CTA Protocols in a Telestroke Network Improve Efficiency for Both Spoke and Hub Hospitals.
Andrew T YuRobert William RegenhardtC WhitneyLee S SchwammAman B PatelChristopher J StapletonAnand ViswanathanJoshua A HirschMichael H LevThabele M Leslie-MazwiPublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2021)
Implementation of CTA at spoke hospitals in our telestroke network was feasible and improved the efficiency of stroke triage. Rates of patients retained at spoke hospitals remained stable despite higher numbers of patients screened. Emergent large-vessel occlusion confirmation at the spoke hospital lead to a more than 2-fold increase in thrombectomy rates among transferred patients at the hub.