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Optimized Management of Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke
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In acute ischemic stroke, thrombectomy was not noninferior to alteplase + thrombectomy for 90-d functional
Anthony A Donato1, Vaibhav Goswami1
1Reading Hospital/Tower Health, West Reading, Pennsylvania, USA (A.A.D., V.G.).
Annals of Internal Medicine
|October 31, 2022
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Fischer U, Kaesmacher J, Strbian D, et al. Thrombectomy alone versus intravenous alteplase plus thrombectomy in patients with stroke: an open-label, blinded-outcome, randomised non-inferiority trial. Lancet. 2022;400:104-15. 35810756.
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