Introduction Effective triage of patients with emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO) to endovascular therapy capable centers may decrease time to treatment and improve outcome for these patients.

Background A sizeable proportion of stroke patients with large vessel occlusion present with minor neurological deficits. Whether mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is beneficial in these patients is ...

Aim This prospective case–control study documents the level of radiation expected during percutaneous balloon compression of the Gasserian ganglion. Methods Percutaneous balloon compression of the ...

Background Automated CT perfusion (CTP) software is widely used to select patients with large-vessel occlusion stroke for endovascular thrombectomy (EVT), yet treatment thresholds are often applied as ...

Background The FRED X flow diverter (FREDX), as the second generation in the FRED series, aims to improve the treatment of cerebral aneurysms. This study compares the efficacy and safety of FREDX with ...

Background Half of the patients with large vessel occlusion (LVO)-related acute ischemic stroke (AIS) who undergo endovascular reperfusion are dead or dependent at 3 months. We hypothesize that in ...

4 King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Background Despite high recanalization rates with endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for large vessel occlusions, functional ...

Background Larger bore aspiration catheters are expected to significantly improve the speed and completeness of acute stroke revascularization. Objective To evaluate the navigability and clot ...

Correspondence to Dr Alexander L Coon, Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1800 Orleans Street, Zayed 6115E, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA; ...

Background and purpose The results of the DAWN trial support the benefit of thrombectomy in patients with anterior circulation large vessel occlusion (LVO) acute stroke presenting within 6–24 hours ...

Background Women with anterior circulation large vessel occlusion (LVO) have been reported to have worse outcomes after endovascular treatment (EVT) than men. Whether these disparities also exist in ...

Correspondence to Dr B T Jankowitz, Department of Neurological Surgery, UPMC Presbyterian Suite B-400, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; jankbt{at}upmc.edu Background Hydration and ...