Endovascular treatment improves cognition after stroke: A secondary analysis of REVASCAT trial

Conclusions: Thrombectomy improves TMT performance after stroke, especially among patients who reach good functional recovery. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01692379. Classification of evidence: This study provides Class I evidence that for patients with stroke from acute anterior circulation proximal arterial occlusion, thrombectomy improves performance on the TMT at 3 months.

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Source: Neurology - January 15, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Lopez-Cancio, E., Jovin, T. G., Cobo, E., Cerda, N., Jimenez, M., Gomis, M., Hernandez-Perez, M., Caceres, C., Cardona, P., Lara, B., Renu, A., Llull, L., Boned, S., Muchada, M., Davalos, A. Tags: Prognosis, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, Clinical trials Randomized controlled (CONSORT agreement), Infarction ARTICLE Source Type: research