Tag: thrombectomy
Management of Pulmonary Embolism in the ICU
Pulmonary embolism is a reason for admission to the Intensive Care Unit and this complication in hospitalised patients is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The identification and management of pulmonary embolism... read more
Efficacy of Combined Intravenous Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy
Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) improves clinical outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) caused by a large vessel occlusion. However, it is not known whether intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) is of added benefit... read more
General Anesthesia a Viable Sedation Strategy for Thrombectomy in Stroke
An analysis of a New York registry with 1174 patients who underwent thrombectomy showed a correlation between general anesthesia and death. Several other studies that only compared embolectomies done with and without general... read more
Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Coutinho et al have performed a timely post hoc analysis consisting of a patient population from 2 large, prospective, core laboratory–adjudicated trials: Solitaire With the Intention for Thrombectomy (SWIFT) and Solitaire... read more
London hospital brings people 'back to life' with new stroke treatment
Critically ill patients left paralysed by strokes are being "brought back to life" on the operating table by a ground-breaking rapid-response treatment at a London hospital.... read more
Time to treatment with endovascular thrombectomy and outcomes from ischemic stroke
Compared to patients treated with medical therapy alone, patients with an ischemic stroke undergoing endovascular thrombectomy combined with medical therapy had lower rates of disability 3 months after their stroke.... read more
