Intra-Arterial Stroke Tx Takes Hit, but Survives

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.