Recanalisation therapies for wake-up stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

About one in five strokes occur during sleep (wake-up stroke). People with wake-up strokes have traditionally been considered ineligible for thrombolytic treatment because the time of stroke onset is unknown. However, some studies suggest that these people may benefit from recanalisation therapies.

Objectives

To assess the effects of intravenous thrombolysis and other recanalisation therapies versus control in people with acute ischaemic stroke presenting on awakening.

Search methods

We searched the Cochrane Stroke Group Trials Register (last search: 9 January 2018). In addition, we searched the following electronic databases in December 2017: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL; 2017, Issue 11) in the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, Embase,

SUBMITTER: Roaldsen MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6513546 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature