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Richard D. Fessler, M.D.

BACKGROUND: The promising results of the Solitaire Flow Restoration (FR) With the Intention for Thrombectomy (SWIFT) trial recently led to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of theSolitaire FR stent retriever device for recanalization of cerebral vessels in patients with acute ischemic stroke. 

OBJECTIVE: To report the early postmarket experience with this device since its FDA approval in the United States, which has not been previously described.

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