Window to help people who’ve had a stroke longer than previously shown

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 - 18:51 in Health & Medicine

Time is of the essence when getting people stricken with acute ischemic strokes to treatment. And the use of stent retrievers — devices that remove the blood clot like pulling a cork out of a wine bottle — has proven to be a breakthrough for removing the life-threatening blockage of blood flow to the brain. […]

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