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Managing Patients With Large Ischemic Core
To the Editor We read with interest the article by Rebello and colleagues on endovascular treatment. There is still uncertainty on how best to manage patients who have a large ischemic core and a large artery clot. Using matched controls is an excellent approach when the study is not a randomized clinical trial. The authors modified the approach of Mandava and colleagues, who had proposed matching controls based on the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scales, age, and pretreatment glucose level. The authors had substituted an “ischemic core on computed tomography perfusion” for the National Institutes of Health Str...
Source: JAMA Neurology - April 10, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: research