Tim W Malisch, Osama O Zaidat, Alicia C Castonguay, Franklin A Marden, Rishi Gupta, Chung-Huan J Sun, Coleman O Martin, William E Holloway, Nils Mueller-Kronast, Joey English, Italo Linfante, Guilherme Dabus, Hormozd Bozorgchami, Andrew Xavier, Ansaar T Rai, Michael Froehler, Aamir Badruddin, Thanh N Nguyen, M Asif Taqi, Michael G Abraham, Vallabh Janardhan, Hashem Shaltoni, Robin Novakovic, Albert J Yoo, Alex Abou-Chebl, Peng Roc Chen, Gavin W Britz, Ritesh Kaushal, Ashish Nanda, Raul G Nogueira
Background: Various techniques are used to enhance the results of mechanical thrombectomy with stent-retrievers, including proximal arrest with balloon guide catheter (BGC), conventional large bore proximal catheter (CGC), or in combination with local aspiration through a large-bore catheter positioned at the clot interface (Aspiration-Retriever Technique for Stroke [ARTS]). We evaluated the impact of ARTS in the North American Solitaire Acute Stroke (NASA) registry. Summary: Data on the use of the aspiration technique were available for 285 anterior circulation patients, of which 29 underwent ARTS technique, 131 CGC, and 125 BGC...
February 2018: Interventional Neurology