Overcoming the evening/weekend effects on time delays and outcomes of endovascular stroke therapy: the Calgary Stroke Program experience

Conclusions
Some delays were encountered during evenings and weekend hours. Despite that, it was feasible to achieve a relatively short imaging to reperfusion times during these hours, in comparison to existing literature. A target universal time metric is needed to assess the timeliness of endovascular therapy in stroke centers.

Source: Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery - November 7, 2014 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Almekhlafi, M. A., Hockley, A., Desai, J. A., Nambiar, V., Mishra, S., Volny, O., Eesa, M., Demchuk, A. M., Menon, B. K., Goyal, M. Tags: Ischemic stroke Source Type: research