Patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) who were treated with mechanical thrombectomy (MT) within 12 hours of hospital admission had significantly better pulmonary outcomes than patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy more than 12 hours after admission, based on new data from the FLASH registry. The benefits of prompt treatment with MT for patients with high-risk PE … Read more
A blood test conducted in a prehospital setting may rapidly distinguish between ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, potentially facilitating more rapid, targeted treatment. The test measures the levels of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), a protein specific to the brain which is released into the bloodstream when brain cells are damaged or destroyed. It is already … Read more
Administering intra-arterial (IA) tenecteplase (TNK) after successful reperfusion by mechanical thrombectomy is safe and leads to better functional outcomes than standard medical management in patients with an anterior circulationlarge vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke, early results of a new study show. Adding IA TNK “increases the proportion of these patients who actually do well,” study investigator … Read more
Use of endovascular thrombectomy offered no benefit in patients with acute ischemic stroke caused by occlusions in distal vessels, findings from three new randomized trials showed. The treatment, which involves mechanically removing the clot, has been established as highly effective in patients with large vessel occlusion stroke. It was hoped that this positive treatment effect … Read more
Unlocking Stroke Care: Endovascular Thrombectomy‘s Promise and Challenges in Europe In the realm of acute ischemic stroke, a devastating condition caused by a clot-blocked vessel, the landscape for treatment has shifted dramatically in favor of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) over traditional medical therapy alone. For over a decade, studies have consistently shown the life-altering benefits of … Read more
TOPLINE: Performance feedback reduces the time to endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) in patients with ischemic stroke, according to a Dutch study. METHODOLOGY: The researchers conducted a stepped-wedge cluster randomized PERFEQTOS trial in the Netherlands, which included 4747 consecutive adult patients with ischemic stroke who underwent EVT between January 2020 and June 2022. Hospitals started with usual … Read more