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SUBMITTER: Hurford R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7577107 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hurford Robert R Sekhar Alakendu A Hughes Tom A T TAT Muir Keith W KW
Practical neurology 20200607 4
Acute ischaemic stroke is a major public health priority and will become increasingly relevant to neurologists of the future. The cornerstone of effective stroke care continues to be timely reperfusion treatment. This requires early recognition of symptoms by the public and first responders, triage to an appropriate stroke centre and efficient assessment and investigation by the attending stroke team. The aim of treatment is to achieve recanalisation and reperfusion of the ischaemic penumbra wit ...[more]