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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurointerv Surg. 2021 Apr 23;14(4):341–345. doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2020-017217

Table 3.

Final diagnoses of false positives from ED and EMS VAN

ED VAN (N=365) EMS VAN (N=176)
No. (%) No. (%)

Non-LVO ischemic stroke 108 (30%) 53 (30%)
Transient ischemic attack 25 (7%) 16 (9%)
Intracerebral hemorrhage 68 (19%) 34 (19%)
Subarachnoid hemorrhage 3 (1%) 0 (0%)
Subdural hematoma 12 (3%) 7 (4%)
Stroke mimic 39 (11%) 25 (14%)
Other 108 (30%) 41 (23%)