2023
Shorter Door-to-Needle Times Are Associated With Better Outcomes After Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy and Endovascular Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Man S, Solomon N, Mac Grory B, Alhanti B, Uchino K, Saver J, Smith E, Xian Y, Bhatt D, Schwamm L, Hussain M, Fonarow G. Shorter Door-to-Needle Times Are Associated With Better Outcomes After Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy and Endovascular Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke. Circulation 2023, 148: 20-34. PMID: 37199147, PMCID: PMC10356148, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.123.064053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntravenous thrombolytic therapyAcute ischemic strokeGood long-term functional outcomeLong-term functional outcomeShorter DTN timesEndovascular thrombectomyFunctional outcomeDTN timeIschemic strokeCause mortalityNeedle timeThrombolytic therapyCox proportional hazards modelModified Rankin Scale (mRS) 0Older US patientsRankin Scale 0Multivariate logistic regressionProportional hazards modelLongitudinal functional outcomesHome timeEligible patientsEVT candidatesEVT timesGuidelines-StrokeThrombolytic administration
2021
Tenecteplase Reperfusion therapy in Acute ischaemic Cerebrovascular Events-II (TRACE II): rationale and design
Li S, Campbell B, Schwamm L, Fisher M, Parsons M, Li H, Pan Y, Wang Y, . Tenecteplase Reperfusion therapy in Acute ischaemic Cerebrovascular Events-II (TRACE II): rationale and design. Stroke And Vascular Neurology 2021, 7: 71-76. PMID: 34446531, PMCID: PMC8899655, DOI: 10.1136/svn-2021-001074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute ischemic strokeExcellent functional outcomeFunctional outcomeReperfusion therapyRt-PAAcute ischemic cerebrovascular eventsIntravenous thrombolysis therapyMajor neurological improvementSecondary efficacy outcomesHealth Stroke ScaleIschemic cerebrovascular eventsSymptomatic intracranial hemorrhageFavorable functional outcomeIschemic stroke onsetPrimary study outcomeRankin Scale 0Non-inferiority studyTissue-type plasminogen activatorCerebrovascular eventsNeurological improvementStroke ScaleEfficacy outcomesIschemic strokeStroke onsetThrombolysis therapy