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Dr. J Mocco: "So You Can Use a Clot Retriever? Great, but Not Enough"

  • Medpage Today
  • NEW YORK, NY
  • (February 12, 2015)

With confirmation from three trials that endovascular clot retrieval with thrombolysis helps outcomes in large vessel ischemic strokes, there's an immediate mandate for practice. But achieving that level of quality is likely to be a real challenge even for centers with the capability, J Mocco, MD, told MedPage Today in an interview after presentation of the ESCAPE, EXTEND-IA, and SWIFT PRIME trial data here at the American Heart Association's International Stroke Conference. Mocco, director of cerebrovascular surgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, laid out the issues to consider in developing a program in this Q&A interview with MedPage Today. Learn more