Endovascular treatment for acute ischaemic stroke in routine clinical practice: prospective, observational cohort study (MR CLEAN Registry).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine outcomes and safety of endovascular treatment for acute ischaemic stroke, due to proximal intracranial vessel occlusion in the anterior circulation, in routine clinical practice.

Design

Ongoing, prospective, observational cohort study.

Setting

16 centres that perform endovascular treatment in the Netherlands.

Participants

1488 patients included in the Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial of Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischaemic Stroke in the Netherlands (MR CLEAN) Registry who had received endovascular treatment, including stent retriever thrombectomy, aspiration, and all alternative methods for acute ischaemic stroke within 6.5 hours from onset of symptoms between March 2014 and June 2016.

Main outcome measures

The primary

SUBMITTER: Jansen IGH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5844245 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature