WSC 2026 | Improving door-to-needle and door-to-groin times in stroke care

Urs Fischer, MD, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland, discusses disparities in hospital stroke care, highlighting differences in door-to-needle and door-to-groin times between hospitals. He emphasizes the importance of regularly measuring treatment pathway delays to identify bottlenecks and improve access to timely intravenous thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy. This interview took place at the 18th World Stroke Congress (WSC) in Seoul, Korea.

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