BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In past years, thrombectomy has become a widely used procedure in interventional neuroradiology for the treatment of acute intracranial occlusions. However, in 10 -20% of patients, there are additional occlusions or stenotic lesions of the ipsilateral cervical internal carotid artery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of emergency carotid artery stent placement in combination with intracranial thrombectomy and the clinical outcome of the treated patients.

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Flow-diverter stents are emerging for the endovascular treatment of difficult-to-treat or otherwise untreatable cerebral aneurysms (wide-neck, fusiform, dissecting, blisterlike, or giant). We assessed the clinical safety and efficacy of the Flow-Redirection Endoluminal Device.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:In acute thromboembolic stroke, mechanical recanalization with stents may result in immediate flow restoration. The Solitaire stent can be used both for flow restoration and thrombectomy. In this single-center experience, we report safety and efficacy data on the application of the Solitaire stent.

Background and Purpose-To investigate the relationship between severe bleeding complications and outcome after mechanical thrombectomy with or without glycoprotein-IIb/IIIa inhibitor tirofiban treatment. Methods-The study included prospectively collected data of consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke in whom mechanical thrombectomy was perfomed in the years 2006 to 2011. Results-Of 162 patients, 128 patients had anterior circulation stroke, and 34 patients had posterior circulation stroke.Additional treatment with tirofiban was given to 30 of 128 patients with anterior circulation stroke and to 20 of 34 patients with posterior circulation stroke.