Tag: thrombectomy

DIRECT MT Trial Summary: Thrombectomy with or without Alteplase in Stroke

2020 DIRECT-MT TRIAL: Endovascular thrombectomy with or without intravenous alteplase in acute stroke Investigator-initiated, multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label trial Objective: To evaluate endovascular thrombectomy with or without intravenous alteplase in patients with acute ischemic stroke 656 patients Participants > 18 years with occlusion of the intracranial segment of the ICA and/or of the 1st or […]