Mechanical thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke: Consensus statement by ESO-Karolinska Stroke Update 2014/2015, supported by ESO, ESMINT, ESNR and EAN

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 134-147

  Wahlgren, Nils ^a,b   Moreira, Tiago ^a,b   Michel, Patrik ^c   Steiner, Thorsten ^d,e   Jansen, Olav ^f   Cognard, Christophe ^g   Mattle, Heinrich P ^h,i   van Zwam, Wim ^j   Holmin, Staffan ^a,b   Tatlisumak, Turgut ^k,l,m   Petersson, Jesper ^n,o   Caso, Valeria ^p   Hacke, Werner ^d   Mazighi, Mikael ^q   Arnold, Marcel ^h,i   Fischer, Urs ^h,i   Szikora, Istvan ^r   Pierot, Laurent ^s   Fiehler, Jens ^t   Gralla, Jan ^h   Fazekas, Franz ^u   Lees, Kennedy R ^v,w   more..

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Service de Neurochirurgie   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^g TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^j MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^l SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^m HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

ⁿ LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^o LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^p UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^q HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^r Epilepsy Center   (Hungary)

^s HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

^t UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^u MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^v UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^w WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

acute stroke therapy; Consensus statement; endovascular; mechanical thrombectomy; Recommendations

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; PLACEBO;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMORBIDITY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE THERAPY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG EFFICACY; EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY; EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE NEUROLOGICAL THERAPY; EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF NEURORADIOLOGY; EUROPEAN STROKE ORGANISATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; IN-STENT RESTENOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; REPERFUSION; RISK FACTOR; SELF EXPANDING STENT; STENT COMPLICATION; STENT DISLOCATION; STENT EDGE DISSECTION; STENT RETRIEVER; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THERAPY DELAY; THERAPY EFFECT; THROMBECTOMY DEVICE; TIME TO TREATMENT; EUROPE; PROCEDURES; STROKE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EUROPE; HUMANS; MECHANICAL THROMBOLYSIS; STROKE;

EID: 84953395191     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1747493015609778     Document Type: Article

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