Mechanical thrombectomy after intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke

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¹ Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street, West Wing 4-427, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8 Canada. Electronic address: jetan.badhiwala@mail.utoronto.ca.
² Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street, West Wing 4-427, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8 Canada.
³ Division of Neurosurgery and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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Jetan H Badhiwala et al. Lancet Neurol. 2017 Feb.

. 2017 Feb;16(2):103.

doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(16)30381-7.

¹ Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street, West Wing 4-427, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8 Canada. Electronic address: jetan.badhiwala@mail.utoronto.ca.
² Division of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street, West Wing 4-427, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8 Canada.
³ Division of Neurosurgery and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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Mechanical thrombectomy after intravenous alteplase versus alteplase alone after stroke (THRACE): a randomised controlled trial.
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