Elements of a Stroke Center

Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-9

  Reynolds, Matthew R ^a   Panagos, Peter D ^a   Zipfel, Gregory J ^a   Lee, Jin Moo ^a   Derdeyn, Colin P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Healthcare systems; Quality metrics; Stroke center; Stroke certification; Stroke guidelines

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STENT; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CERTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859059724     PISSN: 10892516     EISSN: 15579808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.tvir.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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