Reducing door-to-reperfusion time in acute stroke endovascular therapy using magnetic resonance imaging as a screening modality.
Yuki SakamotoKentaro SuzukiArata AbeJunya AokiTakuya KanamaruYohei TakayamaTakehiro KatanoAkihito KutsunaSatoshi SudaYasuhiro NishiyamaChikako NitoKazumi KimuraPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2020)
An MRI-first policy was feasible, and DRT decreased considerably with a step-by-step QI process. This process may be applicable to other hospitals.