Management and outcome of patients with acute ischemic stroke and tandem carotid occlusion in the ESCAPE-NA1 trial.

Martha MarkoPetra CimflovaAlexandre Y PoppeNima R KashaniNishita SinghJohanna OspelArnuv MayankBrian van AdelRyan A McTaggartRaul G NogueiraAndrew M DemchukJeremy L RempelManish JoshiCharlotte ZernaBijoy K MenonMichael TymianskiMichael D HillMayank GoyalMohammed A Almekhlafinull null

Published in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2021)

Tandem cervical carotid occlusion in patients with acute large vessel stroke did not lower the odds of good functional outcome in our study. Functional outcomes were similar irrespective of the management of the cervical ICA occlusion (stenting vs not stenting).

Keyphrases

acute ischemic stroke
antiplatelet therapy
atrial fibrillation
clinical trial
study protocol
phase iii
randomized controlled trial
coronary artery disease
phase ii
brain injury
percutaneous coronary intervention
open label