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Safety and Outcomes of Routine Endovascular Thrombectomy in Large Artery Occlus...
Ahmed, N.; Mazya, M.; Paiva Nunes, A; Moreira, T; Ollikainen, JP; Escudero‐Martinez, I; Bigliardi, G; Dorado, L; Dávalos, A; Egido, JA; Tassi, RBackground and objective: We aimed to evaluate the safety and outcomes of thrombectomy in anterior circulation acute ischaemic stroke recorded in the SITS-International Stroke Thrombectomy Register (SITS-ISTR) and compare them with pooled randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and two national registry studies. Methods: We identified centres recording ≥10 consecutive patients in the SITS-ISTR with at least 70% of ...
Global Impact of COVID-19 on Stroke Care and IV Thrombolysis
Nogueira, RG; Qureshi, MM; Abdalkader, M; Martins, SO; Yamagami, H; Qiu, Z; Mansour, OY; Sathya, A; Czlonkowska, A; Tsivgoulis, G; Aguiar de Sousa, DObjective: To measure the global impact of COVID-19 pandemic on volumes of IV thrombolysis (IVT), IVT transfers, and stroke hospitalizations over 4 months at the height of the pandemic (March 1 to June 30, 2020) compared with 2 control 4-month periods. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, observational, retrospective study across 6 continents, 70 countries, and 457 stroke centers. Diagnoses were identified ...