Relative Influence of Capillary Index Score, Revascularization, and Time on Stroke Outcomes From the Interventional Management of Stroke III Trial [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions— In this subset of patients from the Interventional Management of Stroke III Trial, CIS and modified thrombolysis in cerebral infarction were strong predictors of outcome after endovascular reperfusion. Using the CIS to improve patient selection could be a powerful strategy to improve rate of good outcomes in endovascular therapy. A randomized trial is needed. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00359424.

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Source: Stroke - May 22, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Al-Ali, F., Elias, J. J., Tomsick, T. A., Liebeskind, D. S., Broderick, J. P., on behalf of the IMS Study Groups Tags: Acute Cerebral Infarction, Emergency treatment of Stroke Clinical Sciences Source Type: research