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 ...
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 ...
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UCalgary researchers confirm best approach for stroke in medium-sized blood vessels
University of Calgary researchers with the Calgary Stroke Program continue to advance the science to determine best ...
The New England Journal of Medicine4d
Endovascular Treatment of Stroke Due to Medium-Vessel Occlusion
Whether the large effect size of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for stroke due to large-vessel occlusion applies to stroke due to medium-vessel occlusion is unclear. In a multicenter, prospective ...
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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 ...
MedPage Today1d
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 ...
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.
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ESCAPE-MeVO trial advances understanding of stroke treatment for medium-sized vessel blockages
University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute researchers with the Calgary Stroke Program at Foothills Medical Centre revolutionized treatment for stroke with the ESCAPE Trial, proving that a clot ...
Endovascular Today2d
Medtronic’s DiVERT Stroke Study Evaluated Sex-based Disparities in Post-stroke Cardiac Care
Medtronic announced that new findings from the company-sponsored DiVERT Stroke clinical study showed women spent less time in t ...
LNG shipping rates plunge on increasing vessel availability
Shipping costs for liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes have tumbled to five-year lows as newly built carriers added to the ...
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Intensive BP lowering did not improve functional outcomes after EVT for stroke
Intensive BP lowering after successful endovascular thrombectomy for acute anterior circulation ischemic stroke did not improve 90-day functional outcomes vs. standard BP control, a speaker ...