Treatment Benefit of Endovascular Therapy in MR CLEAN Quantified. Issue 2 (11th March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kuznar, Wayne
• Other Names: Nour May presenter.
• Is Part Of: MD conference express. Volume 15:Issue 2(2015)
• Page Start: 13
• Page End: 14
• Publication Date: 2015-03-11
• Subjects: endovascular therapy -- large vessel acute ischemic stroke -- MR CLEAN -- thrombectomy -- tissue plasminogen activator -- treatment effect; Medicine -- Congresses; 610
• DOI: 10.1177/1559897715577951
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1559-8977

Abstract

An analysis of the treatment effect in the MR CLEAN study found that for every 100 patients with large vessel acute ischemic stroke treated with endovascular therapy, 14 will not have a disability and 23 to 32 will have a lesser degree of disability compared with that of medical therapy.