Arterial Obstruction on Computed Tomographic or Magnetic Resonance Angiography and Response to Intravenous Thrombolytics in Ischemic Stroke [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—Intravenous thrombolytics provide benefit to stroke patients with computed tomographic angiography or magnetic resonance angiography evidence of arterial obstruction, but the sample was underpowered to demonstrate significant treatment benefit or harm among patients with apparently patent arteries.Clinical Trial Registration—URL: http://www.isrctn.com. Unique identifier: ISRCTN25765518.

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Source: Stroke - January 22, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Grant Mair, Rudiger von Kummer, Alessandro Adami, Philip M. White, Matthew E. Adams, Bernard Yan, Andrew M. Demchuk, Andrew J. Farrall, Robin J. Sellar, Eleni Sakka, Jeb Palmer, David Perry, Richard I. Lindley, Peter A.G. Sandercock, Joanna M. Wardlaw Tags: Angiography, Meta Analysis, Ischemic Stroke Original Contributions Source Type: research