2022
Spoke‐Administered Thrombolysis Improves Large‐Vessel Occlusion Early Recanalization: The Real‐World Experience of a Large Academic Hub‐and‐Spoke Telestroke Network
Kraft A, Regenhardt R, Awad A, Rosenthal J, Dmytriw A, Vranic J, Bonkhoff A, Bretzner M, Hirsch J, Rabinov J, Stapleton C, Schwamm L, Singhal A, Rost N, Leslie‐Mazwi T, Patel A. Spoke‐Administered Thrombolysis Improves Large‐Vessel Occlusion Early Recanalization: The Real‐World Experience of a Large Academic Hub‐and‐Spoke Telestroke Network. Stroke Vascular And Interventional Neurology 2022, 3 PMID: 36816048, PMCID: PMC9936963, DOI: 10.1161/svin.122.000427.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntravenous thrombolysisMechanical thrombectomyEarly recanalizationInterhospital transferLarge vessel occlusion strokeLack of efficacyReal-world analysisVessel imagingEligible patientsMedian ageOcclusion strokeRecent trialsStroke NetworkTelestroke networkInclusion criteriaPatientsIVT useReal-world experienceNIHSSThrombolysisRecanalizationHospitalLVOImagingER rates
2018
Delays in the Air or Ground Transfer of Patients for Endovascular Thrombectomy
Regenhardt RW, Mecca AP, Flavin SA, Boulouis G, Lauer A, Zachrison KS, Boomhower J, Patel AB, Hirsch JA, Schwamm LH, Leslie-Mazwi TM. Delays in the Air or Ground Transfer of Patients for Endovascular Thrombectomy. Stroke 2018, 49: 1419-1425. PMID: 29712881, PMCID: PMC5970980, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.118.020618.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndovascular therapySpoke hospitalsTelestroke networkUnderwent endovascular therapyEndovascular thrombectomyHealth StrokeIschemic strokeClinical outcomesMedian delayHub hospitalInclusion criteriaTelestroke consultsMultivariable regressionTreatment opportunitiesPossible predictorsTreatment ratesPatientsHospitalDaytime transfersLong transfer timesNational Institute