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SUBMITTER: Appireddy RM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4302170 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Appireddy Ramana M R RM Demchuk Andrew M AM Goyal Mayank M Menon Bijoy K BK Eesa Muneer M Choi Philip P Hill Michael D MD
Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea) 20150102 1
The utility of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV t-PA) in improving the clinical outcomes after acute ischemic stroke has been well demonstrated in past clinical trials. Though multiple initial small series of endovascular stroke therapy had shown good outcomes as compared to IV t-PA, a similar beneficial effect had not been translated in multiple randomized clinical trials of endovascular stroke therapy. Over the same time, there have been parallel advances in imaging technology and ...[more]