Mechanical thrombectomy for reperfusion of acute ischemic stroke in a Stroke Unit in Argentina

Abstract Stroke is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Reperfusion therapy with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV-tPA) was first implemented in 1996. More recently, endovascular reperfusion with mechanical thrombectomy (MT) demonstrated a robust beneficial effect, ext...

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Main Authors: Matías ALET, Federico Rodríguez LUCCI, Sebastián AMERISO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2020-01-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2020000100039&tlng=en
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