Bridging Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Therapies Saturday, May 5th, 2012A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Ahajournals: Mikael Mazighi, MD, PhD; Elena Meseguer, MD; Julien Labreuche, BS; Pierre Amarenco, MD. May 1, 2012.
Background and Purpose—Pending the results of randomized controlled trials, the benefit and safety of bridging therapy (combined intravenous and intra-arterial thrombolysis) remain to be determined. The aim of this analysis was to give reliable estimates of efficacy and safety outcomes of bridging therapy.
Methods—We conducted a systematic review of all studies using bridging therapy published between January 1966 and March 2011. Read more
