TESLA Trial: Rationale, Protocol, and Design

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Authors

Osama O. Zaidat · St Vincent Hospital

Sami Al Kasab · Medical University of South Carolina

Sunil A. Sheth · The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Santiago Ortega‐Gutiérrez · University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Ansaar Rai · West Virginia University

Curtis A. Given

Ramesh Grandhi · University of Utah

Abstract

TESLA is a pragmatic trial, designed to address the unanswered question of the efficacy and safety of intra-arterial thrombectomy in patients with large infarcts diagnosed by the site investigator only on noncontrast computed tomography scan secondary to anterior circulation large-vessel occlusion up to 24 hours from stroke symptoms onset.

Topics & Keywords

Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Stroke Vascular and Interventional Neurology

Volume 3, Issue 4, pp. e000787-e000787

DOI: 10.1161/svin.122.000787

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