Stroke
Confirming randomized trial data, a real-world study shows that monitoring patients who have had a cryptogenic stroke for up to a year with an insertable cardiac monitor (ICM) boosts detection of clinically significant A-fib episodes compared with the briefer 30-day monitoring advocated for in current guidelines. In fact, 72% of patients with A-fib were identified between 30 days and 1 year
Using stent retrievers to treat acute strokes caused by large-vessel occlusions has been shown to boost functional outcomes in multiple trials, and a new analysis of the SWIFT PRIME trial affirms that faster reperfusion is better…
Direct, rapid mechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of large anterior circulation stroke may produce outcomes as good as those achieved with the addition of bridging thrombolysis, even among patients who were eligible for bridging. The findings, from a retrospective analysis, were published in the April 2016 issue of Stroke…
Using 6 widely applicable strategies, experts at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) have shaved more than 30 minutes off of their median door-to-puncture time for stroke patients. In a paper published online April 5, 2016, ahead of print in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery…
Patients with acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusions can benefit from endovascular therapy even if they are not eligible to intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV tPA), provided they can be treated early enough. These are the main findings of a retrospective analysis published in the April 2016 issue of Stroke…
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