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Why should cutting-edge technology be important to you?

Technology, combined with skill and experience, is a high-tech set of “eyes and ears” for your physician. New technology helps provide faster, more accurate diagnosis, treatment and recovery. Cutting-edge technology is just one piece of Mercy’s entire program that represents a commitment – both scientific and financial – to the discovery, treatment and cure of diseases.

Mercy physicians Vance McCollom (left) and Joseph Andrezik have been instrumental in developing new protocols for treating strokes using new brain artery techniques.

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Stroke treatment

Early treatment reduces complications from stroke
Most strokes are caused by blood clots that cut off the blood supply to the brain. New technology at Mercy lets doctors treat stroke patients with clot-dissolving drugs before permanent damage occurs.

“If we can get to a stroke patient in the first six hours, we can often return them to a normal life,” says Dr. Vance McCollom, an interventional radiologist at Mercy. Learn more.