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. 2013 Feb;5(2):22–26.

Table 2.

Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and secondary prevention strategies.

Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures/secondary prevention strategies Stroke unit (n = 1347) Conventional care (n = 853) P value
CCT 95 93 0.077
cMRI 59 55 0.075
Infarct’s lesion detected by CCT/MRI 16 15 0.7
Extracranial vessel sonography 98 96 0.003
Transcranial vessel sonography 97 82 <0.001
AT with <48 h after onset 85 84 0.6
AT at discharge 84 83 0.6
OAC at discharge 19 20 0.5
CEA/stenting 3.4 2.5 0.24

SU stroke unit, CC conventional care, CCT cranial computed tomography, cMRI cranial magnet resonance imaging, AT anti-platelet therapy, CEA carotid endarterectomy

Values are percentage.