication was 33 minutes, with 98% of patients receiving this medication within 60 minutes of Emergency Department arrival
    • 97% of applicable patients received the clot-busting medicines within 45 minutes of Emergency Department arrival. Notably, the national average for this benchmark is 74% of patients.
    • 81% of applicable patients received the clot-busting medicines with 30 minutes of Emergency Department arrival. Notably, the national average for this benchmark is 39%.
  • 70 patients treated with clot-busting (thrombolytic) medication
  • 66 patients treated with mechanical endovascular reperfusion therapy
  • 90-day good outcome after stroke treatment
    • 55% for Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine
    • 44% for Texas
    • 44% for Participating Hospitals: AHA GWTG Guidelines

Benchmarks

The stroke program at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine benchmarks itself against others nationwide to help provide you with quality care.

DescriptionBaylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine (2025)Participating Hospitals: AHA National Get with The Guidelines (2025)
Stroke patients diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat (atrial fibrillation/flutter) who were prescribed anticoagulation (blood thinning) medications at discharge: 95.697.7
Stroke patients that received, by the end of day two, an antithrombotic therapy medication while hospitalized99.1%97.3%
Stroke patients that went home with a prescription for an antithrombotic (e.g., aspirin) at discharge100%99.5%
Stroke patients that went home with a prescription for statin medication99.7%99%
Patients receiving nimodipine within 24 hours of admission with subarachnoid hemorrhage. (Evidence shows that nimodipine improves neurological outcomes in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage).94.1%92.4%
Stroke: Diagnostic testing, treatment and discharge home
DescriptionBaylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine (2025)Participating Hospitals: AHA National Get with The Guidelines (2025)
Minutes from patient’s arrival to the start of the procedure (groin puncture) for those undergoing emergency mechanical thrombectomyMedian: 59 MinutesMedian: 68 Minutes
Patients who obtained TICI 2b/3 recanalization post-endovascular therapy. (A grade of TICI 2B or higher reflects successful cerebral reperfusion and is associated with positive outcomes for patients undergoing IA therapies)96.8%89.4%
Stroke: Thrombectomy treatment