Endovascular Stroke Treatment: How Far Downstream Should We Go?
Benjamin FriedrichDonald LobsienSilke WunderlichChristian MaegerleinDavid PreeKarl-Titus HoffmannClaus ZimmerJohannes KaesmacherPublished in: Cardiovascular and interventional radiology (2017)
In patients with MCA occlusion, the probability for a good outcome after endovascular treatment is independent of the occlusion site in contrast to the treatment with i.v. thrombolysis. If the occlusion occurred in the periphery of the M2 region (DT > 26 mm), i.v. thrombolysis alone was superior to endovascular treatment in achieving a good outcome.