Table 4.

Treatment times in selected studies, in minutes

Abbreviations: EMS = Emergency Management of Stroke; ERT = endovascular revascularization treatment; GP = groin puncture; IA = intra-arterial; IAT = intra-arterial therapy (includes thrombolysis and mechanical techniques); IMS = Interventional Management of Stroke trial; MELT = Middle cerebral artery Embolism Local Fibrinolytic intervention Trial; MERCI = Mechanical Embolus Removal in Cerebral Ischemia; PROACT = Prolyse in Acute Cerebral Thromboembolism trial; PST = Pivotal Stroke Trial; RECANALISE = REcanalisation using Combined intravenous Alteplase and Neurointerventional Algorithm for acute Ischemic StrokE; RS = retrievable stent; rtPA = recombinant tissue plasminogen activator; SO = symptom onset; TICI = thrombolysis in cerebral infarction; TIMI = thrombolysis in myocardial infarction; UK = urokinase.