LOS ANGELES—The benefits of endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke extend across several patient subsets, including older patients, late presenters, and those ineligible for IV thrombolysis, but the impact on functional outcomes is greatest when interventions are performed as soon as possible after symptom onset, according to 2 meta-analyses presented at the International Stroke Conference held here last week

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LOS ANGELES—Adding “a little icing on the cake” to existing evidence, the PISTE trial—though missing its primary endpoint—generally showed an advantage to performing endovascular therapy on top of IV tPA in patients with acute ischemic strokes caused by large vessel occlusions, according to a presentation at the International Stroke Conference here…

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Nearly 1 in 6 patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke develop new distal emboli, but their clinical outcomes appear unaffected, according to a small series published in the February 2016 issue of Neurosurgery…

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A CT stroke study (CTSS), consisting of a non-contrast CT scan of the brain, a CT perfusion study (CTP) of the head, and CT angiography (CTA) of the head and neck, is a safe and feasible way of evaluating the cerebrovascular axis in patients with symptoms of acute ischemic stroke, according to a study published online February 4, 2016 ahead of print in the Journal of Neurointervention Surgery…

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Two hospitals, one located in a rural setting and another in a dense urban area, have developed protocols that significantly reduced door-to-needle time for the endovascular treatment of patients presenting with large occlusion strokes. The protocols they developed can likely help other hospitals do the same, researchers say…

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