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Old 12-19-2010, 11:07 PM
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I understand that Leesberg Hospital is a designated stroke center. Has anyone had any experience with this? My husband had a stroke last April and another "episode" just on Thursday. We are planning to be in TV February and March but I really want to know that we can make it to a stroke center within the window (2-3 hrs) if we need to. Also, does anyone know whether or not they have a neuro-interventionalist that can provide catheter treatment that can extent the window to 6-8 hrs if needed? The team here in Syracuse at University Hospital is amazing and I really want to find another.
You can certainly make it with 2-3 hour window. In fact if you live in the southern part of TV it's almost closer to Leesberg than it is to TVRH. They do have an extensive catheter treatment center.

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