Analysis of 16,922 Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack in Japan

Abstract

More than half of the acute stroke patients arrived at hospital later than 6 h after onset. Establishment of ideal emergency systems is needed for better management of stroke and for improvement of patient outcome, in particular, in the future after approval of intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke by the Japanese government.