A joint statement from the Neurointerventional Societies: our position on operator experience and training for stroke thrombectomy

Affiliations

¹ Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Miami, Florida, USA.
² Neurology and Interventional Neuroradiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Mercy Health St Vincent Hospital, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
⁴ UT Dept Neurosurgery/Semmes-Murphey Clinic, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
⁵ Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁶ Neurosurgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁷ Neurosurgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
⁸ Departments of Neurosurgery and Radiology and Toshiba Stroke Research Center, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA.
⁹ The Mount Sinai Health System, New York City, New York, USA.

Italo Linfante et al. J Neurointerv Surg. 2019 Jun.

. 2019 Jun;11(6):533-534.

doi: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2019-015047.

¹ Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Miami, Florida, USA.
² Neurology and Interventional Neuroradiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Mercy Health St Vincent Hospital, Toledo, Ohio, USA.
⁴ UT Dept Neurosurgery/Semmes-Murphey Clinic, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
⁵ Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
⁶ Neurosurgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁷ Neurosurgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
⁸ Departments of Neurosurgery and Radiology and Toshiba Stroke Research Center, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA.
⁹ The Mount Sinai Health System, New York City, New York, USA.

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Keywords: stroke.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.