Suspected Large Vessel Occlusion: Should Emergency Medical Services Transport to the Nearest Primary Stroke Center or Bypass to a Comprehensive Stroke Center With Endovascular Capabilities?

Stroke. 2016 Jul;47(7):1965-7. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.011149. Epub 2016 Feb 19.

¹ From the Departments of Neurology (A.M.S., K.C.J.) and Public Health Sciences (A.M.S., K.C.J.), University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville; Department of Neurology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron-Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (C.A.M.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.H.S.); and Departments of Clinical Neurosciences (N.K., M.G.) and Radiology (M.G.), University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada.
² From the Departments of Neurology (A.M.S., K.C.J.) and Public Health Sciences (A.M.S., K.C.J.), University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville; Department of Neurology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron-Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (C.A.M.); Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (M.H.S.); and Departments of Clinical Neurosciences (N.K., M.G.) and Radiology (M.G.), University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada. [email protected] [email protected].

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Keywords: debate; emergency medical services; endovascular therapy; large vessel occlusion; stroke.

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