Dr. Sang and associates looked at how well people recovered after treatment for a stroke due to a blockage in the basilar artery. The basilar artery is critical to the brain because it brings blood to deep brain structures like the brainstem, which is important in controlling involuntary body functions such as breathing. The treatment they studied is called endovascular therapy (EVT). More specifically, they looked at time to treatment (which they measured as onset to puncture time [OPT]). In other words, once the stroke had occurred, they looked at the connection between when the treatment was given and how well the person recovered.

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从血管内治疗中风：时间很重要

Sang 博士及其同事研究了由于基底动脉阻塞导致的中风治疗后人们的恢复情况。基底动脉对大脑至关重要，因为它将血液输送到脑干等深部大脑结构，这对于控制呼吸等不自主的身体功能很重要。他们研究的治疗方法称为血管内治疗（EVT）。更具体地说，他们着眼于治疗时间（他们将其测量为开始穿刺时间 [OPT]）。换句话说，一旦发生中风，他们就会研究治疗时间与患者恢复情况之间的联系。