Standard protocol approvals and informed consent
This study was based on a prospective randomized controlled trial registered on clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03754738). All enrolled AIS patients with AF receiving EVT had been approved by the Ethics Committee (NO. 2017030) of Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. The study was conducted according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. All persons gave their informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study.