Endovascular Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke

H. Badhiwala, Jetan; Nassiri, Farshad; Alhazzani, Waleed; Selim, Magdy; Farrokhyar, Forough; Spears, Julian; V. Kulkarni, Abhaya; K. Singh, Sheila; Alqahtani, Abdulrahman; Rochwerg, Bram; Y. Alshahrani, Mohammad; K. Murty, Naresh; Alhazzani, Adel; Yarascavitch, Blake; Reddy, Kesava; O. Zaidat, Osama; A. Almenawer, Saleh

doi:10.1001/jama.2015.13767

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Endovascular Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke

Published in JAMA • Nov 3, 2015

Authors:

Jetan H. Badhiwala

Farshad Nassiri

Waleed Alhazzani

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Endovascular intervention for acute ischemic stroke improves revascularization. But trials examining endovascular therapy yielded variable functional outcomes, and the effect of endovascular intervention among subgroups needs better definition. OBJECTIVE: To examine the association betwe...

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Medicine

Modified Rankin Scale

Randomized controlled trial

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