Higher volume endovascular stroke centers have faster times to treatment, higher reperfusion rates and higher rates of good clinical outcomes

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 294-297

  Gupta, Rishi ^a   Horev, Anat ^b   Nguyen, Thanh ^c   Gandhi, Dheeraj ^d   Wisco, Dolora ^e   Glenn, Brenda A ^a   Tayal, Ashis H ^f   Ludwig, Bryan ^g   Terry, John B ^g   Gershon, Raphael Y ^a   Jovin, Tudor ^b   Clemmons, Paul F ^h   Frankel, Michael R ^a   Cronin, Carolyn A ^d   Anderson, Aaron M ^a   Hussain, Muhammad Shazam ^e   Sheth, Kevin N ^d   Belagaje, Samir R ^a   Tian, Melissa ^f   Nogueira, Raul G ^a,i  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REPERFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE STROKE; ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BALLOON; CATHETER; COIL; COMPLICATION; CT; EMBOLIC; ENDOVASCULAR THERAPY; EYE; HEMORRHAGE; INTERVENTION; MALIGNANT; MRI; REPERFUSION; SPINAL CORD; STANDARDS; STENT; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID; TECHNIQUE; THROMBOLYSIS; VEIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPERFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879375720     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2011-010245     Document Type: Article

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