Clinical Consult: Remove The Obstruction

This video is intended for medical students on clinical rotation to understand an approach to a patient presenting with stroke symptoms within the extended window, beyond 6 hours from last known at baseline. We discuss indications for reperfusion therapies and stroke work-up.

Created by:
Igor Rybinnik MD
Produced and narrated by:
Igor Rybinnik MD
Neurology Clerkship Director
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Images adapted from, and redrawn whenever possible:
Frank Gaillard 2010, Radiopaedia.org
M Hoit, www.strokecenter.org
Blumenfeld H. Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases, 2nd ed. Sinauer Associates, 2010.

Sound effects:
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. ABC, 2015-2019

Disclaimer: Please note that this material was simplified for educational purposes. For patient management, please review your clinical society's guidelines and engage expert consultation where appropriate. Also, the opinions of the presenters do not necessarily reflect those of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, or Rutgers University as a whole.