• DOI:10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.017320
Corpus ID: 3751956

Mechanical Thrombectomy Outcomes With and Without Intravenous Thrombolysis in Stroke Patients: A Meta-Analysis

@article{Mistry2017MechanicalTO,
  title={Mechanical Thrombectomy Outcomes With and Without Intravenous Thrombolysis in Stroke Patients: A Meta-Analysis},
  author={E. Mistry and A. Mistry and M. O. Nakawah and R. Chitale and R. James and John Volpi and M. Fusco},
  journal={Stroke},
  year={2017},
  volume={48},
  pages={2450–2456}
}

• E. Mistry, A. Mistry, +4 authors M. Fusco
• Published 2017
• Medicine
• Stroke

Background and Purpose— Whether prior intravenous thrombolysis provides any additional benefits to the patients undergoing mechanical thrombectomy for large vessel, acute ischemic stroke remains unclear. Methods— We conducted a meta-analysis of 13 studies obtained through PubMed and EMBASE database searches to determine whether functional outcome (modified Rankin Scale) at 90 days, successful recanalization rate, and symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage rate differed between patients who… Expand

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