Training guidelines for endovascular stroke intervention: an international multi-society consensus document

Abstract

Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Much of the long-term disability occurs in patients with emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO).

In fact, in these patients, occlusion of a major intracerebral artery results in a large area of brain injury often resulting in death or severe disability. Until recently, intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) was the only proven treatment for ELVO.

Keywords

• acute ischemic stroke
• intravenous t-PA
• therapeutic neuroradiology
• thrombectomy
• standards
• association
• angiography
• competence