Fig 6. A, The device (upper and lower markers <) is unsheathed distal to the 40-mm thrombus. B and C, During the retrieval attempt, the device enters the compressed thrombus, and the pulling force causes marked elongation of the carrying vessel. The device finally slips through the thrombus catching only a minor fragment (D), which is retrieved together with the microcatheter (*) to the balloon catheter (open arrow; E).