Regardless of whether stroke patients given endovascular therapy are admitted during hospital working hours or off-hours, their characteristics, procedure times, and clinical outcomes all are similar. The findings, from a single-center German study, were published online March 18, 2016, ahead of print in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

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Clinical-diffusion mismatch is a good predictor of infarct growth among patients with middle cerebral artery (MCA)-M1 occlusion and small infarct core, according to research published online March 8, 2016, ahead of print in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery…

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Mechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke can safely be performed in patients taking novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs), according to a Brief Report published online March 1, 2016, ahead of print in Stroke…

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Both the time from symptom onset to imaging and the time from imaging to reperfusion are likely clinically important factors among patients who undergo mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke. Each interval may affect outcomes in different ways, however, researchers report in a paper published online March 8, 2016, ahead of print in Stroke…

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A new analysis of registry data has identified multiple patient- and treatment-related factors that foretell the functional outcomes of acute stroke patients after successful recanalization with mechanical thrombectomy. The findings were published in the March 2016 issue of the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery.…

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