Endovascular Therapy Is Effective and Safe for Patients With Severe Ischemic Stroke: Pooled Analysis of Interventional Management of Stroke III and Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial of Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke in the Netherlands Data [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions— Endovascular therapy after intravenous tPA within 3 hours of symptom onset improves functional outcome at 90 days after severe ischemic stroke. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00359424 (IMS III) and ISRCTN10888758 (MR CLEAN).

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Source: Stroke - November 23, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Broderick, J. P., Berkhemer, O. A., Palesch, Y. Y., Dippel, D. W. J., Foster, L. D., Roos, Y. B. W. E. M., van der Lugt, A., Tomsick, T. A., Majoie, C. B. L. M., van Zwam, W. H., Demchuk, A. M., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., Khatri, P., Lingsma, H. F., Hill, M Tags: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiac Care, Treatment, Cerebrovascular Procedures, Ischemic Stroke Clinical Sciences Source Type: research