Both simple and advanced imaging can predict best stroke patients for thrombectomy

(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) Both simple and advanced computed tomography (CT) were effective in accurately predicting which stroke patients would benefit from endovascular thrombectomy to remove a large cerebral clot, but together they were even better, reported researchers at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth in Houston. Results were published in the Annals of Neurology.
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