Field triage for endovascular stroke therapy: a population-based comparison.
Mahesh V JayaramanMorgan L HemendingerGrayson L BairdShadi YaghiShawna CuttingAli SaadMatt SiketTracy E MadsenKen WilliamsJason RhodesRichard A HaasKaren L FurieRyan A McTaggartPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2019)
In a densely populated setting, for patients with stroke who are EVT candidates and closest to a PSC from the field, triage to a slightly more distant CSC is associated with faster time to EVT, no delay to alteplase, and less disability at 90 days.