Here are five observations:
1. The team of neurosurgeons is led by Vivek Deshmukh, MD, FACS.
2. Dr. Deshmukh is the co-medical director of Providence Brain and Spine Institute and medical director of neurosurgery and neurointerventional services.
3. He and his stroke team surpassed the record for the quickest average blood clot removal time in the United States.
4. The team inserted a catheter into a patient’s groin and removed a blood clot in the brain in an average time of 24 minutes.
5. Medtronic’s Stratis Registry collects this data on clinical outcomes for acute ischemic stroke patients.
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