Vascular medicine and thrombectomy in stroke

The treatment of stroke caused by intracranial vessel occlusion with intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) was the only evidence-based treatment option for a long time. Nevertheless the response rate was disappointing in large vessel occlusions. Five studies that evaluated the...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Fischer, Werner Weber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1756285617742082