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New Stroke therapy PAST 3 hours! Snatch clot with catheter!

tPA is indicated for up to 3 hours past the onset of a stroke. But what to do when >80% of patients come after that?

1. Intracerebral tPA for up to 6-8 hours

2. MERCI catheter: an intra-cerebral catheter placed DIRECTLY into the brain to remove the clot! WOW!!!

Take a Look at www.Youtube.com and search the latest video!! New procedures to remove clot and REVERSE a stroke!!! Seriously

Search as ‘Routine Miracles Stroke treatment’

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This entry was posted on August 25, 2009 at 11:15 am and is filed under Routine Miracles, Step 2 USMLE. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “New Stroke therapy PAST 3 hours! Snatch clot with catheter!”

  1. Susa Popeludo Says:
    August 25, 2009 at 7:39 pm | Reply

    I don’t find the video Dr. Fischer. Could you add the exact address or maybe the exact title of the video?

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