Endovascular Thrombectomy for Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke During Pregnancy and the Early Postpartum Period.

Alis J Dicpinigaitis Tolga Sursal Catherine A MorseCamille BriskinKatarina DakayChristeena KurianGurmeen KaurRamandeep SahniChristian BowersChirag D GandhiStephan A Mayer Fawaz Al-Mufti

Published in: Stroke (2021)

This large-scale analysis utilizing national claims data suggests that MT is a safe and efficacious therapy for AIS during pregnancy and the postpartum period. In the absence of prospective clinical trials, population-based cross-sectional analyses such as the present study provide valuable clinical insight.

Keyphrases

acute ischemic stroke
clinical trial
cross sectional
big data
quality improvement
data analysis
study protocol
smoking cessation
aortic dissection