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Encouraging and Positive Trend Towards Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke Performed by Vascular Interventional Radiologist: Reply

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Lars Fjetland declares that he has no conflict of interest. Martin W. Kurz has received payments from Bristol-Myers Squibb for participation in an expert board and from Bayer and Boehringer Ingelheim for lectures.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Stavanger University Hospital, Postboks 8100, 4068, Stavanger, Norway

    Lars Fjetland

  2. Neuroscience Research Group, Stavanger University Hospital, 4068, Stavanger, Norway

    Lars Fjetland & Martin W. Kurz

  3. Department of Neurology, Stavanger University Hospital, 4068, Stavanger, Norway

    Martin W. Kurz

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Fjetland, L., Kurz, M.W. Encouraging and Positive Trend Towards Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke Performed by Vascular Interventional Radiologist: Reply. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 37, 1387–1388 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-014-0863-8

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