PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Parry, Nicola
ED  - Campbell, Bruce C.V.
TI  - EXTEND-IA: Endovascular Therapy Improves Outcomes in Large Vessel Ischemic Stroke
DP  - 2015 Apr 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 8--8
VI  - 15
IP  - 2
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/15/2/8.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/15/2/8.full
AB  - The EXTEND-IA trial compared endovascular therapy with the Solitaire FR flow restoration stent retriever after intravenous tissue plasminogen activator versus tissue plasminogen activator alone for ischemic stroke. Mechanical thrombectomy was beneficial in patients with large vessel occlusion and salvageable ischemic tissue.