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Ischemic stroke
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Does the use of IV tPA in the current era of rapid and predictable recanalization by mechanical embolectomy represent good value?

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  • Ronil V Chandra Department of Imaging, Monash Imaging, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Stroke and Ageing Research Centre, Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Thabele M Leslie-Mazwi NeuroEndovascular Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Brijesh P Mehta Memorial Neuroscience Institute, Hollywood, Florida, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Colin P Derdeyn Departments of Radiology, Neurology and Neurological Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Andrew M Demchuk Departments of Clinical Neurosciences and Radiology, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Bijoy K Menon Departments of Clinical Neurosciences and Radiology, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mayank Goyal Departments of Clinical Neurosciences and Radiology, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Radiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • R Gilberto González Neuroradiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Joshua A Hirsch NeuroEndovascular Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Joshua A Hirsch, NeuroEndovascular Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA; Hirsch{at}snisonline.org
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Chandra RV, Leslie-Mazwi TM, Mehta BP, et al
Does the use of IV tPA in the current era of rapid and predictable recanalization by mechanical embolectomy represent good value?
Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery 2016;8:443-446.

Publication history

  • Received December 11, 2015
  • Accepted December 14, 2015
  • First published January 12, 2016.
Online issue publication 
April 14, 2016

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