Stent-retriever thrombectomy after intravenous t-PA vs. t-PA alone in stroke.

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Published in N Engl J Med on April 17, 2015

Authors

Jeffrey L Saver1, Mayank Goyal, Alain Bonafe, Hans-Christoph Diener, Elad I Levy, Vitor M Pereira, Gregory W Albers, Christophe Cognard, David J Cohen, Werner Hacke, Olav Jansen, Tudor G Jovin, Heinrich P Mattle, Raul G Nogueira, Adnan H Siddiqui, Dileep R Yavagal, Blaise W Baxter, Thomas G Devlin, Demetrius K Lopes, Vivek K Reddy, Richard du Mesnil de Rochemont, Oliver C Singer, Reza Jahan, SWIFT PRIME Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: The authors' affiliations are listed in the Appendix.

Associated clinical trials:

Solitaire With the Intention For Thrombectomy as PRIMary Endovascular Treatment (SWIFT PRIME) Trial (SWIFT PRIME) | NCT01657461

A Reduction in Time With Electronic Monitoring In Stroke Trial (ARTEMIS) | NCT02808806

New York City Mobile Interventional Stroke Team (NYC MIST) | NCT03048292

Anesthesia Management in Endovascular Therapy for Ischemic Stroke (AMETIS) | NCT03229148

Aureva Transcranial Ultrasound Device With tPA in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke (TRUST) | NCT03519737

Intravenous N-Acetylcysteine for the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke | NCT04918719

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