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Clinical and Procedural Outcomes with or without Balloon Guide Catheters during Endovascular Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis with First-line Technique Subgroup Analysis
A. Podlasek, P.S. Dhillon, G. Jewett, A. Shahein, M. Goyal and M. Almekhlafi
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2021, 42 (8) 1464-1471; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A7164
A. Podlasek
aFrom the Department of Neuroscience and Vascular Simulation (A.P.), School of Medicine, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex, UK
bNational Institute of Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre (A.P., P.S.D.), University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
cClinical Radiology (A.P., P.S.D.), Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals National Health Service Trust, Nottingham, UK
P.S. Dhillon
bNational Institute of Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre (A.P., P.S.D.), University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
cClinical Radiology (A.P., P.S.D.), Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals National Health Service Trust, Nottingham, UK
G. Jewett
dDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences (G.J., A.S., M.G., M.A.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
A. Shahein
dDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences (G.J., A.S., M.G., M.A.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
M. Goyal
dDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences (G.J., A.S., M.G., M.A.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
eDepartment of Radiology (M.G., M.A.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
M. Almekhlafi
dDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences (G.J., A.S., M.G., M.A.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
eDepartment of Radiology (M.G., M.A.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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- Received January 16, 2021
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- Published online August 11, 2021.
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- aFrom the Department of Neuroscience and Vascular Simulation (A.P.), School of Medicine, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex, UK
- bNational Institute of Health Research Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre (A.P., P.S.D.), University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
- cClinical Radiology (A.P., P.S.D.), Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals National Health Service Trust, Nottingham, UK
- dDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences (G.J., A.S., M.G., M.A.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- eDepartment of Radiology (M.G., M.A.), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Please address correspondence to Anna Podlasek, MD, NIHR-BRC Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Derby Road, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom; e-mail: podlasek.a{at}gmail.com; @annapodlasek; @AlmekhlafiMa; @mayank_G0
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