Evolution of a US County System for Acute Comprehensive Stroke Care

201814 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Radoslav Raychev · Saddleback Memorial Medical Center

Dana Stradling · University of California, Irvine

Nirav J. Patel · Los Alamitos Medical Center

Joey R. Gee · Mission Health

David A. Lombardi · Orange County Global Medical Center

Johnson L. Moon · St. Jude Medical Center

David M. Brown

Abstract

Favorable features of this acute stroke care system include reperfusion therapy in 29.2% of patients with ischemic stroke and substantial increases in endovascular treatment rates over time. Continued efforts to optimize acute stroke systems of care can be directed toward improving access to best acute stroke therapies.

Topics & Keywords

Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Stroke

Volume 49, Issue 5, pp. 1217-1222

DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.118.020620

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