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Stephen Handel
Old neurologist saying about stroke: Time is brain – time is brain. Because if a blood clot blocks a vessel in the brain, every minute of earlier help brings a measurable improvement for the patient, better chances of survival, less consequential damage, and a better quality of life. A team of doctors at the Munich Clinic Harlaching has now succeeded in reducing the average time between the patient’s notification and the start of treatment by a full one and a half hours – an achievement that is now even worth publishing in the renowned “Journal of the American Medical Association” (Jama). was.