Number of stent retriever passes associated with futile recanalization in acute stroke

JH Baek, BM Kim, JH Heo, HS Nam, YD Kim, H Park… - Stroke, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Stent retriever (SR) thrombectomy has become the mainstay of
treatment of acute intracranial large artery occlusion. However, it is still not much known …

High red blood cell composition in clots is associated with successful recanalization during intra-arterial thrombectomy

JW Shin, HS Jeong, HJ Kwon, KS Song, J Kim - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
We evaluated the composition of individual clots retrieved during intra-arterial thrombectomy
in relation to recanalization success, stroke subtype, and the presence of clot signs on initial …

Reasons for failed endovascular recanalization attempts in stroke patients

H Leischner, F Flottmann, U Hanning… - Journal of …, 2019 - jnis.bmj.com
Purpose Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is a highly effective therapy in patients with acute
ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion (LVO). However, complete recanalization of …

Public health and cost consequences of time delays to thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke

WG Kunz, MG Hunink, MA Almekhlafi, BK Menon… - Neurology, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To determine public health and cost consequences of time delays to endovascular
thrombectomy (EVT) for patients, health care systems, and society, we estimated quality …

Reasons for reperfusion failures in stent-retriever-based thrombectomy: registry analysis and proposal of a classification system

J Kaesmacher, J Gralla, PJ Mosimann… - American Journal …, 2018 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In 5%–10% of patients with acute ischemic stroke with an
intention to treat with mechanical thrombectomy, no reperfusion can be achieved …

Improving cerebral blood flow after arterial recanalization: a novel therapeutic strategy in stroke

M El Amki, S Wegener - International journal of molecular sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Ischemic stroke is caused by a disruption in blood supply to a region of the brain. It induces
dysfunction of brain cells and networks, resulting in sudden neurological deficits. The cause …

Studying stroke thrombus composition after thrombectomy: what can we learn?

S Staessens, O François, W Brinjikji, KM Doyle… - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
The composition of ischemic stroke thrombi has gained an increasing amount of interest in
recent years. The implementation of endovascular procedures in standard stroke care has …

Characterising acute ischaemic stroke thrombi: insights from histology, imaging and emerging impedance-based technologies

S Patil, J Darcourt, P Messina, F Bozsak… - Stroke and Vascular …, 2022 - svn.bmj.com
Treatment of acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) focuses on rapid recanalisation of the occluded
artery. In recent years, advent of mechanical thrombectomy devices and new procedures …

Vessel diameter and catheter-to-vessel ratio affect the success rate of clot aspiration

AA Kyselyova, J Fiehler, H Leischner… - Journal of …, 2021 - jnis.bmj.com
Background A direct aspiration first pass technique (ADAPT) is an efficient, safe, cost-
effective, and fast thrombectomy technique. Objective To evaluate anatomical and clot …

[HTML][HTML] Pathophysiologic and therapeutic perspectives based on thrombus histology in stroke

JH Heo, HS Nam, YD Kim, JK Choi, BM Kim… - Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recent advances in endovascular thrombectomy have enabled the histopathologic analysis
of fresh thrombi in patients with acute stroke. Histologic analysis has shown that the …