Intravenous Thrombolysis Prior to Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Silver Bullet or Useless Bystander?

Intravenous Thrombolysis Prior to Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Silver Bullet or Useless Bystander?

Background and Purpose Recent single-center series and meta-analyses suggest that mechanical thrombectomy (MT) without prior intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) might be equally effective to bridging therapy. We analyzed, within the Endovascular Treatment in Ischemic Stroke (ETIS) prospective observation...

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Main Authors: Federico Di Maria, Mikael Mazighi, Maéva Kyheng, Julien Labreuche, Georges Rodesch, Arturo Consoli, Oguzhan Coskun, Benjamin Gory, Bertrand Lapergue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Stroke Society 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of Stroke
Subjects:
ischemic stroke
intravenous thrombolysis
tissue plasminogen activator
thrombectomy
Online Access:http://www.j-stroke.org/upload/pdf/jos-2018-01543.pdf

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