These publications are solely or partly based on data collected in the SITS International registry
112. Halúsková S, Herzig R, Mikulík R, Bělašková S, Reiser M, Jurák L, Václavík D, Bar M, Klečka L, Řepík T, Šigut V, Tomek A, Hlinovský D, Šaňák D, Vyšata O, Vališ M, On Behalf Of The Czech Sits Investigators. Intravenous Thrombolysis in Posterior versus Anterior Circulation Stroke: Clinical Outcome Differs Only in Patients with Large Vessel Occlusion. Biomedicines. 2024 Feb 9;12(2):404. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines12020404. PMID: 38398006; PMCID: PMC10887309. [PubMed]
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110. Klail T, Sedova P, Vinklarek JF, Kovacova I, Bar M, Cihlar F, Cernik D, Kočí L, Jura R, Herzig R, Husty J, Kocher M, Kovar M, Nevšímalová M, Raupach J, Rocek M, Sanak D, Sevcik P, Skoloudik D, Sramek M, Vanicek J, Vaško P, Vaclavik D, Tomek A, Mikulik R. Safety and Efficacy of Baseline Antiplatelet Treatment in Patients Undergoing Mechanical Thrombectomy for Ischemic Stroke: Antiplatelets Before Mechanical Thrombectomy. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2023 Sep;34(9):1502-1510.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2023.05.017. Epub 2023 May 14. PMID: 37192724. [PubMed]
109. Cappellari M, Saia V, Pracucci G, Casetta I, Fainardi E, Sallustio F, Ruggiero M, Romoli M, Simonetti L, Zini A, Lazzarotti GA, Orlandi G, Vallone S, Bigliardi G, Renieri L, Nencini P, Semeraro V, Boero G, Bracco S, Tassi R, Castellano D, Naldi A, Biraschi F, Nicolini E, Del Sette B, Malfatto L, Allegretti L, Tassinari T, Tessitore A, Ferraù L, Saletti A, De Vito A, Lafe E, Cavallini A, Bergui M, Bosco G, Feraco P, Bignamini V, Mandruzzato N, Vit F, Mardighian D, Magoni M, Comelli S, Melis M, Menozzi R, Scoditti U, Cester G, Viario F, Stecco A, Fleetwood T, Filauri P, Sacco S, Giorgianni A, Cariddi LP, Piano M, Motto C, Gallesio I, Sepe F, Romano G, Grasso MF, Lozupone E, Fasano A, Comai A, Franchini E, Bruni S, Silvestrini M, Chiumarulo L, Petruzzelli M, Pavia M, Invernizzi P, Puglielli E, Casalena A, Pedicelli A, Frisullo G, Amistà P, Russo M, Allegritti M, Caproni S, Mangiafico S, Toni D; IRETAS Group. Stroke with large vessel occlusion in the posterior circulation: IV thrombolysis plus thrombectomy versus IV thrombolysis alone. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2023 Oct;56(3):454-462. doi: 10.1007/s11239-023-02844-4. Epub 2023 Jun 28. PMID: 37378700. [PubMed]
108. Tsivgoulis G, Palaiodimou L, Stefanou MI, Theodorou A, Kõrv J, Nunes AP, Candelaresi P, Dall’Ora E, Sariaslani P, Provinciali L, Conforto AB, Cidrao AAL, Karapanayiotides T, Ahmed N. Predictors of functional outcome after symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage complicating intravenous thrombolysis: results from the SITS-ISTR. Eur J Neurol. 2023 Oct;30(10):3161-3171. doi: 10.1111/ene.15968. Epub 2023 Jul 14. PMID: 37410547. [PubMed]
107. Aref, Hany & El Nahas, Nevine & Shokri, Hossam & Roushdy, Tamer. (2023). The budget impact of alteplase in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke in Egypt. Frontiers in Neurology. 10.3389/fneur.2023.1220615. [Frontiers]
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105. Thorén M, Escudero-Martínez I, Andersson T, Chen SY, Tsao N, Khurana D, Beretta S, Peeters A, Tsivgoulis G, Roffe C, Ahmed N. Reperfusion By Endovascular Thrombectomy And Early Cerebral Edema In Anterior Circulation Stroke: Results From The Sits- International Stroke Thrombectomy Registry. Int J Stroke. 2023 May 24:17474930231180451. doi: 10.1177/17474930231180451. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37226337. [PubMed]
104. Escudero-Martínez I, Thorén M, Matusevicius M, Cooray C, Zini A, Roffe C, Toni D, Tsivgoulis G, Ringleb P, Wahlgren N, Ahmed N. Association of cholesterol levels with hemorrhagic transformation and cerebral edema after reperfusion therapies. Eur Stroke J. 2023 Mar;8(1):294-300. doi: 10.1177/23969873221148229. Epub 2022 Dec 28. PMID: 37021184; PMCID: PMC10069196. [PubMed]
103. Jalali N, Sadeghi Hokmabadi E, Ghoreishi A, Sariaslan P, Rafie S, Borhani-Haghighi A, Moghadam Ahmadi A, Azin H, Vakilian A, Khalili P, Farhoudi M. Outcome predictors in anterior and posterior ischemic strokes: a study based on the Iranian SITS registry. Sci Rep. 2023 Jan 21;13(1):1231. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-28465-8. PMID: 36681721; PMCID: PMC9867737. [PubMed]
102. Schwarz G, Cascio Rizzo A, Matusevicius M, Giussani G, Invernizzi P, Melis F, Lesko N, Toni D, Agostoni EC, Ahmed N. Reperfusion Treatments in Disabling Versus Nondisabling Mild Stroke due to Anterior Circulation Vessel Occlusion. Stroke. 2023 Mar;54(3):743-750. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.041772. Epub 2023 Feb 27. PMID: 36848431. [AHA Journals]
101. Schwarz G, Bonato S, Lanfranconi S, Matusevicius M, Ghione I, Valcamonica G, Tsivgoulis G, Paiva Nunes A, Mancuso M, Zini A, Candelaresi P, Rand VM, Comi GP, Mazya MV, Ahmed N. Intravenous thrombolysis + endovascular thrombectomy versus thrombolysis alone in large vessel occlusion mild stroke: a propensity score matched analysis. Eur J Neurol. 2023 Feb 6. doi: 10.1111/ene.15722. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36746650. [PubMed]
100. Escudero-Martínez I, Thorén M, Ringleb P, Nunes AP, Cappellari M, Rand VM, Sobolewski P, Egido J, Toni D, Chen SY, Tsao N, Ahmed N. Cerebral Edema in Patients with severe Hemispheric Syndrome: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes-Data from SITS-ISTR. J Stroke. 2023 Jan;25(1):101-110. doi: 10.5853/jos.2022.01956. Epub 2022 Dec 6. PMID: 36470246; PMCID: PMC9911855. [Journal of Stroke]
99. Ferreira Cristina S, Fior A, Alves M, Papoila AL, Nunes AP. Functional Outcome of Endovascular Treatment in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke With Large Vessel Occlusion: Mothership Versus Drip-and-Ship Model in a Portuguese Urban Region. Cureus. 2022 Dec 18;14(12):e32659. doi: 10.7759/cureus.32659. PMID: 36660499; PMCID: PMC9844243. [PubMed]
98. Tsivgoulis G, Katsanos AH, Christogiannis C, Faouzi B, Mavridis D, Dixit AK, Palaiodimou L, Khurana D, Petruzzellis M, Psychogios K, Macleod MJ, Ahmed N. Intravenous Thrombolysis with Tenecteplase for the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke. Ann Neurol. 2022 Sep;92(3):349-357. doi: 10.1002/ana.26445. Epub 2022 Jul 7. PMID: 35713213. [PubMed]
97. Escudero-Martínez I, Matusevicius M, Pavia-Nunes A, Sevcik P, Nevsimalova M, Rand VM, Kõrv J, Cappellari M, Mikulik R, Toni D, Ahmed N. Association of statin pre-treatment with baseline stroke severity and outcome in patients with acute ischemic stroke and received reperfusion treatment: An observational study. Int J Stroke. 2022 May 11;17474930221095965. doi: 10.1177/17474930221095965. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35403505.
96. Sadeghi-Hokmabadi E, Ghoreishi A, Rikhtegar R, Sariaslani P, Rafie S, Vakilian A, Sharifipour E, Mehrpour M, Saadatnia M, Mirza-Aghazadeh-Attari M, Farhoudi M. Low-dose versus standard-dose alteplase for intravenous thrombolysis in patients with acute ischemic stroke in Iran: Results from the safe implementation of treatments in stroke registry. Curr J Neurol. 2021 Oct 7. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/cjn.v20i4.8346. [Current Journal of Neurology]
95. Janssen PM, van Overhagen K, Vinklárek J, Roozenbeek B, van der Worp HB, Majoie CB, Bar M, Černík D, Herzig R, Jurák L, Ostrý S, Mikulik R, Lingsma HF, Dippel DWJ; MR CLEAN Registry investigators and the SITS TBY Registry investigators from the Czech Republic. Between-Center Variation in Outcome After Endovascular Treatment of Acute Stroke: Analysis of Two Nationwide Registries. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2022 Mar;15(3):e008180. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.121.008180. Epub 2022 Jan 31. PMID: 35094522; PMCID: PMC8920023.
94. Feil K, Matusevicius M, Herzberg M, Tiedt S, Küpper C, Wischmann J, Schönecker S, Mengel A, Sartor-Pfeiffer J, Berger K, Dimitriadis K, Liebig T, Dieterich M, Mazya M, Ahmed N, Kellert L. Minor stroke in large vessel occlusion: A matched analysis of patients from the German Stroke Registry-Endovascular Treatment (GSR-ET) and patients from the Safe Implementation of Treatments in Stroke-International Stroke Thrombolysis Register (SITS-ISTR). Eur J Neurol. 2022 Feb 4. doi: 10.1111/ene.15272. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35122371.
93. Aref H, Zakaria M, Shokri H, Roushdy T, El Basiouny A, El Nahas N. Changing the landscape of stroke in Egypt. Cerebrovasc Dis Extra. 2021 Dec 3. doi: 10.1159/000521271. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34864736. [PubMed]
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90. Ahmed N, Mazya M, Nunes AP, Moreira T, Ollikainen JP, Escudero-Martinez I, Bigliardi G, Dorado L, Dávalos A, Egido JA, Tassi R, Strbian D, Zini A, Nichelli P, Herzig R, Jurák L, Hurtikova E, Tsivgoulis G, Peeters A, Nevšímalová M, Brozman M, Cavallo R, Lees KR, Mikulik R, Toni D, Holmin S. Safety and Outcomes of Thrombectomy in Ischemic Stroke With vs Without Intravenous Thrombolysis. Neurology. 2021 Jun 4:10.1212/WNL.0000000000012327. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012327. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34088873. [PubMed]
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* Published independently by the Spanish group.
** Published independently by the Croatian group.
*** This paper is including data from SITS but also data collected for a wider group of patients than iv thrombolysis.