6 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA 7 Division of Neurosciences, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, ...

While intravenous administration of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) remains the only FDA-approved treatment modality for acute ischemic stroke, many patients do not meet the criteria for ...

Background Navigable, large diameter aspiration catheters demonstrate markedly improved recanalization rates over smaller lumen devices in suction embolectomy. We evaluated the performance of a novel ...

Background Fractional flow reserve is widely used in coronary disease management, with a threshold of 0.80. However, similar thresholds are unclear in functional assessment of intracranial ...

Correspondence to Seyedeh Fatemeh Salimi Ashkezari, Department of Bioengineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA; ssalimia{at}gmu.edu Background Blebs are important secondary ...

Correspondence to Dr R G Nogueira, Department of Neurology, Marcus Stroke and Neuroscience Center/Grady Memorial Hospital/Emory University, 80 Jesse Hill Drive SE Room #398, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA; ...

Background The significance of early venous filling (EVF) after mechanical thrombectomy (MT) in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is not fully understood. In this study, we aimed to investigate the impact ...

Correspondence to Dr Matthew J Gounis, Department of Radiology, New England Center for Stroke Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA; ...

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Correspondence to Dr. Osama O Zaidat, Neuroscience Department, Bon Secours Mercy Health St Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, OH 43608, USA; OOZaidat{at}Mercy.com Background and objective Stent-assisted ...

Background Untreated ischemic stroke can lead to severe morbidity and death, and as such, there are numerous endovascular blood-clot removal (thrombectomy) devices approved for human use. Human ...

Background Intrasaccular flow disruption is an endovascular approach for the treatment of wide-neck aneurysms and, more specifically, wide-neck bifurcation aneurysms, which are challenging to treat ...