Ischemic stroke
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Mechanical thrombectomy versus systemic thrombolysis in MCA stroke: a distance to thrombus-based outcome analysis Donald Lobsien,1 Matthias Gawlitza,1 Alexander Schaudinn,2 Stefan Schob,1 Carsten Hobohm,3 Dominik Fritzsch,1 Ulf Quäschling,1 Karl-Titus Hoffmann,1 Benjamin Friedrich2 1
Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany 2 Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany 3 Department of Neurology, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany Correspondence to Dr Benjamin Friedrich, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Leipzig, Liebigstr 20, Leipzig 04103, Germany;
[email protected]. de DL and BF contributed equally. Received 14 July 2015 Revised 13 August 2015 Accepted 15 August 2015
ABSTRACT Background Acute ischemic stroke due to occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) has a poor outcome. The distance to thrombus (DT) from the carotid T can predict the outcome after intravenous thrombolysis (IVT). With a DT
