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this procedure is mostly done as an outpatient, meaning the patient is discharged the same day. .

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yet these drugs are not a "home run," says elizabeth loder, md, a professor of neurology at harvard medical school and chief of the division of headache at brigham & women's hospital. . would identify hospitals that are best positioned to treat strokes and establish protocols for emergency responders handling stroke patients. .