Minor stroke in large vessel occlusion: A matched analysis of patients from the German Stroke Registry-Endovascular Treatment (GSR-ET) and patients from the Safe Implementation of Treatments in Stroke-International Stroke Thrombolysis Register (SITS-ISTR).
Katharina FeilMarius MatuseviciusMoriz HerzbergSteffen TiedtClemens KüpperJohannes WischmannSonja SchöneckerAnnerose MengelJennifer Sartor-PfeifferKatharina BergerKonstantin DimitriadisThomas LiebigMarianne DieterichMichael MazyaNiaz AhmedLars KellertPublished in: European journal of neurology (2022)
Our study suggests similar effectiveness of IVT alone compared to EVT with or without IVT in minor stroke patients. There is an urgent need for randomized controlled trials on this topic.