Optical Coherence Tomography Guided Antithrombotic Treatment After Endovascular Thrombectomy of the Posterior Circulation
Evidence regarding the role of early (<24 hours) antithrombotics post-revascularization with either intravenous thrombolysis (IVT), endovascular thrombectomy (EVT), or a combination of both remains scarce. In 2018 the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association changed their recommendation, stating that the risk of antithrombotic therapy within the first 24 hours after treatment with IVT (with or without EVT) is uncertain. This was changed after data emerged that early antithrombotics may be safe and may improve outcomes in select patients undergoing EVT. Recently our group showed for the first time that significant residual basilar thrombus can exist after EVT despite complete angiographic ...
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