Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is among the leading causes of death and long-term disability.
Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator has been the mainstay of acute therapy. Recently …

Background: The two most common approaches to thrombectomy of emergent large vessel
occlusion (direct aspiration and primary stent retriever thrombectomy) have been extensively …

Methods A multidisciplinary group of nine clinical researchers (neurology, neurosurgery,
neuroradiology, neuro-intensive care, and emergency care physicians) from seven …

Background and Purpose—Patients with posterior circulation strokes have been excluded
from recent randomized endovascular stroke trials. We reviewed the recent multicenter …

An anchoring delivery system for use in an intracranial artery is provided including a
tethering device having an elongated tether and an anchor coupled to a distal end of the …

Background Artificial stroke models can be used for testing various thrombectomy devices.
Objective To determine the value of combined stentriever–aspiration thrombectomy …

Materials and methods This document was prepared by the Standards and Guidelines
Committee of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery, a multidisciplinary society …

Background: Direct aspiration thrombectomy is an increasingly utilized technique in
endovascular stroke treatment that relies on vacuum and suction force to remove the clot …

Purpose To describe our initial experience with the novel 5 F SOFIA (Soft Torqueable
catheter Optimized For Intracranial Access) intermediate and aspiration catheter for …

Background and purpose: Whether the direct aspiration approach of thrombectomy for
recanalization in patients with acute ischemic stroke has a similar efficacy and safety …