Stroke
Among patients who do not achieve successful recanalization with endovascular therapy for large vessel occlusion, greater diffusion-weighted imaging lesion growth rate (IGR) is associated with a lower chance of favorable outcome, researchers report.
Patients who undergo basilar artery angioplasty and/or stenting are more likely to develop perforator stroke if they are diabetic, have a shorter gap between the time from last symptom to their procedure, and had less severe baseline stenosis. The predictors, culled from a single-center, retrospective analysis, were published online July 7, 2016 ahead of print in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery.…
Registry data on patients experiencing acute stroke are demonstrating that mechanical thrombectomy is as safe, feasible, and effective for M2 lesions as it is for M1 occlusions. The findings were presented on July 25, 2016, at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 13th annual meeting in Boston, MA.…
In M2 occlusions, forced arterial suction thrombectomy (FAST) and stent retriever thrombectomy each have a role to play, a small retrospective study suggests. Operators can make the best choice between them by taking into account the precise location of the lesion and individual anatomy.…
Transporting patients with large vessel occlusions to the closest regional hospital rather than directly to an endovascular-capable center substantially delays revascularization, according to new registry data. The findings, presented on July 27, 2016, at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) 13th Annual Meeting in Boston, MA, suggest a need for system-wide changes in how large vessel strokes are managed.…
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