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UrduUniversity Hospitals was awarded $7 million in research funding by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study Endovascular Thrombectomy in Patients Presenting beyond 24 Hours of Last-Known-Well. Amrou Sarraj, MD, FAHA, FSVIN, director of Stroke Center and Stroke Systems at the UH Neurological Institute, will lead the study, which aims to provide deterministic evidence of clinical benefit due to addition of endovascular thrombectomy to standard medical care in this population.
Tag: endovascular thrombectomy
International Study Finds Thrombectomy Highly Effective Long-Term Treatment for Large Strokes
In a major, international study, named SELECT2, a University Hospitals (UH) research team found that patients with large strokes had a dramatically better recovery after endovascular thrombectomy plus medical management at long-term follow-up, than patients who only received standard medical management.
Stroke Treatment, not Neuroimaging, Drives Stroke Hospital Cost Growth
A study by the Neiman Health Policy Institute found that the costs of an Ischemic Stroke episode increased 4.9% from 2012 to 2019. However, the main driver of those costs was changes in treatments, such as endovascular thrombectomy and intravenous thrombolysis; increases in various types of neuroimaging were not key cost drivers. Over the study period, the share of episodes with treatment increased 155% from 7.3% to 18.5%. There were increases of 80% and 476% in the number of episodes with IVT-only or EVT.
Both simple and advanced imaging can predict best candidates for thrombectomy in stroke patients
Both simple and advanced computed tomography (CT) were effective in accurately predicting which stroke patients would benefit from endovascular thrombectomy to remove a large cerebral clot, but together they were even better, reported researchers at UTHealth in Houston.