Emergent mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke with large artery occlusion significantly improves clinical outcomes, as proven in the five recently published RCTS MR CLEAN, ESCAPE, EXTEND-IA, SWIFT-PRIME and REVASCAT we need more neurointerventionists. i’m Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins, Managing Editor of the International Journal Of Stroke and I spoke to Dr Bernard Yan, author of the editorial Safeguarding The Safety Of Stroke Patients: Credentialing Of Neurointerventionists For Mechanical Thrombectomy.
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