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EMJ20 Aug 2026Practice Updates
Clinical takeaway
Use this as a discovery list rather than a practice directive; review the individual trials for effect estimates, harms and applicability before changing stroke pathways.
EDCritix summary
EMJ's monthly evidence roundup highlights five studies, led in the feed excerpt by ORIENTAL-MeVO, a 48-centre open-label, blinded-outcome trial of thrombectomy for distal medium-vessel occlusion stroke.