Two Paradigms for Endovascular Thrombectomy After Intravenous Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) followed by mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is recommended to treat acute ischemic stroke (AIS) with a large vessel occlusion (LVO). Most hospitals do not have on-site MT facilities, and most patients need to be transferred secondarily after IVT (drip and ship), which may have an effect on the neurologic outcome.

Objective

To compare the functional independence at 3 months between patients treated under the drip-and-ship paradigm and those treated on site (mothership).

Design, setting, and participants

This study used a prospectively gathered registry of patients with AIS to select patients admitted through the Saint-Antoine and Tenon (drip and ship) or the Fondation Rothschild (mothership) hospitals from January 1, 2013, through

SUBMITTER: Gerschenfeld G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5822198 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature