Evolution of Practice During the Interventional Management of Stroke III Trial and Implications for Ongoing Trials
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE—We explored changes in the patient population and practice of endovascular therapy during the course of the Interventional Management of Stroke (IMS) III Trial. METHODS—Changes in baseline characteristics, use of baseline CT angiography, treatment times and specifics, and outc...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Stroke (1970) 2014-12, Vol.45 (12), p.3606-3611 |
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Zusammenfassung: | BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE—We explored changes in the patient population and practice of endovascular therapy during the course of the Interventional Management of Stroke (IMS) III Trial.
METHODS—Changes in baseline characteristics, use of baseline CT angiography, treatment times and specifics, and outcomes were compared between the first 4 protocols and the fifth and final protocol.
RESULTS—Compared with subjects treated in the first 4 protocol versions (n=610), subjects treated in fifth and final protocol (n=46) were older (75 versus 68 years, P |
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ISSN: | 0039-2499 1524-4628 |
DOI: | 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005952 |