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The Miriam Hospital
Shadi Yaghi is a Neurologist in Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Yaghi and is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Thrombectomy. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Thrombectomy, and Stent Placement.
Rhode Island Hospital
Karen Furie is a Neurologist in Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Furie and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Thrombectomy. Her top areas of expertise are Stroke, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Thrombectomy, and Stent Placement.
Liqi Shu is a Neurologist in Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Shu and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Thrombectomy. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), Primary Lateral Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease), and Thrombectomy.
Summary: A prospective, multicenter, open-label, blinded-endpoint, randomized controlled trial to evaluate whether best medical management (BMM) combined with endovascular therapy (EVT) improves neurological outcomes compared to BMM alone in patients with progressive acute mild ischemic stroke due to basilar artery occlusion within an extended time window.
Summary: This study is a prospective, single-arm, non-randomized, interventional, multicenter feasibility study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy using the Akura Thrombectomy System in subjects with acute pulmonary embolism (PE).