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RSNA 2008: RSNA: Portable CT Scan Saves Time to Save Brain in Stroke Patients (MedPageToday)

CHICAGO, Dec. 2 -- Bringing the CT to the stroke patient, rather than the other way round, dramatically reduced door-to-scan time in a community hospital, researchers said here.

But despite the use of a portable CT, which expedited the time to a scan, only about 1% of ischemic stroke patients beat the three-hour window for the use of thrombolysis.

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