Results from the STRATIS registry shows that community hospitals can treat acute stroke patients with mechanical thrombectomy using Medtronic PLC’s Solitaire stent retriever as effectively as comprehensive stroke centers at teaching hospitals. The study found that the benefits of transferring these patients to specialized centers is outweighed by the potential for additional brain damage that can result from the extra time it takes to get there.
STRATIS (Systematic Evaluation Of Patients Treated With Neurothrombectomy Devices For Acute Ischemic Stroke) is a prospective, multicenter single-arm registry designed...