Interventionalist perspective on the new endovascular trials

L Pierot, C Derdeyn - Stroke, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Three recently published trials have conclusively proven the benefit of mechanical
endovascular thrombectomy over best medical therapy for patients with acute ischemic …

Common data elements reported in mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review of active clinical trials

S Ghozy, N Hardy, DJ Sutphin, KM Kallmes, R Kadirvel… - Brain Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: New trials are planned regularly to provide the highest quality of evidence and
invade new occlusion territories, which requires a pre-defined reporting strategy with …

Number needed to treat for stroke thrombectomy based on a systematic review and meta-analysis

EW Church, A Gundersen, MJ Glantz… - Clinical neurology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The positive results of recent clinical trials examining endovascular treatment of acute stroke
were the culmination of nearly two decades of studies of endovascular stroke treatment. We …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of endovascular mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke

CJ Przybylowski, D Ding, RM Starke… - World Journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is a common medical problem associated with significant
morbidity and mortality worldwide. A small proportion of AIS patients meet eligibility criteria …

Mechanical thrombectomy and the future of acute stroke treatment

AA Dmytriw, Y Zhang, VM Pereira - European Journal of Radiology, 2019 - Elsevier
After being staggered by numerous negative trials in 2013, the interventional stroke
community saw four years of vindication for mechanical thrombectomy showing efficacy and …

Stroke neurologist's perspective on the new endovascular trials

JC Grotta, W Hacke - Stroke, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Before December 2014, the only proven effective treatment for acute ischemic stroke was
recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (r-tPA). This has now changed with the …

Endovascular treatment with stent-retriever devices for acute ischemic stroke: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

CK Bush, D Kurimella, LJS Cross, KR Conner… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Importance Acute ischemic stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide.
Several recent clinical trials have shown that endovascular treatment improves clinical …

Endovascular reperfusion strategies for acute stroke

P Papanagiotou, CJ White - Cardiovascular Interventions, 2016 - jacc.org
Stroke is the most common cause of permanent disability, the second most common cause
of dementia, and the third most common cause of death in the Western world. About 10% to …

Mechanical thrombectomy—a brief review of a revolutionary new treatment for thromboembolic stroke

P Bhogal, T Andersson, V Maus, A Mpotsaris… - Clinical …, 2018 - Springer
The recent success of endovascular stroke treatment has heralded a new era in the
management of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) with significantly improved outcome for patients …

Evolution of endovascular stroke therapies and devices

AN Wallace, AP Kansagra, J McEachern… - Expert review of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Acute ischemic stroke is caused by occlusion of a cerebral artery, resulting in loss of brain
tissue and neurologic deficits. However, a portion of the ischemic brain can be salvaged if …