Delay in hospital presentation is the main reason large vessel occlusion stroke patients do not receive intravenous thrombolysis

Delay in hospital presentation is the main reason large vessel occlusion stroke patients do not receive intravenous thrombolysis

Abstract Objectives Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) and endovascular therapy (EVT) are the mainstays of treatment for large vessel occlusion stroke (LVOS). Prior studies have examined why patients have not received IVT, the most cited reasons being last‐known‐well (LKW) to hospital arrival of >4.5...

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Main Authors: Ethan S. Brandler, Derek L. Isenberg, Joseph Herres, Huaqing Zhao, Chadd K. Kraus, Daniel Ackerman, Adam Sigal, Alexander Kuc, Jason T. Nomura, Susan Wojcik, Michael T. Mullen, Nina T. Gentile
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-10-01
Series:Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
Subjects:
emergency care
large vessel occlusion stroke
stroke
thrombolysis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.13048

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https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.13048

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