Emergency management of stroke in the era of mechanical thrombectomy

Emergency management of stroke has been directed at the delivery of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) in a timely fashion. Because of the many limitations attached to the delivery of tPA and the perceived benefits accrued to tPA, its use has been limited. Mechanical thrombectomy, a far...

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Main Authors: Ethan S. Brandler, Nayeem Baksh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 2019-12-01
Series:Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.ceemjournal.org/upload/pdf/ceem-18-065.pdf