The progress of telestroke in China

Stroke remains the leading cause of death in China. The disparity of distribution in specialists and hospitals affects access to timely stroke care. Telestroke, the use of telemedicine for stroke, may be the solution to access to stroke care. Telestroke can improve the rate of successful intravenous...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Zhao, Gang, Huang, Huan, Yang, Fang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Stroke & Vascular Neurology 2017
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5628380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28989806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/svn-2017-000084
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Sumario:Stroke remains the leading cause of death in China. The disparity of distribution in specialists and hospitals affects access to timely stroke care. Telestroke, the use of telemedicine for stroke, may be the solution to access to stroke care. Telestroke can improve the rate of successful intravenous thrombolysis and shorten the time to treatment. Here we review the progress of telestroke in China.

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