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Endovascular Treatment Decisions in Patients with M2 Segment MCA Occlusions
M. Almekhlafi, J.M. Ospel, G. Saposnik, N. Kashani, A. Demchuk, M.D. Hill, M. Goyal and B.K. Menon
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2020, 41 (2) 280-285; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6397
M. Almekhlafi
aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (M.A., J.M.O., A.D., M.D.H., M.G., B.K.M.), Hotchkiss Brain Institute
band Departments of Radiology (M.A., N.K., A.D., M.D.H., M.G., B.K.M.) and
cCommunity Health Sciences (M.A., M.D.H., B.K.M.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
J.M. Ospel
aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (M.A., J.M.O., A.D., M.D.H., M.G., B.K.M.), Hotchkiss Brain Institute
dDepartment of Radiology (J.M.O.), University Hospital Basel, University Basel, Basel, Switzerland
G. Saposnik
eand Stroke Outcomes and Decision Neuroscience Research Unit (G.S.), Department of Medicine,
fLi Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (G.S.), St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
N. Kashani
band Departments of Radiology (M.A., N.K., A.D., M.D.H., M.G., B.K.M.) and
A. Demchuk
aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (M.A., J.M.O., A.D., M.D.H., M.G., B.K.M.), Hotchkiss Brain Institute
band Departments of Radiology (M.A., N.K., A.D., M.D.H., M.G., B.K.M.) and
M.D. Hill
aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (M.A., J.M.O., A.D., M.D.H., M.G., B.K.M.), Hotchkiss Brain Institute
band Departments of Radiology (M.A., N.K., A.D., M.D.H., M.G., B.K.M.) and
cCommunity Health Sciences (M.A., M.D.H., B.K.M.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
M. Goyal
aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (M.A., J.M.O., A.D., M.D.H., M.G., B.K.M.), Hotchkiss Brain Institute
band Departments of Radiology (M.A., N.K., A.D., M.D.H., M.G., B.K.M.) and
B.K. Menon
aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (M.A., J.M.O., A.D., M.D.H., M.G., B.K.M.), Hotchkiss Brain Institute
band Departments of Radiology (M.A., N.K., A.D., M.D.H., M.G., B.K.M.) and
cCommunity Health Sciences (M.A., M.D.H., B.K.M.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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- Received September 27, 2019
- Accepted after revision December 9, 2019
- Published online February 12, 2020.
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- M. Almekhlafia,b,c,
- J.M. Ospela,d,
- G. Saposnike,f,
- N. Kashanib,
- A. Demchuka,b,
- M.D. Hilla,b,c,
- M. Goyala,b and
- B.K. Menona,b,c
- aFrom the Department of Clinical Neurosciences (M.A., J.M.O., A.D., M.D.H., M.G., B.K.M.), Hotchkiss Brain Institute
- band Departments of Radiology (M.A., N.K., A.D., M.D.H., M.G., B.K.M.) and
- cCommunity Health Sciences (M.A., M.D.H., B.K.M.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- dDepartment of Radiology (J.M.O.), University Hospital Basel, University Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- eand Stroke Outcomes and Decision Neuroscience Research Unit (G.S.), Department of Medicine,
- fLi Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (G.S.), St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Please address correspondence to Bijoy K. Menon, MD, Departments of Clinical Neurosciences, Radiology and Community Health Sciences, Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary, 1403 29th St. NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N2T9, Canada; e-mail: docbijoymenon{at}gmail.com; @AlmekhlafiMa; @johanna_ospel; @NimaKashani; @bijoymenon; @mayank_G0
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Stryker Inc.
Unrestricted research grant to the University of C
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