DEFUSE 3 Shows Favourable Outcomes for Late-window Patients and Triggers Expanded Guidelines for Treatment Eligibility
The study results show that endovascular therapy, given alongside standard medical therapy, results in better functional outcome than standard medical therapy alone for ischaemic stroke patients with salvageable tissue on brain imaging, who are treated between six to 16 hours after the patient was last known to be well: the number of patients that needed to be treated to reduce the degree of disability in one patient was just two.
