Acute intravenous--intra-arterial revascularization therapy for severe ischemic stroke.
BACKGROUND: Intravenous alteplase for acute ischemic stroke is least efficacious for patients with proximal large-artery occlusions and clinically severe strokes. Intra-arterial therapy has the theoretical advantage of establishing a neurovascular diagnosis and high symptomatic artery patency rate...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2002
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