@article{5a9641372c664f688b84128bf378dec1,
title = "Endovascular Therapy Is Effective and Safe for Patients With Severe Ischemic Stroke",
abstract = "Background and Purpose-We assessed the effect of endovascular treatment in acute ischemic stroke patients with severe neurological deficit (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score, >= 20) after a prespecified analysis plan. Methods-The pooled analysis of the Interventional Management of Stroke III (IMS III) and Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial of Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke in the Netherlands (MR CLEAN) trials included participants with an National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score of >= 20 before intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) treatment (IMS III) or randomization (MR CLEAN) who were treated with intravenous tPA ",
keywords = "clinical trial, endovascular procedures, stroke, tissue-type plasminogen activator",
author = "Broderick, {Joseph P.} and Berkhemer, {Olvert A.} and Palesch, {Yuko Y.} and Dippel, {Diederik W. J.} and Foster, {Lydia D.} and Roos, {Yvo B. W. E. M.} and {van der Lugt}, Aad and Tomsick, {Thomas A.} and Majoie, {Charles B. L. M.} and {van Zwam}, {Wim H.} and Demchuk, {Andrew M.} and {van Oostenbrugge}, {Robert J.} and Pooja Khatri and Lingsma, {Hester F.} and Hill, {Michael D.} and Bob Roozenbeek and Jauch, {Edward C.} and Jovin, {Tudor G.} and Bernard Yan and {von Kummer}, Ruediger and Molina, {Carlos A.} and Mayank Goyal and Schonewille, {Wouter J.} and Mikael Mazighi and Engelter, {Stefan T.} and Anderson, {Craig S.} and Judith Spilker and Janice Carrozzella and Ryckborst, {Karla J.} and Janis, {L. Scott} and Simpson, {Kit N.}",
year = "2015",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.011397",
language = "English",
volume = "46",
pages = "3416--3422",
journal = "Stroke",
issn = "0039-2499",
publisher = "Wolters Kluwer Health",
number = "12",
}