Table 1.

Data from selected trials of endovascular revascularization therapy for acute ischemic stroke

Abbreviations: ACA = anterior cerebral artery; adj tx = adjunctive therapy; AICA = anterior inferior cerebellar artery; BA = basilar artery; CCA = common carotid artery; EMS = Emergency Management of Stroke Bridging Trial; IA = intra-arterial; ICA = intracranial internal carotid artery; IMS = Interventional Management of Stroke trial; MCA = middle cerebral artery; MELT = Middle cerebral artery Embolism Local Fibrinolytic intervention Trial; MERCI = Mechanical Embolus Removal in Cerebral Ischemia; mRS = modified Rankin Scale; NIHSS = NIH Stroke Scale; PCA = posterior cerebral artery; PICA = posterior inferior cerebellar artery; PROACT = Prolyse in Acute Cerebral Thromboembolism trial; PST = Pivotal Stroke Trial; RCT = randomized controlled trial; SCA = superior cerebellar artery; SICH = symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage; TICI = thrombolysis in cerebral infarction; TIMI = thrombolysis in myocardial infarction; tPA = tissue plasminogen activator; UK = urokinase; VA = intracranial vertebral artery.