Safety and Efficacy of Mechanical Embolectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Results of the MERCI Trial
By W. S. Smith, G. Sung, S. Starkman, J. Saver, C. Kidwell, Y. Gobin, H. Lutsep, G. Nesbit, T. Grobelny, M. Rymer and 4 more. Stroke, 2005
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Subfields: Epidemiology, Internal Medicine, Neurology
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Citations in the corpus
- CT Angiography Clot Burden Score and Collateral Score: Correlation with Clinical and Radiologic Outcomes in Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Infarct (2009, background): “Higher rates of recanalization are often achieved with more invasive techniques, though at the cost of increased complications, including parenchymal hemorrhage(37)and vessel injury/rupture.(38) Rates of intravenous rtPA recanalization for isolated MCA occlusion are reported at 39%, compared with 9%”
- Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: Final Results of the Multi MERCI Trial (2008, background): “The Stroke Center at Hartford Hospital: (14) PI: Isaac Silverman, MD; Martha Ahlquist, LPN, CCRP; Dawn Beland, MSN; Joao Gomes, MD; Stephen Ohki, MD; and Gary Speigel, MD. University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center (12): PI: Sidney Starkman, MD; Latisha Ali; Brian Buck, MD; Dennis Chute,”
- The Impact of Recanalization on Ischemic Stroke Outcome: A Meta-Analysis (2007, methodology): “The meta-analysis was designed to address several issues: (1) the rates of recanalization that occur with active therapy versus spontaneously, and variations in these rates associated with different recanalization interventions, different target vessels, and different stroke subtypes; (2) the associ”
- Magnetic resonance imaging profiles predict clinical response to early reperfusion: The diffusion and perfusion imaging evaluation for understanding stroke evolution (DEFUSE) study (2006, neutral): “0 13 19% (7-43) 13% (4-36) 75% (50-90) 6.”
- Guidelines for management of ischaemic stroke and transient ischaemic attack 2008. (2008, background): “Recanalization was achieved in 48% (68/141) of patients in whom the device was deployed within 8 hours of the onset of stroke symptoms [413].”