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Tiny corkscrew could stop strokes in tracks
A UCLA led study shows a corkscrew device named Merci Retrieval System retrieved clots in half of 109 examined stroke patients who could not receive clot-dissolving TPA. Among those treated, 75 percent survived and 40 percent had little or no disability, while FDA review and larger NIH sponsored trials loom.
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San Diego
Sidney Starkman
Ucla Stroke Center
American Stroke Association
Starkman
Concentric Medical
Mountain View
Calif
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
National Institutes of Health
Larry Goldstein
Duke University
UCLA
Morgan S. Campbell
Alabama Neurological