I know I posted about this earlier but it bears repeating. That until the neuronal cascade of death is solved these interventions won't show the best results. Dr. Joseph P. Broderick, do you even understand what you are up against? Just blowing out the clot does not solve the stroke problem.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Strokes/37263
The buzz here at the International Stroke Conference is the poor
showing of endovascular therapies for treating acute ischemic stroke.
But there are "glimmers" that certain patients might benefit, said
Joseph P. Broderick, MD, in this exclusive InFocus interview.
Broderick was the principle investigator for the Interventional
Management of Stroke (IMS) III trial, which found no difference in
outcomes for the combined endovascular therapy plus intravenous tPA
approach versus IV tPA alone.
But it's too soon to give up hope, Broderick told Chris Kaiser, MedPage Today
cardiology editor, because several clinical trials will have results
later this year, and other trials are in the planning stages.
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