Stroke is now the leading cause of adult disability in the United States. Women are
disproportionately affected by stroke. Women increasingly outnumber men in the elderly …

Background and Purpose—Rapid endovascular therapy (EVT) is an emerging treatment
option for acute ischemic stroke. Several economic evaluations have been published …

Background: Despite the well-established potent benefit of mechanical thrombectomy (MT)
for large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke, access to MT has not been studied globally. We …

Background and Purpose—Recently, 5 randomized controlled trials demonstrated the
benefit of endovascular therapy compared with intravenous tissue-type plasminogen …

Background and Purpose—The benefit of mechanical thrombectomy added to intravenous
thrombolysis (IVT) in patients with acute ischemic stroke has been largely demonstrated …

Background Endovascular treatment (EVT) is the standard of care for selected patients with
acute ischemic stroke (AIS) due to large vessel occlusion (LVO). Objective To systematically …

Background: The beneficial effects of endovascular treatment with new-generation
mechanical thrombectomy devices compared with intravenous thrombolysis alone to treat …

Objectives Cost-effectiveness of endovascular therapy (EVT) is a key consideration for
broad use of this approach for emergent large vessel occlusion stroke. We evaluated the …

Background In Ontario, current treatment for eligible patients who have an acute ischemic
stroke is intravenous thrombolysis (IVT). However, there are some limitations and …

Background and Purpose—Mechanical thrombectomy has the potential to improve
recanalization rates and outcomes for patients with ischemic stroke, but potential gains …