Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score to Select Patients for Endovascular Treatment: Interventional Management of Stroke (IMS)-III Trial [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions— ASPECTS is a strong predictor of outcome and a predictor of reperfusion. ASPECTS did not identify a subpopulation of subjects that particularly benefitted from endovascular therapy immediately after routine intravenous tPA. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00359424.

http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/short/45/2/444?rss=1

Source: Stroke - January 27, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Hill, M. D., Demchuk, A. M., Goyal, M., Jovin, T. G., Foster, L. D., Tomsick, T. A., von Kummer, R., Yeatts, S. D., Palesch, Y. Y., Broderick, J. P., for the IMS3 Investigators Tags: Angiography, Computerized tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Thrombolysis, Angioplasty and Stenting Clinical Sciences Source Type: research