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Design and rationale of the Mechanical Retrieval and Recanalization of Stroke Clots Using Embolectomy (MR RESCUE) Trial

  1. Chelsea S. Kidwell1,*,
  2. Reza Jahan2,
  3. Jeffry R. Alger2,3,
  4. Timothy J. Schaewe3,
  5. Judy Guzy3,4,
  6. Sidney Starkman3,4,
  7. Robert Elashoff5,
  8. Jeffrey Gornbein5,
  9. Val Nenov6,
  10. Jeffrey L. Saver3,
  11. for the MR RESCUE Investigators

Article first published online: 13 SEP 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00894.x

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How to Cite

Kidwell, C. S., Jahan, R., Alger, J. R., Schaewe, T. J., Guzy, J., Starkman, S., Elashoff, R., Gornbein, J., Nenov, V., Saver, J. L. and for the MR RESCUE Investigators (2012), Design and rationale of the Mechanical Retrieval and Recanalization of Stroke Clots Using Embolectomy (MR RESCUE) Trial. International Journal of Stroke. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00894.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Radiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

  3. 3

    Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

  4. 4

    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

  5. 5

    Department of Biomathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

  6. 6

    Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

* Correspondence: Chelsea S. Kidwell, Building D, Suite 150, Georgetown University, 4000 Reservoir Road, NW, Washington, DC 20007, USA.
E-mail: ck256@georgetown.edu

  1. Conflicts of interest and disclosures: Dr Jahan has served on the speakers’ bureau for Concentric Medical, Inc. and serves as a consultant for ev3, Inc. The University of California, Regents receive funding for Dr Saver's services as a scientific consultant regarding trial design and conduct to ev3 and Grifols. Drs Jahan, Alger, Starkman, Elashoff, Gornbein, Nenov, and Saver, and Ms Guzy are employees of the University of California, which holds a patent on Merci Retriever devices for stroke.

Publication History

  1. Article first published online: 13 SEP 2012

Funded by

  • National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)/National Institutes of Health (NIH). Grant Number: P50 NS044378

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