Outcomes After Direct Thrombectomy or Combined Intravenous and Endovascular Treatment Are Not Different

Sònia Abilleira1, Aida Ribera2, Pedro Cardona2

  • 1From the Stroke Program, Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain (S. Abilleira, M.G.); CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP) (S. Abilleira, M.G.); Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Cardiology Department, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain (A.R.); Neurology Department, Hospital de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain (P.C.); Stroke Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain (M.R.); Department of Neurosciences, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain (E.L.-C., S.R.); Department of Neuroscience, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain (S. Amaro); Neurology Department, IMIM-Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain (A.R.-C.); Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain (P.C.-R.); Neurology Department, Hospital del Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain (D.C.); Department of Endovascular Neuroradiology, Hospital de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain (M.A.d.M.); Neurointerventional Department, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain (A.T.); Department of Neuroradiology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain (A.L.-R.); Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain (E.V.); and Department of Neuroradiology, Hospital del Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain (J.P.). sabilleira@gencat.cat.

Stroke
|January 8, 2017
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