Abstract
The evidence that recanalization and reperfusion of the distal vascular bed in appropriately selected patients is crucial to achieve good functional outcome has triggered interest and research into endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke. Intravenous (iv) thrombolytic therapy is the treatment of choice in patients with acute ischemic stroke, however, it has certain limitations. Endovascular treatment is a promising alternative with theoretical advantages over iv therapy, such as an increased frequency of recanalization and longer therapeutic windows. Endovascular reperfusion strategies include intra-arterial fibrinolysis with drugs, or endovascular mechanical devices for thrombectomy or thrombus disruption, thromboaspiration, or thrombus entrapment in the vessel wall. The ideal of comprehensive treatment of acute stroke would provide specificity to treat an individual patient: with specific arterial occlusion and collaterals and a determined physiology of acute cerebral ischemia. With all this information, we would decide the best therapeutic strategy for the patient, and move from just a time-based approach to include a pathophysiology approach as well, and thus different patients could have different therapeutic windo...Continue Reading
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