Prehospital selection of thrombectomy candidates beyond large vessel occlusion: M-DIRECT scale.
Jorge Rodríguez-Pardo de DonlebúnNicolas Riera-LópezBlanca FuentesMaria Alonso de LeciñanaSergio Secades-GarcíaJulia Álvarez-FragaPablo Busca-OstolazaJoaquín Carneado-RuizJaime Díaz-GuzmánJosé Egido-HerreroAntonio Gil-NúñezJaime Masjuan-VallejoVerónica Real-MartínezJosé Vivancos-MoraExuperio Díez-Tejedornull nullPublished in: Neurology (2020)
The M-DIRECT scale was highly accurate for EVT, with treatment rates and outcomes similar to those of a mothership paradigm, thereby avoiding EVT-C overload with a low rate of secondary transfers.