Table 6.

Required elements for AIS Comprehensive Stroke Centers

1	24/7 stroke neurology team available within 15 min either in person or via telemedicine (telephone or telecamera)
2	24/7 neurointerventionalists available within 30 min
3	Advanced imaging capabilities, including 24/7 availability of CT and CT angiography, MR and MR angiography and catheter angiography
4	24/7 neurosurgery coverage available within 30 min
5	24/7 NeuroICU and neurointensivists available within 30 min
6	Capacity to handle two simultaneous acute LVO patients
	2 NeuroIR suites or stroke intervention labs (including associated teams of RNs, techs, etc.)
	2 available neurointerventionalists
7	Minimum volume requirements
	Minimal of 30 endovascular MT cases/year
	Minimum of 10 MT cases per operator per year
	Minimal of 25 IV tPA cases/year