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Comment
. 2023 Oct;176(10):JC111.
doi: 10.7326/J23-0074. Epub 2023 Oct 3.

In ischemic stroke without large or medium vessel occlusion, tirofiban increased likelihood of an excellent outcome

Mark J Alberts  1
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Comment

In ischemic stroke without large or medium vessel occlusion, tirofiban increased likelihood of an excellent outcome

Mark J Alberts. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Oct.

Abstract

Zi W, Song J, Kong W, et al; RESCUE BT2 Investigators. Tirofiban for stroke without large or medium-sized vessel occlusion. N Engl J Med. 2023;388:2025-2036. 37256974.

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Disclosures: The commentator has reported no disclosures of interest. The form can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=J23-0074.

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  • Tirofiban for Stroke without Large or Medium-Sized Vessel Occlusion.
    Zi W, Song J, Kong W, Huang J, Guo C, He W, Yu Y, Zhang B, Geng W, Tan X, Tian Y, Liu Z, Cao M, Cheng D, Li B, Huang W, Liu J, Wang P, Yu Z, Liang H, Yang S, Tang M, Liu W, Huang X, Liu S, Tang Y, Wu Y, Yao L, Shi Z, He P, Zhao H, Chen Z, Luo J, Wan Y, Shi Q, Wang M, Yang D, Chen X, Huang F, Mu J, Li H, Li Z, Zheng J, Xie S, Cai T, Peng Y, Xie W, Qiu Z, Liu C, Yue C, Li L, Tian Y, Yang D, Miao J, Yang J, Hu J, Nogueira RG, Wang D, Saver JL, Li F, Yang Q; RESCUE BT2 Investigators. Zi W, et al. N Engl J Med. 2023 Jun 1;388(22):2025-2036. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2214299. N Engl J Med. 2023. PMID: 37256974 Clinical Trial.

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