Predictors of false-positive stroke thrombectomy transfers
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Predictors of false-positive stroke thrombectomy transfers.
BACKGROUND Most patients with large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke need to be transferred to receive thrombectomy. To save time, the decision to transfer often relies on clinical scales as a surrogate for LVO rather than imaging. However, clinical scales have been associated with high levels of diagnostic error. The aim of this study is to define the susceptibility to overdiagnosis of our curren...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1759-8478,1759-8486
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2017-013043