Endovascular Thrombectomy for Ischemic Stroke Increases Disability-Free Survival, Quality of Life, and Life Expectancy and Reduces Cost

Endovascular Thrombectomy for Ischemic Stroke Increases Disability-Free Survival, Quality of Life, and Life Expectancy and Reduces Cost

BackgroundEndovascular thrombectomy improves functional outcome in large vessel occlusion ischemic stroke. We examined disability, quality of life, survival and acute care costs in the EXTEND-IA trial, which used CT-perfusion imaging selection.MethodsLarge vessel ischemic stroke patients with favora...

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Main Authors: Bruce C. V. Campbell, Peter J. Mitchell, Leonid Churilov, Mahsa Keshtkaran, Keun-Sik Hong, Timothy J. Kleinig, Helen M. Dewey, Nawaf Yassi, Bernard Yan, Richard J. Dowling, Mark W. Parsons, Teddy Y. Wu, Mark Brooks, Marion A. Simpson, Ferdinand Miteff, Christopher R. Levi, Martin Krause, Timothy J. Harrington, Kenneth C. Faulder, Brendan S. Steinfort, Timothy Ang, Rebecca Scroop, P. Alan Barber, Ben McGuinness, Tissa Wijeratne, Thanh G. Phan, Winston Chong, Ronil V. Chandra, Christopher F. Bladin, Henry Rice, Laetitia de Villiers, Henry Ma, Patricia M. Desmond, Atte Meretoja, Dominique A. Cadilhac, Geoffrey A. Donnan, Stephen M. Davis, on behalf of the EXTEND-IA Investigators, Stephen M Davis, Geoffrey A Donnan, Bruce CV Campbell, Peter J Mitchell, Richard Dowling, Thomas J Oxley, Teddy Y Wu, Gabriel Silver, Amy McDonald, Rachael McCoy, Timothy J Kleinig, Helen M Dewey, Marion Simpson, Bronwyn Coulton, Timothy J Harrington, Brendan Steinfort, Kenneth Faulder, Miriam Priglinger, Susan Day, Thanh Phan, Michael Holt, Ronil V Chandra, Dennis Young, Kitty Wong, Hans Tu, Elizabeth Mackay, Sherisse Celestino, Christopher F Bladin, Poh Sien Loh, Amanda Gilligan, Zofia Ross, Skye Coote, Tanya Frost, Mark W Parsons, Christopher R Levi, Neil Spratt, Lara Kaauwai, Monica Badve, Ayton Hope, Maurice Moriarty, Patricia Bennett, Andrew Wong, Alan Coulthard, Andrew Lee, Jim Jannes, Deborah Field, Gagan Sharma, Simon Salinas, Elise Cowley, Barry Snow, John Kolbe, Richard Stark, John King, Richard Macdonnell, John Attia, Cate D’Este
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
ischemic stroke
thrombolysis
endovascular therapy
mechanical thrombectomy
intraarterial therapy
Solitaire stent retriever device
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2017.00657/full

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