Mild and moderate cardioembolic stroke patients may benefit more from direct mechanical thrombectomy than bridging therapy: A subgroup analysis of a randomized clinical trial (DIRECT-MT)

BackgroundThe benefit of intravenous alteplase before endovascular thrombectomy is unclear in patients with acute cardioembolic stroke.MethodsWe collected cardioembolic (CE) stroke patient data from the multicentre randomized clinical trial of Direct Intra-arterial Thrombectomy to Revascularize Acut...

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Main Authors: Jie Cao, Pengfei Xing, Xucheng Zhu, Ronghua Chen, Huaming Shao, Jinggang Xuan, Tianwei Jiang, Pengfei Yang, Yongwei Zhang, Zifu Li, Wenhuo Chen, Tianxiao Li, Shouchun Wang, Min Lou, Ya Peng, Jianmin Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2022.1013819/full