Direct to angio-suite large vessel occlusion transfers achieve faster arrival-to-puncture times and improved outcomes.
Robert W RegenhardtJoseph A RosenthalAdam A DmytriwJustin E VranicAnna K BonkhoffMartin BretznerJoshua A HirschJames D RabinovChristopher J StapletonAman B PatelAneesh B SinghalNatalia S RostThabele M Leslie-MazwiMark R EthertonPublished in: Stroke (Hoboken, N.J.) (2022)
In a hub-and-spoke telestroke network, accepting transferred patients directly to the angio-suite was associated with dramatically reduced hub arrival-to-puncture time and may lead to improved 90-day outcomes. Direct-to-angio-suite protocols should continue to be evaluated in other regions and telestroke models.