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insel.ch Background and purpose Acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO) is a devastating disease with a high rate of mortality and morbidity, and early recanalization is crucial to achieve a good ...

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Amgen’s next-generation cholesterol drug has shown it can reverse the build up of plaque build-up in coronary arteries which can lead to a heart attack or stroke. The company’s Repatha ...

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Jakarta. Traffic flow around Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta has gradually improved as of early Friday morning after a day-long gridlock that brought parts of the city to a near standstill.

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The mean pre-treatment modified Rankin Scale (mRS) was 1.3. The most common site was the basilar artery (three patients ... practitioner must first obtain vascular access and place the guide catheter ...