Endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) does not lead to better outcomes at 90 days compared with usual care or best medical treatment for patients with acute ischemic stroke due to medium vessel occlusion.

Removing a clot blocking a medium- or small-sized artery in the brain mechanically is a safe treatment for a common type of ...

Less than 3% of participants in either group received rescue mechanical clot removal as an additional treatment. Rates of death were the same (10.8%) for both groups. The risk of brain bleeding ...

Removing a blood clot from a large brain artery, then injecting the clot-dissolving drug tenecteplase into the artery ...

Removing a clot blocking a medium- or small-sized artery in the brain mechanically is a safe treatment for a common type of stroke; however, it did not lessen disability more than best medical ...

According to the study protocols, 127 patients received tenecteplase and successfully underwent endovascular therapy, and 129 received standard medical care (in the full analysis population for ...

The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association 2019 Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke recommends mechanical clot removal within 24 hours of ...

compared to people receiving standard medical treatment after clot removal. In this trial, standard care was clot removal without clot-dissolving medication. The added treatment may work by ...