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Abstract
Stroke remains the leading cause of death in China. The disparity of distribution in specialists and hospitals affects access to timely stroke care. Telestroke, the use of telemedicine for stroke, may be the solution to access to stroke care. Telestroke can improve the rate of successful intravenous thrombolysis and shorten the time to treatment. Here we review the progress of telestroke in China.
- Telestroke
- Stroke
- Google Glass
- Application
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Contributors All the authors meet the all four ICMJE criteria for authorship.
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.
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