Prehospital and intra-hospital time delays in posterior circulation stroke: results from the Austrian Stroke Unit Registry.

ABSTRACT: Therapeutic effect of recombinant tissue-plasminogen activator (rt-PA) is time dependent. There is limited evidence whether localization of stroke within the posterior circulation (PCS) is associated with a treatment delay. We aimed to analyze within a nationwide multicenter cohort whether duration of pre- and intra-hospital patient management differs between patients with PCS and anterior circulation strokes (ACS). We studied onset-to-door-times (ODT) and door-to-needle-times (DNT) of all patients with acute ischemic stroke (IS) enrolled in the Austrian Stroke Unit Registry according to infarct localization. Classification into PCS and ACS was based on clinical presentation applying the criteria used in the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project. Relationships between ODT, respectively, DNT

SUBMITTER: Sommer P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5225195 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature