Implication of the Recent Positive Endovascular Intervention Trials for Organizing Acute Stroke Care: European Perspective

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1468-1473

  Tatlisumak, Turgut ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

organization; thrombectomy; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EQUIPOISE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGIST; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECANALIZATION; SCINTIGRAPHY; STROKE PATIENT; THROMBECTOMY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; EUROPE; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 84942864601     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.008386     Document Type: Article

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