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Conclusions<br />

• An increased percentage <strong>of</strong> eligible patients<br />

have received <strong>tPA</strong> since the publication <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>ECASS</strong> <strong>III</strong><br />

– both in the 3 hour window and, to a greater extent, the 3 to<br />

4.5 hour window<br />

• The increased use and expanded time<br />

window has come without negatively<br />

impacting patients treated in < 3 hours.

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