Trial of Thrombectomy 6 to 24 Hours after Stroke Due to Basilar-Artery Occlusion.
Tudor G JovinChuanhui LiLongfei WuChuanjie WuJian ChenChangchun JiangZhonghua ShiZongen GaoCunfeng SongWenhuo ChenYa PengChen YaoMing WeiTong LiLiping WeiGuodong XiaoHua YangMing RenJiangang DuanXin-Feng LiuQingwu YangYuxiu LiuQingfeng ZhuWanchao ShiQiyi ZhuXiaobo LiZaiyu GuoQi YangChengbei HouWenbo ZhaoQingfeng MaYunzhou ZhangLiqun JiaoHongqi ZhangDavid S LiebeskindHui LiangAshutosh P JadhavChangming WenScott BrownLiangfu ZhuHuawei YeMarc RiboMingze ChangHaiqing SongJun ChenXunming Jinull nullPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2022)
Among patients with stroke due to basilar-artery occlusion who presented 6 to 24 hours after symptom onset, thrombectomy led to a higher percentage with good functional status at 90 days than medical therapy but was associated with procedural complications and more cerebral hemorrhages. (Funded by the Chinese National Ministry of Science and Technology; BAOCHE ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02737189.).