Abstract
There are compelling parallels between the management of patients with acute stroke and acute myocardial infarction. Common themes include the importance of organized expert care, the value of acute reperfusion strategies in selected patients, and the application of similar early secondary prevention therapies. In both conditions, physiological parameters such as blood pressure, oxygenation, and glycemic status are thought to be important. However, coronary care units (CCUs) were high-technology monitoring units from the outset in the late1960s, while stroke care units (SCUs) have in most cases consisted of low-technology care, where stroke patients are treated by a multidisciplinary …
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