Combined intravenous and endovascular treatment versus primary mechanical thrombectomy. The Italian Registry of Endovascular Treatment in Acute Stroke.
Ilaria CasettaGiovanni PracucciAndrea SalettiValentina SaiaMarina PadroniAlessandro De VitoDomenico InzitariAndrea ZiniStefano ValloneMauro BerguiPaolo CerratoSandra BraccoRossana TassiRoberto GandiniFabrizio SallustioMariangela PianoCristina MottoPaolino La SpinaSergio L VinciFrancesco CausinClaudio BaracchiniRoberto GasparottiMauro MagoniLucio CastellanCarlo SerratiSalvatore MangiaficoDanilo Toninull nullPublished in: International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society (2019)
These data seem to indicate that combined intravenous thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy could be associated with lower probability of death or severe dependency after three months from stroke due to large vessel occlusion, supporting the current guidelines of treating eligible patients with intravenous thrombolysis before mechanical thrombectomy.