Advances in revascularization for acute ischemic stroke treatment: an update.
Publication/Presentation Date
8-1-2011
Abstract
Intravenous thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) is the established treatment for acute ischemic stroke patients presenting within 4.5 h of stroke onset based on the results of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Study Group trial and European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study III. In a significant number of patients, however, intravenous thrombolysis with rt-PA remains ineffective, with lower rates of recanalization, especially for proximal occlusions and a large thrombus burden. Newer thrombolytic agents, such as reteplase, tenecteplase or desmoteplase, offer pharmacokinetic and hemodynamic advantages over rt-PA and have been, or are currently being, tested for safety and efficacy in clinical trials. Agents such as direct fibrinolytics that do not depend on the availability of plasminogen are also being studied in ongoing trials. Endovascular revascularization is an evolving treatment option enabling mechanical clot disruption or extraction in combination with local directed pharmacological thrombolysis. Several new endovascular devices have been successfully tested for safety in acute ischemic stroke patients and are now being tested for efficacy in larger clinical trials. Continued innovation and refinement of endovascular technology and techniques, including combination therapy such as bridging therapy and the use of stent-like devices, is expected to increase technical success and improve overall efficacy and time to recanalization with minimal procedure-related morbidity in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke.
Volume
11
Issue
8
First Page
1125
Last Page
1139
ISSN
1744-8360
Published In/Presented At
Eesa, M., Schumacher, H. C., Higashida, R. T., & Meyers, P. M. (2011). Advances in revascularization for acute ischemic stroke treatment: an update. Expert review of neurotherapeutics, 11(8), 1125–1139. https://doi.org/10.1586/ern.11.102
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
21797654
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article