Safeguarding the safety of stroke patients: credentialing of neurointerventionists for mechanical thrombectomy - Bernard Yan

Emergent mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke with large artery occlusion significantly improves clinical outcomes, as proven in the five recently published RCTS MR CLEAN, ESCAPE, EXTEND-IA, SWIFT-PRIME and REVASCAT we need more neurointerventionists. i’m Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins, Managing Editor of the International Journal Of Stroke and I spoke to Dr Bernard Yan, author of the editorial Safeguarding The Safety Of Stroke Patients: Credentialing Of Neurointerventionists For Mechanical Thrombectomy.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijs.12540/full