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Lee H. Schwamm MD; Arthur Pancioli MD; Joe E. Acker III EMT-P, MPH, MS; Larry B. Goldstein MD; Richard D. Zorowitz MD; Timothy J. Shephard PhD(c), CNRN, CNS; Peter Moyer MD, MPH; Mark Gorman MD; S. Claiborne Johnston MPH, MD, PhD; Pamela W. Duncan PhD; Phil Gorelick MD; Jeffery Frank MD; Steven K. Stranne MD, JD; Renee Smith MPA; William Federspiel BA; Katie B. Horton RN, JD; Ellen Magnis MBA; and Robert J. Adams MD


Key words: AHA Policy Recommendations • stroke • brain ischemia • prevention • therapy




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