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SUBMITTER: Autar ASA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6064914 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Autar Anouchska S A ASA Hund Hajo M HM Ramlal Sharad A SA Hansen Daniël D Lycklama À Nijeholt Geert J GJ Emmer Bart J BJ de Maat Moniek P M MPM Dippel Diederik W J DWJ van der Lugt Aad A van Es Adriaan C G M ACGM van Beusekom Heleen M M HMM
Journal of the American Heart Association 20180622 13
<h4>Background</h4>Currently, acute ischemic stroke is still a leading cause of mortality and morbidity. Approximately 2 years ago, mechanical thrombectomy was proven beneficial as a revolutionary new therapy for stroke in the MR-CLEAN trial (A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial of Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke in the Netherlands). However, the mechanisms by which the thrombectomy device, or stent-retriever, interacts with the thrombus are largely unknown. A better understa ...[more]