Transfer delay is a major factor limiting the use of intra-arterial treatment in acute ischemic stroke

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1626-1630

  Prabhakaran, Shyam ^a   Ward, Edward ^a   John, Sayona ^a   Lopes, Demetrius K ^a   Chen, Michael ^a   Temes, Richard E ^a   Mohammad, Yousef ^a   Lee, Vivien H ^a   Bleck, Thomas P ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

comprehensive stroke center; health care access; medical transportation; revascularization; stroke systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958283156     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.609750     Document Type: Article

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