Stroke
Stroke patients with suspected large vessel occlusions (LVOs) who arrive at hospitals without endovascular capabilities should undergo CT angiography (CTA) while arrangements are being made for their transfer to a neurointervention center, according to a small study published online January 24, 2017, ahead of print in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery.
The results are consistent with prior studies showing that more aggressive antiplatelet therapy is not necessarily better, one expert says.…
Both tandem stenting and antiplatelet resistance have been linked with subacute thrombosis risk following intracranial stenting in a single-center series published online January 27, 2017, ahead of print in Stroke.
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The ASTER trial suggests that aspiration catheters may be as good as stent retrievers for opening arteries in patients with large vessel occlusions.…
The newly redesigned SOFIA Plus catheter is helping European interventionalists achieve a high rate of recanalization for acute ischemic stroke quickly and often in one pass, according to a study published online December 20, 2016, ahead of print in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Medicine.…
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