Background Endovascular therapy is increasingly used after the administration of intravenous
tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) for patients with moderate-to-severe acute ischemic …

Background Atherosclerotic intracranial arterial stenosis is an important cause of stroke that
is increasingly being treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting (PTAS…

Background The Solitaire Flow Restoration Device is a novel, self-expanding stent retriever
designed to yield rapid flow restoration in acute cerebral ischaemia. We compared the …

Methods A hybrid approach based on established processes described by Glaser15 and by
the National Institutes of Health (http://prevention. nih. gov/cdp/about. aspx) 16 was used to …

Background Early results of the Stenting and Aggressive Medical Management for Preventing
Recurrent stroke in Intracranial Stenosis trial showed that, by 30 days, 33 (14·7%) of 224 …

Background and Purpose— In acute ischemic stroke, fast and complete recanalization of the
occluded vessel is associated with improved outcomes. We describe a novel measure for …

Importance Intracranial stenosis is one of the most common etiologies of stroke. To our
knowledge, no randomized clinical trials have compared balloon-expandable stent treatment with …

Importance Endovascular intervention for acute ischemic stroke improves revascularization.
But trials examining endovascular therapy yielded variable functional outcomes, and the …

Importance Advanced imaging for patient selection in mechanical thrombectomy is not widely
available. Objective To compare the clinical outcomes of patients selected for mechanical …

Background: Endovascular treatment with mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is beneficial for
patients with acute stroke suffering a large-vessel occlusion, although treatment efficacy is …