PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rizzo, Toni
ED  - Moret, Jacques
TI  - Interventional Stroke Therapy: Unraveling the Gordian Knot
DP  - 2012  01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 29--29
VI  - 12
IP  - 17
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/17/29.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/17/29.full
AB  - This article discusses how interventional cardiologists and interventional radiologists to join neurologists in treating stroke patients. World Health Organization statistics show that in 2000, 1.1 million stroke events occurred in Europe. Neurologists and interventional neuroradiologists are treating increasing numbers of patients with stroke for a variety of reasons, but patient care should be the most important reason. In some countries, interventional cardiologists have become more involved in stroke care.