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6. Intravenous thrombolysis or endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke associated with cervical internal carotid artery occlusion: the ICARO-3 study

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Paciaroni, M. Inzitari, D. Agnelli, G. Caso, V. Balucani, C. Grotta, J.C. Sarraj, A. Sung-Il, S. Chamorro, A. Urra, X. Leys, D. Henon, H. Cordonnier, C. Dequatre, N. Aguettaz, P. Alberti, A. Venti, M. Acciarresi, M. D’Amore, C. Zini, A. Vallone, S. Dell’Acqua, M.L. Menetti, F. Nencini, P. Mangiafico, S. Barlinn, K. Kepplinger, J. Bodechtel, U. Gerber, J. Bovi, P. Cappellari, M. Linfante, I. Dabus, G. Marcheselli, S. Pezzini, A. Padovani, A. Alexandrov, A.V. Shahripour, R.B. Sessa, M. Giacalone, G. Silvestrelli, G. Lanari, A. Ciccone, A. De Vito, A. Azzini, C. Saletti, A. Fainardi, E. Orlandi, G. Chiti, A. Gialdini, G. Silvestrini, M. Ferrarese, C. Beretta, S. Tassi, R. Martini, G. Tsivgoulis, G. Vasdekis, S.N. Consoli, D. Baldi, A. D’Anna, S. Luda, E. Varbella, F. Galletti, G. Invernizzi, P. Donati, E. De Lodovici, M.L. Bono, G. Corea, F. Sette, M.D. Monaco, S. Riva, M. Tassinari, T. Scoditti, U. Toni, D.

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The aim of the ICARO-3 study was to evaluate whether intra-arterial treatment, compared to intravenous thrombolysis, increases the rate of favourable functional outcome at 3 months in acute ischemic stroke and extracranial ICA occlusion. ICARO-3 was a non-randomized therapeutic trial that performed a non-blind assessment of outcomes using retrospective data collected prospectively from 37 centres in 7 countries. Patients treated with endovascular treatment within 6 h from stroke onset (cases) were matched with patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis within 4.5 h from symptom onset (controls). Patients receiving either intravenous or endovascular therapy were included among the cases. The efficacy outcome was disability at 90 days assessed by the modified Rankin Scale (mRS), dichotomized as favourable (score of 0–2) or unfavourable (score of 3–6). Safety outcomes were death and any intracranial bleeding. Included in the analysis were 324 cases and 324 controls: 105 cases (32.4 %) had a favourable outcome as compared with 89 controls (27.4 %) [adjusted odds ratio (OR) 1.25, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.88–1.79, p = 0.1]. In the adjusted analysis, treatment with intra-arterial procedures was significantly associated with a reduction of mortality (OR 0.61, 95 % CI 0.40–0.93, p = 0.022). The rates of patients with severe disability or death (mRS 5–6) were similar in cases and controls (30.5 versus 32.4 %, p = 0.67). For the ordinal analysis, adjusted for age, sex, NIHSS, presence of diabetes mellitus and atrial fibrillation, the common odds ratio was 1.15 (95 % IC 0.86–1.54), p = 0.33. There were more cases of intracranial bleeding (37.0 versus 17.3 %, p = 0.0001) in the intra-arterial procedure group than in the intravenous group. After the exclusion of the 135 cases treated with the combination of I.V. thrombolysis and I.A. procedures, 67/189 of those treated with I.A. procedures (35.3 %) had a favourable outcome, compared to 89/324 of those treated with I.V. thrombolysis (27.4 %) (adjusted OR 1.75, 95 % CI 1.00–3.03, p = 0.05). Endovascular treatment of patients with acute ICA occlusion did not result in a better functional outcome than treatment with intravenous thrombolysis, but was associated with a higher rate of intracranial bleeding. Overall mortality was significantly reduced in patients treated with endovascular treatment but the rates of patients with severe disability or death were similar. When excluding all patients treated with the combination of I.V. thrombolysis and I.A. procedures, a potential benefit of I.A. treatment alone compared to I.V. thrombolysis was observed. © 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

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2015

8. Intravenous thrombolysis or endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke associated with cervical internal carotid artery occlusion: the ICARO-3 study

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Paciaroni, M, Inzitari, D, Agnelli, G, Caso, V, Balucani, C, Grotta, J, Sarraj, A, Sung Il, S, Chamorro, A, Urra, X, Leys, D, Henon, H, Cordonnier, C, Dequatre, N, Aguettaz, P, Alberti, A, Venti, M, Acciarresi, M, D'Amore, C, Zini, A, Vallone, S, Dell'Acqua, M, Menetti, F, Nencini, P, Mangiafico, S, Barlinn, K, Kepplinger, J, Bodechtel, U, Gerber, J, Bovi, P, Cappellari, M, Linfante, I, Dabus, G, Marcheselli, S, Pezzini, A, Padovani, A, Alexandrov, A, Shahripour, R, Sessa, M, Giacalone, G, Silvestrelli, G, Lanari, A, Ciccone, A, De Vito, A, Azzini, C, Saletti, A, Fainardi, E, Orlandi, G, Chiti, A, Gialdini, G, Silvestrini, M, Ferrarese, C, Beretta, S, Tassi, R, Martini, G, Tsivgoulis, G, Vasdekis, S, Consoli, D, Baldi, A, D'Anna, S, Luda, E, Varbella, F, Galletti, G, Invernizzi, P, Donati, E, De Lodovici, M, Bono, G, Corea, F, Sette, M, Monaco, S, Riva, M, Tassinari, T, Scoditti, U, Toni, D, FERRARESE, CARLO, RIVA, MARTA, Toni, D., Paciaroni, M, Inzitari, D, Agnelli, G, Caso, V, Balucani, C, Grotta, J, Sarraj, A, Sung Il, S, Chamorro, A, Urra, X, Leys, D, Henon, H, Cordonnier, C, Dequatre, N, Aguettaz, P, Alberti, A, Venti, M, Acciarresi, M, D'Amore, C, Zini, A, Vallone, S, Dell'Acqua, M, Menetti, F, Nencini, P, Mangiafico, S, Barlinn, K, Kepplinger, J, Bodechtel, U, Gerber, J, Bovi, P, Cappellari, M, Linfante, I, Dabus, G, Marcheselli, S, Pezzini, A, Padovani, A, Alexandrov, A, Shahripour, R, Sessa, M, Giacalone, G, Silvestrelli, G, Lanari, A, Ciccone, A, De Vito, A, Azzini, C, Saletti, A, Fainardi, E, Orlandi, G, Chiti, A, Gialdini, G, Silvestrini, M, Ferrarese, C, Beretta, S, Tassi, R, Martini, G, Tsivgoulis, G, Vasdekis, S, Consoli, D, Baldi, A, D'Anna, S, Luda, E, Varbella, F, Galletti, G, Invernizzi, P, Donati, E, De Lodovici, M, Bono, G, Corea, F, Sette, M, Monaco, S, Riva, M, Tassinari, T, Scoditti, U, Toni, D, FERRARESE, CARLO, RIVA, MARTA, and Toni, D.

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The aim of the ICARO-3 study was to evaluate whether intra-arterial treatment, compared to intravenous thrombolysis, increases the rate of favourable functional outcome at 3 months in acute ischemic stroke and extracranial ICA occlusion. ICARO-3 was a non-randomized therapeutic trial that performed a non-blind assessment of outcomes using retrospective data collected prospectively from 37 centres in 7 countries. Patients treated with endovascular treatment within 6 h from stroke onset (cases) were matched with patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis within 4.5 h from symptom onset (controls). Patients receiving either intravenous or endovascular therapy were included among the cases. The efficacy outcome was disability at 90 days assessed by the modified Rankin Scale (mRS), dichotomized as favourable (score of 0–2) or unfavourable (score of 3–6). Safety outcomes were death and any intracranial bleeding. Included in the analysis were 324 cases and 324 controls: 105 cases (32.4 %) had a favourable outcome as compared with 89 controls (27.4 %) [adjusted odds ratio (OR) 1.25, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.88–1.79, p = 0.1]. In the adjusted analysis, treatment with intra-arterial procedures was significantly associated with a reduction of mortality (OR 0.61, 95 % CI 0.40–0.93, p = 0.022). The rates of patients with severe disability or death (mRS 5–6) were similar in cases and controls (30.5 versus 32.4 %, p = 0.67). For the ordinal analysis, adjusted for age, sex, NIHSS, presence of diabetes mellitus and atrial fibrillation, the common odds ratio was 1.15 (95 % IC 0.86–1.54), p = 0.33. There were more cases of intracranial bleeding (37.0 versus 17.3 %, p = 0.0001) in the intra-arterial procedure group than in the intravenous group. After the exclusion of the 135 cases treated with the combination of I.V. thrombolysis and I.A. procedures, 67/189 of those trea

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2015

11. Systemic thrombolysis in patients with acute ischemic stroke and InternalCarotid ARtery Occlusion: the ICARO study

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Paciaroni, Maurizio, Balucani, C, Agnelli, Giancarlo, Caso, Valeria, Silvestrelli, G, Grotta, Jc, Demchuk, Am, Sohn, Si, Orlandi, G, Leys, D, Pezzini, A, Alexandrov, Av, Silvestrini, M, Fofi, L, Barlinn, K, Inzitari, D, Ferrarese, C, Tassi, R, Tsivgoulis, G, Consoli, D, Baldi, A, Bovi, P, Luda, E, Galletti, G, Invernizzi, P, Delodovici, Ml, Corea, F, Del Sette, M, Monaco, S, Marcheselli, S, Alberti, A, Venti, M, Acciarresi, M, D'Amore, C, Macellari, F, Lanari, A, Previdi, P, Gonzales, Nr, Pandurengan, Rk, Vahidy, Fs, Sline, M, Bal, Ss, Chiti, A, Gialdini, G, Dumont, F, Cordonnier, C, Debette, S, Padovani, A, Cerqua, R, Bodechtel, U, Kepplinger, J, Nesi, M, Nencini, P, Beretta, S, Trentini, C, Martini, G, Piperidou, C, Heliopoulos, I, D'Anna, S, Cappellari, M, Donati, E, Bono, G, Traverso, E, and Toni, D.

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2012

14. Systemic thrombolysis in patients with acute ischemic stroke and Internal Carotid ARtery Occlusion: the ICARO study

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Paciaroni, M, Balucani, C, Agnelli, G, Caso, V, Silvestrelli, G, Grotta, J, Demchuk, A, Sohn, S, Orlandi, G, Leys, D, Pezzini, A, Alexandrov, A, Silvestrini, M, Fofi, L, Barlinn, K, Inzitari, D, Ferrarese, C, Tassi, R, Tsivgoulis, G, Consoli, D, Baldi, A, Bovi, P, Luda, E, Galletti, G, Invernizzi, P, Delodovici, M, Corea, F, Del Sette, M, Monaco, S, Marcheselli, S, Alberti, A, Venti, M, Acciarresi, M, D'Amore, C, Macellari, F, Lanari, A, Previdi, P, Gonzales, N, Pandurengan, R, Vahidy, F, Sline, M, Bal, S, Chiti, A, Gialdini, G, Dumont, F, Cordonnier, C, Debette, S, Padovani, A, Cerqua, R, Bodechtel, U, Kepplinger, J, Nesi, M, Nencini, P, Beretta, S, Trentini, C, Martini, G, Piperidou, C, Heliopoulos, I, D'Anna, S, Cappellari, M, Donati, E, Bono, G, Traverso, E, Toni, D, FERRARESE, CARLO, INVERNIZZI, PAOLA, DeLodovici, M, BERETTA, SIMONE, TRENTINI, CLAUDIA, Toni, D., Paciaroni, M, Balucani, C, Agnelli, G, Caso, V, Silvestrelli, G, Grotta, J, Demchuk, A, Sohn, S, Orlandi, G, Leys, D, Pezzini, A, Alexandrov, A, Silvestrini, M, Fofi, L, Barlinn, K, Inzitari, D, Ferrarese, C, Tassi, R, Tsivgoulis, G, Consoli, D, Baldi, A, Bovi, P, Luda, E, Galletti, G, Invernizzi, P, Delodovici, M, Corea, F, Del Sette, M, Monaco, S, Marcheselli, S, Alberti, A, Venti, M, Acciarresi, M, D'Amore, C, Macellari, F, Lanari, A, Previdi, P, Gonzales, N, Pandurengan, R, Vahidy, F, Sline, M, Bal, S, Chiti, A, Gialdini, G, Dumont, F, Cordonnier, C, Debette, S, Padovani, A, Cerqua, R, Bodechtel, U, Kepplinger, J, Nesi, M, Nencini, P, Beretta, S, Trentini, C, Martini, G, Piperidou, C, Heliopoulos, I, D'Anna, S, Cappellari, M, Donati, E, Bono, G, Traverso, E, Toni, D, FERRARESE, CARLO, INVERNIZZI, PAOLA, DeLodovici, M, BERETTA, SIMONE, TRENTINI, CLAUDIA, and Toni, D.

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Background and Purpose-: The beneficial effect of intravenous thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke attributable to internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion remains unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator in these patients. Methods-: ICARO was a case-control multicenter study on prospectively collected data. Patients with acute ischemic stroke and ICA occlusion treated with intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator within 4.5 hours from symptom onset (cases) were compared to matched patients with acute stroke and ICA occlusion not treated with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (controls). Cases and controls were matched for age, gender, and stroke severity. The efficacy outcome was disability at 90 days assessed by the modified Rankin Scale, dichotomized as favorable (score of 0-2) or unfavorable (score of 3-6). Safety outcomes were death and any intracranial bleeding. Results-: Included in the analysis were 253 cases and 253 controls. Seventy-three cases (28.9%) had a favorable outcome as compared with 52 controls (20.6%; adjusted odds ratio (OR), 1.80; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.03-3.15; P=0.037). A total of 104 patients died, 65 cases (25.7%) and 39 controls (15.4%; adjusted OR, 2.28; 95% CI, 1.36-3.22; P=0.001). There were more fatal bleedings (2.8% versus 0.4%; OR, 7.17; 95% CI, 0.87-58.71; P=0.068) in the cases than in the controls. Conclusions-: In patients with stroke attributable to ICA occlusion, thrombolytic therapy Results in a significant reduction in the proportion of patients dependent in activities of daily living. Increases in death and any intracranial bleeding were the trade-offs for this clinical benefit.

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2012

15. Intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke associated to extracranial internal carotid artery occlusion: The ICARO-2 study

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Paciaroni, M, Agnelli, G, Caso, V, Pieroni, A, Bovi, P, Cappellari, M, Zini, A, Nichelli, P, Inzitari, D, Nesi, M, Nencini, P, Pezzini, A, Padovani, A, Tassinari, T, Orlandi, G, Chiti, A, Gialdini, G, Alberti, A, Venti, M, Acciarresi, M, D'Amore, C, Luda, E, Tassi, R, Martini, G, Ferrarese, C, Beretta, S, Trentini, C, Silvestrelli, G, Lanari, A, Previdi, P, Ciccone, A, Delodovici, M, Bono, G, Galletti, G, Marcheselli, S, Del Sette, M, Traverso, E, Riva, M, Silvestrini, M, Cerqua, R, Consoli, D, Monaco, S, Toni, D, D'amore, C, Toni, D., FERRARESE, CARLO, BERETTA, SIMONE, TRENTINI, CLAUDIA, Paciaroni, M, Agnelli, G, Caso, V, Pieroni, A, Bovi, P, Cappellari, M, Zini, A, Nichelli, P, Inzitari, D, Nesi, M, Nencini, P, Pezzini, A, Padovani, A, Tassinari, T, Orlandi, G, Chiti, A, Gialdini, G, Alberti, A, Venti, M, Acciarresi, M, D'Amore, C, Luda, E, Tassi, R, Martini, G, Ferrarese, C, Beretta, S, Trentini, C, Silvestrelli, G, Lanari, A, Previdi, P, Ciccone, A, Delodovici, M, Bono, G, Galletti, G, Marcheselli, S, Del Sette, M, Traverso, E, Riva, M, Silvestrini, M, Cerqua, R, Consoli, D, Monaco, S, Toni, D, D'amore, C, Toni, D., FERRARESE, CARLO, BERETTA, SIMONE, and TRENTINI, CLAUDIA

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Background and Purposes: In a case-control study in patients with acute ischemic stroke and extracranial internal carotid artery (eICA) occlusion, thrombolytic treatment was associated with increased mortality. The aim of this cohort study was to assess the efficacy and safety of thrombolysis in patients with eICA occlusion compared to those without eICA occlusion. Methods: Consecutive patients treated with intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator within 4.5 h from symptom onset included in the Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke - International Stroke Thrombolysis Registry (SITS-ISTR) in 20 Italian centres were analyzed. Acute carotid occlusion was diagnosed using ultrasound examination, angio-CT scan or angio-MRI. Since the SITS-ISTR database did not plan to report the site of vessel occlusion, each participating center provided the code of the patient with eICA occlusion. Patients were divided into 2 groups, those with and those without eICA occlusion. Main outcome measures were: death, disability (modified Rankin Scale, mRS, 3-6) and any intracranial bleeding at 3 months. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to reveal predictors for main outcomes. The following variables of interest were included in the analysis: presence of eICA occlusion, age, gender, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure, previous stroke, current smoking, antiplatelet treatment at stroke onset, baseline NIHSS score, baseline blood glucose, cholesterol and blood pressure, history of hypertension and stroke onset to treatment time. Results: A total of 1,761 patients without eICA occlusion and 137 with eICA occlusion were included in the study. At 3 months, 42 patients were lost to follow-up (3 with eICA occlusion). Death occurred in 30 (22.4%) patients with eICA occlusion and in 175 (10.2%) patients without (p < 0.0001). Death or disability at 3 months occurred in 91 of 134 patients with eICA occlusion (67.9%) compared wit

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2012

21. Intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke associated to extracranial internal carotid artery occlusion: the ICARO-2 study

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Andrea Zini, Tiziana Tassinari, Alessandro Pezzini, Domenico Consoli, Paolo Frigio Nichelli, Domenico Inzitari, Alessandro Padovani, Giorgio Silvestrelli, Giovanni Orlandi, Alberto Chiti, Serena Monaco, Mascia Nesi, Simona Marcheselli, Danilo Toni, Alessio Pieroni, Gino Gialdini, Carlo Ferrarese, Michele Venti, Alfonso Ciccone, Giampiero Galletti, Caso, M. Del Sette, Manuel Cappellari, Michele Augusto Riva, Mauro Silvestrini, Raffaella Cerqua, M. L. Delodovici, Claudia Trentini, Rossana Tassi, Elisabetta Traverso, P Bovi, Emilio Luda, Patrizia Nencini, Paolo Previdi, Giancarlo Agnelli, Maurizio Paciaroni, Giorgio Bono, Alessia Lanari, Andrea Alberti, Simone Beretta, Cataldo D'Amore, Monica Acciarresi, Giuseppe Martini, Paciaroni, M, Agnelli, G, Caso, V, Pieroni, A, Bovi, P, Cappellari, M, Zini, A, Nichelli, P, Inzitari, D, Nesi, M, Nencini, P, Pezzini, A, Padovani, A, Tassinari, T, Orlandi, G, Chiti, A, Gialdini, G, Alberti, A, Venti, M, Acciarresi, M, D'Amore, C, Luda, E, Tassi, R, Martini, G, Ferrarese, C, Beretta, S, Trentini, C, Silvestrelli, G, Lanari, A, Previdi, P, Ciccone, A, Delodovici, M, Bono, G, Galletti, G, Marcheselli, S, Del Sette, M, Traverso, E, Riva, M, Silvestrini, M, Cerqua, R, Consoli, D, Monaco, S, and Toni, D

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Carotid Artery Diseases, Male, Neurology, patent foramen ovale, medicine.medical_treatment, stroke, trombolysis ischemic, Tissue plasminogen activator, Brain Ischemia, Brain ischemia, Cohort Studies, Systemic thrombolysis, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Occlusion, 80 and over, Acute stroke, Multicenter Studies as Topic, Thrombolytic Therapy, carotid occlusion, acute stroke, systemic thrombolysis, outcome, Stroke, Carotid occlusion, Outcome, Aged, 80 and over, Fibrinolytic Agent, Thrombolysis, Middle Aged, Administration, Intravenous, Aged, Case-Control Studies, Female, Fibrinolytic Agents, Humans, Outcome Assessment (Health Care), Tissue Plasminogen Activator, Treatment Outcome, Neurology (clinical), Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Administration, Cardiology, Internal carotid artery, Case-Control Studie, Intravenous, Human, medicine.drug, medicine.medical_specialty, Intravenous thrombolysis, education, Administration, Intravenou, Systemic thrombolysi, Carotid Artery Occlusion, Internal medicine, medicine.artery, medicine, cardiovascular diseases, Carotid Artery Disease, business.industry, medicine.disease, Acute Ischemic Stroke, Cohort Studie, business, Fibrinolytic agent
Abstract

Background and Purposes: In a case-control study in patients with acute ischemic stroke and extracranial internal carotid artery (eICA) occlusion, thrombolytic treatment was associated with increased mortality. The aim of this cohort study was to assess the efficacy and safety of thrombolysis in patients with eICA occlusion compared to those without eICA occlusion. Methods: Consecutive patients treated with intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator within 4.5 h from symptom onset included in the Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke – International Stroke Thrombolysis Registry (SITS-ISTR) in 20 Italian centres were analyzed. Acute carotid occlusion was diagnosed using ultrasound examination, angio-CT scan or angio-MRI. Since the SITS-ISTR database did not plan to report the site of vessel occlusion, each participating center provided the code of the patient with eICA occlusion. Patients were divided into 2 groups, those with and those without eICA occlusion. Main outcome measures were: death, disability (modified Rankin Scale, mRS, 3–6) and any intracranial bleeding at 3 months. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to reveal predictors for main outcomes. The following variables of interest were included in the analysis: presence of eICA occlusion, age, gender, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure, previous stroke, current smoking, antiplatelet treatment at stroke onset, baseline NIHSS score, baseline blood glucose, cholesterol and blood pressure, history of hypertension and stroke onset to treatment time. Results: A total of 1,761 patients without eICA occlusion and 137 with eICA occlusion were included in the study. At 3 months, 42 patients were lost to follow-up (3 with eICA occlusion). Death occurred in 30 (22.4%) patients with eICA occlusion and in 175 (10.2%) patients without (p < 0.0001). Death or disability at 3 months occurred in 91 of 134 patients with eICA occlusion (67.9%) compared with 654 of 1,722 patients without eICA occlusion (37.9%, p < 0.0001). No or minimal disability at 3 months (mRS 0–1) was reported in 25 (18.7%) patients with eICA occlusion and in 829 (48.2%) patients without (p < 0.0001). Any intracranial bleeding detected by CT or MRI at posttreatment imaging was seen in 16 (11.7%) patients with eICA occlusion and in 314 (17.8%) of those without (p = 0.09). The proportion of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage was 5.8% for patients with eICA occlusion and 8.0% for patients without (p = 0.16). At logistic regression analysis, eICA occlusion was associated with mortality (odds ratio, OR 5.7; 95% confidence interval, CI 2.9–11.1) and mortality or disability (OR 5.0; 95% CI 2.9–8.7) at 90 days. Conclusions: This cohort study in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with thrombolysis showed an association between eICA occlusion and adverse outcome.

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2012

22. Systemic thrombolysis in patients with acute ischemic stroke and Internal Carotid ARtery Occlusion: the ICARO study

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Federica Macellari, Simone Beretta, Mauro Silvestrini, Andrew M. Demchuk, Michele Venti, Danilo Toni, Charlotte Cordonnier, Mascia Nesi, Claudia Trentini, Giovanni Orlandi, Paolo Bovi, Renganayaki Pandurengan, Alessia Lanari, Andrea Alberti, Ioannis Heliopoulos, Rossana Tassi, Simona Marcheselli, Frédéric Dumont, Antonio Baldi, Alessandro Padovani, Serena Monaco, Charitomeni Piperidou, Giuseppe Martini, James C. Grotta, Didier Leys, Elisabetta Traverso, Carlo Ferrarese, Edoardo Donati, Maurizio Paciaroni, Alessandro Pezzini, Valeria Caso, Emilio Luda, Sung Il Sohn, Giorgio Silvestrelli, Francesco Corea, Clotilde Balucani, Simerpreet Bal, Patrizia Nencini, Jessica Kepplinger, Manuel Cappellari, Farhaan S Vahidy, Monica Acciarresi, Cataldo D'Amore, Stéphanie Debette, Andrei V. Alexandrov, Ulf Bodechtel, Nicole R. Gonzales, Melvin R Sline, Paolo Previdi, Sebastiano D'Anna, Domenico Consoli, Domenico Inzitari, Gino Gialdini, Maria Luisa DeLodovici, Alberto Chiti, Massimo Del Sette, Giampiero Galletti, Giancarlo Agnelli, Paolo Invernizzi, Giorgio Bono, Georgios Tsivgoulis, Kristian Barlinn, Raffaella Cerqua, Luisa Fofi, Paciaroni, M, Balucani, C, Agnelli, G, Caso, V, Silvestrelli, G, Grotta, J, Demchuk, A, Sohn, S, Orlandi, G, Leys, D, Pezzini, A, Alexandrov, A, Silvestrini, M, Fofi, L, Barlinn, K, Inzitari, D, Ferrarese, C, Tassi, R, Tsivgoulis, G, Consoli, D, Baldi, A, Bovi, P, Luda, E, Galletti, G, Invernizzi, P, Delodovici, M, Corea, F, Del Sette, M, Monaco, S, Marcheselli, S, Alberti, A, Venti, M, Acciarresi, M, D'Amore, C, Macellari, F, Lanari, A, Previdi, P, Gonzales, N, Pandurengan, R, Vahidy, F, Sline, M, Bal, S, Chiti, A, Gialdini, G, Dumont, F, Cordonnier, C, Debette, S, Padovani, A, Cerqua, R, Bodechtel, U, Kepplinger, J, Nesi, M, Nencini, P, Beretta, S, Trentini, C, Martini, G, Piperidou, C, Heliopoulos, I, D'Anna, S, Cappellari, M, Donati, E, Bono, G, Traverso, E, and Toni, D

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, acute stroke, carotid occlusion, outcome, thrombolysis, Time Factors, medicine.medical_treatment, acute stroke carotid occlusion outcome thrombolysis, Tissue plasminogen activator, Brain Ischemia, Fibrinolytic Agents, Modified Rankin Scale, Internal medicine, medicine.artery, Occlusion, 80 and over, medicine, Humans, Carotid Stenosis, Thrombolytic Therapy, Stroke, Aged, Advanced and Specialized Nursing, Aged, 80 and over, Case-Control Studies, Female, Middle Aged, Tissue Plasminogen Activator, Treatment Outcome, Carotid Artery, Internal, Neurology (clinical), Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business.industry, Thrombolysis, medicine.disease, Internal, Surgery, acute stroke, carotid occlusion, outcome, thrombolysis, Cardiology, Carotid Artery, Internal carotid artery, business, Plasminogen activator, Fibrinolytic agent, medicine.drug
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Background and Purpose— The beneficial effect of intravenous thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke attributable to internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion remains unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator in these patients. Methods— ICARO was a case-control multicenter study on prospectively collected data. Patients with acute ischemic stroke and ICA occlusion treated with intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator within 4.5 hours from symptom onset (cases) were compared to matched patients with acute stroke and ICA occlusion not treated with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (controls). Cases and controls were matched for age, gender, and stroke severity. The efficacy outcome was disability at 90 days assessed by the modified Rankin Scale, dichotomized as favorable (score of 0–2) or unfavorable (score of 3–6). Safety outcomes were death and any intracranial bleeding. Results— Included in the analysis were 253 cases and 253 controls. Seventy-three cases (28.9%) had a favorable outcome as compared with 52 controls (20.6%; adjusted odds ratio (OR), 1.80; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.03–3.15; P =0.037). A total of 104 patients died, 65 cases (25.7%) and 39 controls (15.4%; adjusted OR, 2.28; 95% CI, 1.36–3.22; P =0.001). There were more fatal bleedings (2.8% versus 0.4%; OR, 7.17; 95% CI, 0.87–58.71; P =0.068) in the cases than in the controls. Conclusions— In patients with stroke attributable to ICA occlusion, thrombolytic therapy results in a significant reduction in the proportion of patients dependent in activities of daily living. Increases in death and any intracranial bleeding were the trade-offs for this clinical benefit.

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2012

23. Intravenous thrombolysis or endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke associated with cervical internal carotid artery occlusion: the ICARO-3 study.

Author

Paciaroni M, Inzitari D, Agnelli G, Caso V, Balucani C, Grotta JC, Sarraj A, Sung-Il S, Chamorro A, Urra X, Leys D, Henon H, Cordonnier C, Dequatre N, Aguettaz P, Alberti A, Venti M, Acciarresi M, D'Amore C, Zini A, Vallone S, Dell'Acqua ML, Menetti F, Nencini P, Mangiafico S, Barlinn K, Kepplinger J, Bodechtel U, Gerber J, Bovi P, Cappellari M, Linfante I, Dabus G, Marcheselli S, Pezzini A, Padovani A, Alexandrov AV, Shahripour RB, Sessa M, Giacalone G, Silvestrelli G, Lanari A, Ciccone A, De Vito A, Azzini C, Saletti A, Fainardi E, Orlandi G, Chiti A, Gialdini G, Silvestrini M, Ferrarese C, Beretta S, Tassi R, Martini G, Tsivgoulis G, Vasdekis SN, Consoli D, Baldi A, D'Anna S, Luda E, Varbella F, Galletti G, Invernizzi P, Donati E, De Lodovici ML, Bono G, Corea F, Sette MD, Monaco S, Riva M, Tassinari T, Scoditti U, and Toni D

Subjects
Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Stroke etiology, Carotid Artery Thrombosis complications, Carotid Artery Thrombosis therapy, Endovascular Procedures methods, Stroke therapy, Thrombolytic Therapy methods
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The aim of the ICARO-3 study was to evaluate whether intra-arterial treatment, compared to intravenous thrombolysis, increases the rate of favourable functional outcome at 3 months in acute ischemic stroke and extracranial ICA occlusion. ICARO-3 was a non-randomized therapeutic trial that performed a non-blind assessment of outcomes using retrospective data collected prospectively from 37 centres in 7 countries. Patients treated with endovascular treatment within 6 h from stroke onset (cases) were matched with patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis within 4.5 h from symptom onset (controls). Patients receiving either intravenous or endovascular therapy were included among the cases. The efficacy outcome was disability at 90 days assessed by the modified Rankin Scale (mRS), dichotomized as favourable (score of 0-2) or unfavourable (score of 3-6). Safety outcomes were death and any intracranial bleeding. Included in the analysis were 324 cases and 324 controls: 105 cases (32.4 %) had a favourable outcome as compared with 89 controls (27.4 %) [adjusted odds ratio (OR) 1.25, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.88-1.79, p = 0.1]. In the adjusted analysis, treatment with intra-arterial procedures was significantly associated with a reduction of mortality (OR 0.61, 95 % CI 0.40-0.93, p = 0.022). The rates of patients with severe disability or death (mRS 5-6) were similar in cases and controls (30.5 versus 32.4 %, p = 0.67). For the ordinal analysis, adjusted for age, sex, NIHSS, presence of diabetes mellitus and atrial fibrillation, the common odds ratio was 1.15 (95 % IC 0.86-1.54), p = 0.33. There were more cases of intracranial bleeding (37.0 versus 17.3 %, p = 0.0001) in the intra-arterial procedure group than in the intravenous group. After the exclusion of the 135 cases treated with the combination of I.V. thrombolysis and I.A. procedures, 67/189 of those treated with I.A. procedures (35.3 %) had a favourable outcome, compared to 89/324 of those treated with I.V. thrombolysis (27.4 %) (adjusted OR 1.75, 95 % CI 1.00-3.03, p = 0.05). Endovascular treatment of patients with acute ICA occlusion did not result in a better functional outcome than treatment with intravenous thrombolysis, but was associated with a higher rate of intracranial bleeding. Overall mortality was significantly reduced in patients treated with endovascular treatment but the rates of patients with severe disability or death were similar. When excluding all patients treated with the combination of I.V. thrombolysis and I.A. procedures, a potential benefit of I.A. treatment alone compared to I.V. thrombolysis was observed.

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2015
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24. Intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke associated to extracranial internal carotid artery occlusion: the ICARO-2 study.

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Paciaroni M, Agnelli G, Caso V, Pieroni A, Bovi P, Cappellari M, Zini A, Nichelli P, Inzitari D, Nesi M, Nencini P, Pezzini A, Padovani A, Tassinari T, Orlandi G, Chiti A, Gialdini G, Alberti A, Venti M, Acciarresi M, D'Amore C, Luda E, Tassi R, Martini G, Ferrarese C, Beretta S, Trentini C, Silvestrelli G, Lanari A, Previdi P, Ciccone A, Delodovici ML, Bono G, Galletti G, Marcheselli S, Del Sette M, Traverso E, Riva M, Silvestrini M, Cerqua R, Consoli D, Monaco S, and Toni D

Subjects
Administration, Intravenous, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Brain Ischemia drug therapy, Brain Ischemia mortality, Carotid Artery Diseases complications, Carotid Artery Diseases mortality, Case-Control Studies, Cohort Studies, Female, Fibrinolytic Agents therapeutic use, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Multicenter Studies as Topic, Outcome Assessment, Health Care methods, Stroke complications, Tissue Plasminogen Activator adverse effects, Treatment Outcome, Carotid Artery Diseases drug therapy, Stroke drug therapy, Thrombolytic Therapy adverse effects, Tissue Plasminogen Activator therapeutic use
Abstract

Background and Purposes: In a case-control study in patients with acute ischemic stroke and extracranial internal carotid artery (eICA) occlusion, thrombolytic treatment was associated with increased mortality. The aim of this cohort study was to assess the efficacy and safety of thrombolysis in patients with eICA occlusion compared to those without eICA occlusion., Methods: Consecutive patients treated with intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator within 4.5 h from symptom onset included in the Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke - International Stroke Thrombolysis Registry (SITS-ISTR) in 20 Italian centres were analyzed. Acute carotid occlusion was diagnosed using ultrasound examination, angio-CT scan or angio-MRI. Since the SITS-ISTR database did not plan to report the site of vessel occlusion, each participating center provided the code of the patient with eICA occlusion. Patients were divided into 2 groups, those with and those without eICA occlusion. Main outcome measures were: death, disability (modified Rankin Scale, mRS, 3-6) and any intracranial bleeding at 3 months. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to reveal predictors for main outcomes. The following variables of interest were included in the analysis: presence of eICA occlusion, age, gender, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure, previous stroke, current smoking, antiplatelet treatment at stroke onset, baseline NIHSS score, baseline blood glucose, cholesterol and blood pressure, history of hypertension and stroke onset to treatment time., Results: A total of 1,761 patients without eICA occlusion and 137 with eICA occlusion were included in the study. At 3 months, 42 patients were lost to follow-up (3 with eICA occlusion). Death occurred in 30 (22.4%) patients with eICA occlusion and in 175 (10.2%) patients without (p < 0.0001). Death or disability at 3 months occurred in 91 of 134 patients with eICA occlusion (67.9%) compared with 654 of 1,722 patients without eICA occlusion (37.9%, p < 0.0001). No or minimal disability at 3 months (mRS 0-1) was reported in 25 (18.7%) patients with eICA occlusion and in 829 (48.2%) patients without (p < 0.0001). Any intracranial bleeding detected by CT or MRI at posttreatment imaging was seen in 16 (11.7%) patients with eICA occlusion and in 314 (17.8%) of those without (p = 0.09). The proportion of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage was 5.8% for patients with eICA occlusion and 8.0% for patients without (p = 0.16). At logistic regression analysis, eICA occlusion was associated with mortality (odds ratio, OR 5.7; 95% confidence interval, CI 2.9-11.1) and mortality or disability (OR 5.0; 95% CI 2.9-8.7) at 90 days., Conclusions: This cohort study in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with thrombolysis showed an association between eICA occlusion and adverse outcome., (Copyright © 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel.)

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2012
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25. Systemic thrombolysis in patients with acute ischemic stroke and Internal Carotid ARtery Occlusion: the ICARO study.

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Paciaroni M, Balucani C, Agnelli G, Caso V, Silvestrelli G, Grotta JC, Demchuk AM, Sohn SI, Orlandi G, Leys D, Pezzini A, Alexandrov AV, Silvestrini M, Fofi L, Barlinn K, Inzitari D, Ferrarese C, Tassi R, Tsivgoulis G, Consoli D, Baldi A, Bovi P, Luda E, Galletti G, Invernizzi P, DeLodovici ML, Corea F, Del Sette M, Monaco S, Marcheselli S, Alberti A, Venti M, Acciarresi M, D'Amore C, Macellari F, Lanari A, Previdi P, Gonzales NR, Pandurengan RK, Vahidy FS, Sline M, Bal SS, Chiti A, Gialdini G, Dumont F, Cordonnier C, Debette S, Padovani A, Cerqua R, Bodechtel U, Kepplinger J, Nesi M, Nencini P, Beretta S, Trentini C, Martini G, Piperidou C, Heliopoulos I, D'Anna S, Cappellari M, Donati E, Bono G, Traverso E, and Toni D

Subjects
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Brain Ischemia etiology, Carotid Stenosis complications, Case-Control Studies, Female, Fibrinolytic Agents adverse effects, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Stroke etiology, Thrombolytic Therapy adverse effects, Thrombolytic Therapy methods, Time Factors, Tissue Plasminogen Activator adverse effects, Treatment Outcome, Brain Ischemia drug therapy, Carotid Artery, Internal, Carotid Stenosis drug therapy, Fibrinolytic Agents therapeutic use, Stroke drug therapy, Tissue Plasminogen Activator therapeutic use
Abstract

Background and Purpose: The beneficial effect of intravenous thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke attributable to internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion remains unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator in these patients., Methods: ICARO was a case-control multicenter study on prospectively collected data. Patients with acute ischemic stroke and ICA occlusion treated with intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator within 4.5 hours from symptom onset (cases) were compared to matched patients with acute stroke and ICA occlusion not treated with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (controls). Cases and controls were matched for age, gender, and stroke severity. The efficacy outcome was disability at 90 days assessed by the modified Rankin Scale, dichotomized as favorable (score of 0-2) or unfavorable (score of 3-6). Safety outcomes were death and any intracranial bleeding., Results: Included in the analysis were 253 cases and 253 controls. Seventy-three cases (28.9%) had a favorable outcome as compared with 52 controls (20.6%; adjusted odds ratio (OR), 1.80; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.03-3.15; P=0.037). A total of 104 patients died, 65 cases (25.7%) and 39 controls (15.4%; adjusted OR, 2.28; 95% CI, 1.36-3.22; P=0.001). There were more fatal bleedings (2.8% versus 0.4%; OR, 7.17; 95% CI, 0.87-58.71; P=0.068) in the cases than in the controls., Conclusions: In patients with stroke attributable to ICA occlusion, thrombolytic therapy results in a significant reduction in the proportion of patients dependent in activities of daily living. Increases in death and any intracranial bleeding were the trade-offs for this clinical benefit.

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2012
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27. Recent clinical observations on dialytic encephalopathy.

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Luda E, De Luca N, and Canavese C

Subjects
Aged, Dementia drug therapy, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Deferoxamine therapeutic use, Dementia physiopathology
Published
1988

28. [Neurologic complications of parenteral nutrition].

Author

Luda E and Demagistris A

Subjects
Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Thiamine therapeutic use, Wernicke Encephalopathy prevention & control, Parenteral Nutrition adverse effects, Parenteral Nutrition, Total adverse effects, Wernicke Encephalopathy etiology
Published
1983

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