Direct Mechanical Intervention Versus Combined Intravenous and Mechanical Intervention in Large Artery Anterior Circulation Stroke: A Matched-Pairs Analysis

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE—Five randomized controlled trials have consistently shown that mechanical thrombectomy (MT) in addition to best medical treatment (±intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator) improves outcome after acute ischemic stroke in patients with large artery anterior circulation st...

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Published in:Stroke (1970) 2016-04, Vol.47 (4), p.1037-1044
Main Authors: Broeg-Morvay, Anne, Mordasini, Pasquale, Bernasconi, Corrado, Bühlmann, Monika, Pult, Frauke, Arnold, Marcel, Schroth, Gerhard, Jung, Simon, Mattle, Heinrich P., Gralla, Jan, Fischer, Urs
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Language:English
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Administration, Intravenous
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Brain Ischemia - drug therapy
Brain Ischemia - surgery
Brain Ischemia - therapy
Female
Fibrinolytic Agents - therapeutic use
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Stroke - drug therapy
Stroke - surgery
Stroke - therapy
Thrombectomy - methods
Thrombolytic Therapy - methods
Tissue Plasminogen Activator - therapeutic use
Treatment Outcome
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