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Whereas trials of intravenous (IV) thrombolysis between 3 and 6 h in a general sample of ischemic stroke patients were not positive, selection of the optimal subgroup by imaging diagnosis of the appropriate arterial lesion was an effective strategy in this time period for PROACT II.
GUARD = Saphenous Vein Graft Intervention using AngioGuard for Reduction of Distal Embolization trial; SAFE = Saphenous Vein Graft Angioplasty Free of Emboli study; SAFER = Saphenous Vein Graft Angioplasty Free of Emboli, Randomized trial; SAPPHIRE = The Study of Angioplasty with Protection in Patients at High Risk for Endarterectomy; TIMI = Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction.
Prior attempts to prove the efficacy of thrombolysis initiated between 3 and 6 h from onset without a positive diagnosis of arterial occlusion or perfusion defect have not been successful [ 3, 4, 5].
For example, in one study of intra-arterial thrombolysis for treatment of acute ischemic stroke, 12,323 patients with stroke were screened, and only 180 patients were selected [ 4 ] . Other stroke studies include only patients with nondisabling strokes [ 52 ] , or include only patients with moderate to severe strokes [ 4 ] . Because ISGS is a dedicated stroke genetic association study, it has broad eligibility criteria relative to clinical trials of drugs or devices.
Except for the trials of intravenous recombinant tissue-plasminogen activator (rt-PA) in the treatment of ischemic stroke within the first 3 h [ 1], this traditional approach has lead to no approved therapies for stroke, and has lead to a great degree of pessimism with regard to thrombolysis beyond 3 h and with regard to the concept of neuroprotection in stroke.
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