Collaterals at Angiography and Outcomes in the Interventional Management of Stroke (IMS) III Trial [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions— More robust collateral grade was associated with better recanalization, reperfusion, and subsequent better clinical outcomes. These data, from the largest endovascular trial to date, suggest that collaterals are an important consideration in future trial design. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00359424.

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Source: Stroke - February 24, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Liebeskind, D. S., Tomsick, T. A., Foster, L. D., Yeatts, S. D., Carrozzella, J., Demchuk, A. M., Jovin, T. G., Khatri, P., von Kummer, R., Sugg, R. M., Zaidat, O. O., Hussain, S. I., Goyal, M., Menon, B. K., Al Ali, F., Yan, B., Palesch, Y. Y., Broderick Tags: Pathophysiology, Brain Circulation and Metabolism, Angiography Clinical Sciences Source Type: research