Background Whether thrombectomy alone is equally as effective as intravenous alteplase
plus thrombectomy remains controversial. We aimed to determine whether thrombectomy …

The hippocampus is a small but complex anatomical structure that plays an important role in
spatial and episodic memory. The hippocampus can be affected by a wide range of …

There is a broad consensus that MS represents more than an inflammatory disease: it harbors
several characteristic aspects of a classical neurodegenerative disorder, ie damage to …

… O. Nikoubashman has nothing to disclose. M. Wiesmann reports grants and personal fees
from Stryker Neurovascular, non-financial support from Covidien, non-financial support from …

Perfusion CT (PCT) of the brain is widely used in the settings of acute ischemic stroke and
vasospasm monitoring. The high radiation dose associated with PCT is a central topic and …

Background and Purpose— It has been hypothesized that in stroke patients, complete
reperfusion (modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction; mTICI 3) after a single thrombectomy …

Importance Randomized clinical trials have shown the efficacy of thrombectomy of large
intracranial vessel occlusions in adults; however, any association of therapy with clinical …

Purpose Carotid artery anatomy is thought to influence internal carotid artery access time (ICA-AT)
in patients requiring mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke. This study …

Importance Clinical evidence of the potential treatment benefit of intravenous thrombolysis
preceding unsuccessful mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is scarce. Objective To determine …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Large-bore catheters allow mechanical thrombectomy in
ischemic stroke by engaging and retrieving clots without additional devices (direct aspiration …