Safety and Efficacy of a 3-Dimensional Stent Retriever With Aspiration-Based Thrombectomy vs Aspiration-Based Thrombectomy Alone in Acute Ischemic Stroke Intervention: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Nogueira R, Frei D, Kirmani J, Zaidat O, Lopes D, Turk A, Heck D, Mason B, Haussen D, Levy E, Mehta S, Lazzaro M, Chen M, Dörfler A, Yoo A, Derdeyn C, Schwamm L, Langer D, Siddiqui A. Safety and Efficacy of a 3-Dimensional Stent Retriever With Aspiration-Based Thrombectomy vs Aspiration-Based Thrombectomy Alone in Acute Ischemic Stroke Intervention: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Neurology 2018, 75: 304-311. PMID: 29296999, PMCID: PMC5885851, DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.3967.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute ischemic strokeSerious adverse eventsProcedure-related serious adverse eventsStent retrieverMechanical thrombectomy devicesAspiration groupAdverse eventsEnd pointClinical trialsThrombectomy devicesLarge vessel acute ischemic strokeDevice-related serious adverse eventsScale scoreHealth Stroke Scale scoreMedian baseline NIHSS scorePrimary effectiveness end pointPrimary safety end pointAcute ischemic stroke interventionCerebral infarction (TICI) gradeEffectiveness end pointBaseline NIHSS scorePrimary end pointSafety end pointStroke Scale scoreHours of onset