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To: ConservativeMind

good news for fetterman


6 posted on 08/01/2022 10:21:49 PM PDT by struggle
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No it’s not, at least regarding the stroke he already had. Catheter based thrombectomy techniques have to be done with hours of the stroke to have any positive effect. After that, brain tissue is irreversibly dead. That fact limits this procedures applicability since many patients present too late. Additionally, there are relatively few doctors that perform this procedure, mainly at large academic medical centers


9 posted on 08/02/2022 4:14:17 AM PDT by armydoc
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