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Stroke is treatable, but prevention is the key

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The past 2 years have seen major breakthroughs in endovascular treatment for acute ischaemic stroke. As highlighted in 2016, we now need to refine the logistics for delivery of this treatment, including patient selection. We should not forget, however, that it is better to prevent strokes in the first place.

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Figure 1: The CHANCE trial substudy.

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  1. Ale Algra is at the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center Rudolph Magnus and the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands.,

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  2. Marieke J. H. Wermer is at the Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.,

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Algra, A., Wermer, M. Stroke is treatable, but prevention is the key. Nat Rev Neurol 13, 78–79 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2017.4

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