Prehospital factors determining regional variation in thrombolytic therapy in acute ischemic stroke

ConclusionsThese results suggest that the larger proportion of patients arriving within 4·5 h in the centralized model might be related to a lower threshold to use emergency services to transport stroke patients and partly to preferential referral of thrombolysis candidates.

Source: International Journal of Stroke - December 23, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Maarten M. H. Lahr, Patrick C. A. J. Vroomen, Gert‐Jan Luijckx, Durk‐Jouke Zee, Ronald Vos, Erik Buskens Tags: Research Source Type: research