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They say no “to the multiplication of Stroke Units with small volumes of activity”, because “it would not be in the interest of the patient”. As for thrombectomy, they argue that “thinking about curing the disease only by reopening a vessel can be dangerous: the brain is anatomically and functionally more complex than the heart”. This is Professor’s reaction Mauro Silvestrinipresident of Isa-AII Italian Stroke Association-Italian Stroke Association, to the alarm launched by the Gise on the lack in Italy of Stroke Units and of one of the procedures used to unblock occluded vessels, thrombectomy.