Contemporary Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke Across the Continuum: From TeleStroke to Intra-Arterial Management

Mayo Clin Proc. 2020 Jul;95(7):1512-1529. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.04.002.

Abstract

In this comprehensive contemporary review of acute ischemic stroke management, what is new and different will be highlighted beginning with prehospital stroke systems of care, emergency medical systems, and mobile stroke units, followed by hospital stroke teams, emergency evaluation, telemedicine, and brain and vascular imaging, and finishing with emergency treatments including thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain Ischemia / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Ischemia / therapy*
  • Computed Tomography Angiography
  • Emergency Medical Services / methods
  • Female
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Patient Care Team / organization & administration
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Stroke / diagnostic imaging
  • Stroke / therapy*
  • Telemedicine
  • Thrombectomy
  • Time-to-Treatment
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Fibrinolytic Agents
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator