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Optimized Management of Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke
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In ischemic stroke with viable hypoperfused tissue, alteplase > 4.5 h after last seen well improves function
1University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (M.D.H.).
Annals of Internal Medicine
|May 19, 2020
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Tsivgoulis G, Katsanos AH, Malhotra K, et al. Thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke in the unwitnessed or extended therapeutic time window. Neurology. 2020;94:e1241-8. 31892636.
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