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Benefits of early endovascular thrombectomy outlined in five trials
For patients with large-vessel ischemic stroke, endovascular thrombectomy produces better functional outcomes at 90 days than does optimal medical therapy, as long as the procedure is started within...
Source: Hospitalist News - September 27, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research

Clot retrieval devices approved for initial ischemic stroke treatment
Two Trevo clot retrieval devices can now be marketed as an initial therapy to reduce paralysis from strokes that are caused by blood clots, according to a press release from the Food and Drug...
Source: Hospitalist News - September 6, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research

AF and stroke may be temporally related
CHICAGO – One-third of a large cohort of patients with an implantable cardiac device in place at the time of an ischemic stroke had one or more episodes of atrial fibrillation within the prior 30...
Source: Hospitalist News - May 4, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research

Lower the CT to check the heart for embolic sources in acute stroke
LOS ANGELES – Enlarge the field of CT angiography to include the heart in acute ischemic stroke patients; you’ll quickly identify sources of cardiogenic emboli and other problems that will otherwise...
Source: Hospitalist News - March 12, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research

VIDEO: Ischemic-stroke thrombectomy use widens and refines
LOS ANGELES – The use of endovascular thrombectomy in the United States to treat appropriate patients with acute ischemic stroke mushroomed during the past year, following several early-2015 reports...
Source: Hospitalist News - March 9, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research

ISC: Thrombectomy shown highly cost-effective for stroke
LOS ANGELES – Endovascular thrombectomy is not only clinically the best option for many patients with acute, ischemic strokes involving a proximal occlusion in a large cerebral artery; it’s also...
Source: Hospitalist News - February 29, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research

ISC: Imaging supplants clocks for targeting stroke reperfusion
LOS ANGELES – Can brain imaging surpass the clock for identifying acute ischemic stroke patients who will benefit from thrombolytic or thrombectomy treatment? That’s what experts now envision, based...
Source: Hospitalist News - February 26, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research

VIDEO: Octogenarians benefit from ischemic stroke thrombectomy
LOS ANGELES – Clot removal to recanalize the occluded intracerebral arteries of acute ischemic stroke patients was as effective for producing good outcomes in patients aged 80 years or older as it...
Source: Hospitalist News - February 19, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research

VIDEO: Post-stroke pioglitazone modestly protective against secondary vascular events
LOS ANGELES – Nondiabetic, insulin-resistant patients who started pioglitazone within 6 months of an ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack had almost a 3% absolute risk reduction in secondary...
Source: Hospitalist News - February 19, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: research