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Discussing BEST-MSU Trial Results: Improving Clinical Outcomes with Mobile Stroke Units

04/21/2022

In this podcast, section editor Amrou Sarraj, MD, associate professor Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, interviews James Grotta, MD, director of stroke research, Clinical Institute for Research and Innovation, Memorial Hermann Hospital–TMC on the trial design and execution of the recently published BEST-MSU clinical trial, which analyzed the benefit of prehospital stroke treatment delivered through a mobile stroke unit. Dr Grotta was the principal investigator of this trial.

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