Endovascular treatment with or without intravenous alteplase for acute ischaemic stroke due to basilar artery occlusion.

Ximing NieDavid WangYuehua PuYufei WeiQixuan LuHongyi YanXin LiuLina ZhengJingyi LiuXinxuan YangYarong Ding Dacheng Liu Wanying DuanZhe ZhangZhonghua YangMiao WenWeibin GuXinyi HouXinyi LengYuesong PanZhongrong MiaoLiping Liu

Published in: Stroke and vascular neurology (2021)

This study showed that compared with direct EVT, EVT with IVT first was associated with better functional outcomes in patients with BAO treated within 24 hours of onset. The meta-analysis demonstrated similar favourable efficacy of IVT first followed by EVT in patients with BAO.

Keyphrases

endovascular treatment
systematic review
high dose
meta analyses
acute ischemic stroke
aortic dissection