Medscape1d
Endovascular Therapy Fails to Show Benefit in Distal Occlusion Stroke
Use of endovascular thrombectomy in patients with acute ischemic stroke caused by occlusions in distal vessels has failed to ...
MedPage Today21h
Intra-Arterial Lytics Find Redemption as Adjuncts to Endovascular Stroke Therapy
LOS ANGELES -- For patients with large vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes, researchers found ways to make adjunctive ...
The New England Journal of Medicine3d
Medium- and Distal-Vessel Occlusion — The Limit of Thrombectomy?
Beginning in 2015 with multiple trials showing a benefit with thrombectomy in early large-vessel occlusion, followed by the extended-window trials in 2018 and then the large core trials in 2023 ...
Removing large brain artery clot, chased with clot-buster shot may improve stroke outcomes
Removing a blood clot from a large brain artery, then injecting the clot-dissolving drug tenecteplase into the artery ...
Clot-buster meds and mechanical retrieval found to equally reduce disability from some strokes
Removing a clot blocking a medium- or small-sized artery in the brain mechanically is a safe treatment for a common type of ...
TCTMD2d
Stroke Thrombectomy Doesn’t Help for Blockages in Smaller Vessels
Three trials showed no improvement in functional outcomes, and the potential for harm, versus medical therapy alone.
MedPage Today2d
Endovascular Therapy Hits a Wall for Stroke Clots Lodged in Mid-Size Vessels
In an editorial, J. Mocco, MD, of Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, characterized the DISTAL and ESCAPE-MeVO ...
News Medical on MSN2d
No extra benefit from mechanical clot removal over medications in some strokes
Removing a clot blocking a medium- or small-sized artery in the brain mechanically is a safe treatment for a common type of stroke; however, it did not lessen disability more than best medical ...
Armed robbery in Revesby3d
Clot-Busters, Retrieval Equally Cut Stroke Disability
Mechanically retrieving a blood clot blocking a medium- or small-sized brain artery was no better at reducing disability 90 ...
Endovascular Today2d
DISTAL Compares Mechanical Thrombectomy Versus Thrombolysis Alone in MDVO Stroke
The American Stroke Association (ASA) announced the presentation of the DISTAL study, which is investigating whether endovascul ...
Clot-buster meds & mechanical retrieval equally reduce disability from some strokes
Mechanically retrieving a blood clot blocking a medium- or small-sized brain artery was no better at reducing disability 90 ...