title: Central DuPage Hospital ranks in top 10% of hospitals for pioneering stroke treatment.
abstract: It wasn't long ago that patients suffering a stroke had little hope of recovering or even surviving after experiencing a bursting brain blood vessel or tiny clots in arteries that stop oxygen-rich blood flow, killing or damaging brain nerve cells. In 1996. one of the nation's top community hospitals started a comprehensive stroke program that today saves many lives.
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery