Neurological Therapeutics
Online ISSN : 2189-7824
Print ISSN : 0916-8443
ISSN-L : 2189-7824
 
Expansion of the indications for mechanical thrombectomy
Kentaro SuzukiKazumi Kimura
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2022 Volume 39 Issue 4 Pages 506-509

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Mechanical thrombectomy was began by the advent of Merciretriever in 2010. The effectiveness of mechanical thrombectomy was first reported in 2015 and the indication have been expanded recently. Physicians involved in stroke patients need to be indicated for intravenous tissue plasminogen activator and mechanical thrombectomy as hyperacute therapy. We describe the latest evidence and therapeutic indications for mechanical thrombectomy.

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