Background and Purpose—After the demonstration of efficacy of bridging therapy, reliably
predicting early recanalization (ER;≤ 3 hours after start of intravenous thrombolysis) would …

Despite several effective strategies of stroke prevention, the stroke epidemic still constitutes
the leading cause of permanent disability. The recent series of well-designed, convincingly …

Importance Recanalization of intracranial thrombus is associated with improved clinical
outcome in patients with acute ischemic stroke. The association of intravenous alteplase …

Background and Purpose—It remains debated whether clinical scores can help identify
acute ischemic stroke patients with large-artery occlusion and hence improve triage in the …

Objective Patients with acute ischemic stroke harboring a large vessel occlusion who
present to primary stroke centers often require inter‐hospital transfer for thrombectomy. We …

Importance The rationale for intravenous thrombolysis in patients with lacunar infarcts is
debated, since it is hypothesized that the microvascular occlusion underlying lacunar …

Importance When transferred from a referring hospital (RH) to a thrombectomy-capable
stroke center (TCSC), patients with initially favorable imaging profiles (Alberta Stroke …

Background and Purpose—Whether all acute stroke patients with large vessel occlusion
need to undergo intravenous thrombolysis before mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is …

Background Favorable imaging profile according to the Alberta Stroke Program Early CT
Score (ASPECTS) on non-contrast head CT is a key criterion for the selection of patients …

Background Five randomized controlled trials recently demonstrated efficacy of
endovascular treatment in acute ischemic stroke. Telestroke networks can improve stroke …