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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Berkhemer, Olvert A
• van Zwam, Wim H
• Dippel, Diederik W.J
• Trippoli, Sabrina
• Fadda, Valeria
• Messori, Andrea
• Saver, Jeffrey L
• Goyal, Mayank
• Diener, Hans-Christoph
• Furlan, Anthony J

Titel

Stent-Retriever Thrombectomy for Stroke

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 2015-09, Vol.373 (11), p.1076-1078

Ort / Verlag

United States: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

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Quelle

Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To the Editor: In their report on the Solitaire with the Intention for Thrombectomy as Primary Endovascular Treatment (SWIFT PRIME) trial, Saver et al. (June 11 issue) 1 provide additional evidence on the effectiveness of endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke. 2 – 5 In phase 3 stroke trials, the functional outcome on the modified Rankin scale is typically regarded as an important and valid measure. In the SWIFT PRIME trial, the effect of treatment on this functional outcome was impressively large. However, the blinding of this partly subjective assessment is crucial to minimizing bias. In this study, patients and their proxies were . . .