Audio Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine: Thrombectomy For Acute Stroke: Results of the Multi MERCI Trial - reporting from International Stroke Conference, February 6-9, 2007 San Francisco
WADE SMITH, University of California, San Francisco
REFERENCE: Abstract No. LB5
Mechanical removal of the clot that’s causing an acute stroke is showing promising early signs, and is safe. The first of a new generation of the MERCI (Mechanical Embolus Removal in Cerebral Ischemia) devices for removing clots has compared favorably to its predecessors and can also be used in patients for whom the standard therapy, thrombolysis, has failed. Wade Smith on behalf of the MERCI investigators talked to Helen Morant about the results.
PETER SCHELLINGER, University Clinic of Erlangen, Germany
REFERENCE: Abstract 2
MRI scanning could make it possible to treat stroke patients safely and
NICOLE PAGEAU, Trillium Health Centre, Ontario
REFERENCE: Abstract 434
Stroke patients may be going through pointless tests, according to a poster presented
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