Current status of aspiration thrombectomy for acute stroke patients in China: data from ANGEL-ACT Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Although noninferior to stent retriever (SR) as first-line approach for endovascular treatment (EVT) of acute large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke, little is known about the current status of direct aspiration (DA) as first-line thrombectomy in China. This analysis of a prospective, nationwide registry (ANGEL-ACT) aimed to investigate the prevalence and comparative effectiveness of DA-first thrombectomy in a real-world practice in China.

Methods

All patients receiving thrombectomy were screened from a prospective cohort of LVO patients undergoing EVT at 111 hospitals in China between November 2017 and March 2019, and divided into two groups based upon which type of thrombectomy was attempted first ("DA-first" and "SR-first"). The following outcome measures

SUBMITTER: Tong X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8047968 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature