Intra-arterial thrombectomy versus standard intravenous thrombolysis in patients with anterior circulation stroke caused by intracranial arterial occlusions: a single-center experience
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2013
abstract:
Severely impaired patients with persisting intracranial occlusion despite standard treatment with intravenous (IV) administration of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) or presenting beyond the therapeutic window for IV rtPA may be candidates for interventional neurothrombectomy (NT). The safety and efficacy of NT by the Penumbra System (PS) were compared with standard IV rtPA treatment in patients with severe acute ischemic stroke (AIS) caused by large intracranial vessel occlusion in the anterior circulation.
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Acute ischemic stroke; intravenous thrombolysis; large intracranial vessel occlusion; neurothrombectomy; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Arterial Occlusive Diseases; Combined Modality Therapy; Feasibility Studies; Female; Fibrinolytic Agents; Humans; Infarction, Anterior Cerebral Artery; Intracranial Hemorrhages; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Thrombectomy; Thrombolytic Therapy; Tissue Plasminogen Activator; Treatment Outcome
List of contributors:
Sallustio, Fabrizio; Koch, Giacomo; Di Legge, Silvia; Rossi, Costanza; Rizzato, Barbara; Napolitano, Simone; Samà , Domenico; Arnò, Natale; Giordano, Angela; Tropepi, Domenicantonio; Misaggi, Giulia; Diomedi, Marina; Del Giudice, Costantino; Spinelli, Alessio; Fabiano, Sebastiano; Stefanini, Matteo; Konda, Daniel; Reale, Carlo Andrea; Pampana, Enrico; Simonetti, Giovanni; Stanzione, Paolo; Gandini, Roberto
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