Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke

Ciccone, Alfonso; Valvassori, Luca; Nichelatti, Michele; Sgoifo, Annalisa; Ponzio, Michela; Sterzi, Roberto; Boccardi, Edoardo

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1213701

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Endovascular Treatment for Acute Ischemic Stroke

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Feb 6, 2013

Authors:

Alfonso Ciccone

Luca Valvassori

Michele Nichelatti

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In patients with ischemic stroke, endovascular treatment results in a higher rate of recanalization of the affected cerebral artery than systemic intravenous thrombolytic therapy. However, comparison of the clinical efficacy of the two approaches is needed. METHODS: We randomly assigned ...

Subject

Medicine

Endovascular treatment

Ischemic stroke

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