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1. Current and future trends in acute ischemic stroke treatment: direct-to-angiography suite, middle vessel occlusion, large core, and minor strokes

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Răzvan Alexandru Radu, Gregory Gascou, Paolo Machi, Carolina Capirossi, Vincent Costalat, and Federico Cagnazzo

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Thrombectomy, Stroke, DMVO, Large core, Minor stroke, Direct-to-angio, Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine, R895-920
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Since the publication of the landmark thrombectomy trials in 2015, the field of endovascular therapy for ischemic stroke has been rapidly growing. The very low number needed to treat to provide functional benefits shown by the initial randomized trials has led clinicians and investigators to seek to translate the benefits of endovascular therapy to other patient subgroups. Even if the treatment effect is diminished, currently available data has provided sufficient information to extend endovascular therapy to large infarct core patients. Recently, published data have also shown that sophisticated imaging is not necessary for late time- window patients. As a result, further research into patient selection and the stroke pathway now focuses on dramatically reducing door-to-groin times and improving outcomes by circumventing classical imaging paradigms altogether and employing a direct-to-angio suite approach for selected large vessel occlusion patients in the early time window. While the results of this approach mainly concern patients with severe deficits, there are further struggles to provide evidence of the efficacy and safety of endovascular treatment in minor stroke and large vessel occlusion, as well as in patients with middle vessel occlusions. The current lack of good quality data regarding these patients provides significant challenges for accurately selecting potential candidates for endovascular treatment. However, current and future randomized trials will probably elucidate the efficacy of endovascular treatment in these patient populations.

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2023
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2. Current and Future Applications of Arterial Spin Labeling MRI in Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations

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Matteo De Simone, Marco Maria Fontanella, Anis Choucha, Karl Schaller, Paolo Machi, Giuseppe Lanzino, Philippe Bijlenga, Felix T. Kurz, Karl-Olof Lövblad, and Lucio De Maria

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ASL, AVM, DVA, arteriovenous shunting, NCE 4D MRA, 4D-S-PACK, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
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Arterial spin labeling (ASL) has emerged as a promising noninvasive tool for the evaluation of both pediatric and adult arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). This paper reviews the advantages and challenges associated with the use of ASL in AVM assessment. An assessment of the diagnostic workup of AVMs and their variants in both adult and pediatric populations is proposed. Evaluation after treatments, whether endovascular or microsurgical, was similarly examined. ASL, with its endogenous tracer and favorable safety profile, offers functional assessment and arterial feeder identification. ASL has demonstrated strong performance in identifying feeder arteries and detecting arteriovenous shunting, although some studies report inferior performance compared with digital subtraction angiography (DSA) in delineating venous drainage. Challenges include uncertainties in sensitivity for specific AVM features. Detecting AVMs in challenging locations, such as the apical cranial convexity, is further complicated, demanding careful consideration due to the risk of underestimating total blood flow. Navigating these challenges, ASL provides a noninvasive avenue with undeniable merits, but a balanced approach considering its limitations is crucial. Larger-scale prospective studies are needed to comprehensively evaluate the diagnostic performance of ASL in AVM assessment.

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2024
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3. A high resolution scanning electron microscopy analysis of intracranial thrombi embedded along the stent retrievers

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Daniela Dumitriu LaGrange, Gianmarco Bernava, Philippe Reymond, Isabel Wanke, Maria Isabel Vargas, Paolo Machi, and Karl-Olof Lövblad

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Medicine, Science
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Abstract Endovascular treatment with stent retriever thrombectomy is a major advancement in the standard of care in acute ischemic stroke (AIS). The modalities through which thrombi embed along stent retriever following mechanical thrombectomy (MTB) have not yet been elucidated. Using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), we analyzed the appearance of thrombi retrieved by MTB from AIS patients, when embedded into the stent retriever. We observed that the organization and structural compactness vary for compositionally different thrombi. The modalities of attachment onto the stent vary according to thrombus composition and organization.

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2022
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4. Predictive value of clot imaging in acute ischemic stroke: A systematic review of artificial intelligence and conventional studies

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Daniela Dumitriu LaGrange, Jeremy Hofmeister, Andrea Rosi, Maria Isabel Vargas, Isabel Wanke, Paolo Machi, and Karl-Olof Lövblad

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Artificial intelligence, Clot, Thrombus, Ischemic stroke, CT, MRI, Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, RC321-571
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The neuroimaging signs of the clot in acute ischemic stroke are relevant for clot biology and its response to treatment. The diagnostic and predictive value of clot imaging is confirmed by conventional studies and emerges as a topic of interest for artificial intelligence (AI) developments. We performed a systematic review to evaluate the state of the art of AI in clot imaging, how far AI is from becoming clinically beneficial, and what are the perspectives to consider for further developments. In parallel, the review is examining the evidence brought by conventional studies concerning the relevance of clot imaging, from 2019 to August 2022. The automatic detection and segmentation of the clot are the most important advances towards AI implementation in the clinic. Predictive radiomics models require further exploration and methods optimization. Future AI approaches could consider conventional clot imaging characteristics and patient specific vascular features as variables for model development.

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2023
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5. MicroCT Can Characterize Clots Retrieved With Mechanical Thrombectomy From Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients–A Preliminary Report

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Daniela Dumitriu LaGrange, Vincent Braunersreuther, Isabel Wanke, Jatta Berberat, Siri Luthman, Seán Fitzgerald, Karen M. Doyle, Olivier Brina, Philippe Reymond, Alexandra Platon, Michel Muster, Paolo Machi, Pierre-Alexandre Poletti, Maria Isabel Vargas, and Karl-Olof Lövblad

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clot, acute ischemic stroke, CT density, red blood cells, fibrin, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429
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BackgroundCharacterization of the clot occluding the arteries in acute ischemic stroke received ample attention, in terms of elucidating the relationship between the clot composition, its etiology and its amenability for pharmacological treatment and mechanical thrombectomy approaches. Traditional analytical techniques such as conventional 2D histopathology or electron microscopy sample only small parts of the clot. Visualization and analysis in 3D are necessary to depict and comprehend the overall organization of the clot. The aim of this study is to investigate the potential of microCT for characterizing the clot composition, structure, and organization.MethodsIn a pilot study, we analyzed with microCT clots retrieved from 14 patients with acute ischemic stroke. The following parameters were analyzed: overall clot density, clot segmentation with various density thresholds, clot volume.ResultsOur findings show that human clots are heterogeneous in terms of CT intra-clot density distribution. After fixation in formalin, the clots display a shift toward negative values. On average, we found the mean HU values of red clots retrieved from patients to be −153 HU, with SD = 23.8 HU, for the intermediate clots retrieved from patients −193 HU, SD = 23.7 HU, and for the white clots retrieved from patients −229 HU, SD = 64.8 HU.ConclusionOur study shows that volumetric and density analysis of the clot opens new perspectives for clot characterization and for a better understanding of thrombus structure and composition.

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2022
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6. Multimodality Characterization of the Clot in Acute Stroke

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Daniela Dumitriu LaGrange, Isabel Wanke, Paolo Machi, Gianmarco Bernava, Maria Vargas, Daniele Botta, Jatta Berberat, Michel Muster, Alexandra Platon, Pierre-Alexandre Poletti, and Karl-Olof Lövblad

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stroke, clot, computed tomography, micro-CT, electron microscopy, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429
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Aim: Current treatment of occluded cerebral vessels can be done by a variety of endovascular techniques. Sometimes, the clot responds in varying degrees to the treatment chosen. The Ex vivo characterization of the clot occluding the arteries in acute ischemic stroke can help in understanding the underlying imaging features obtained from pre-treatment brain scans. For this reason, we explored the potential of microCT when combined with electron microscopy for clot characterization. Results were compared to the clinical CT findings.Methods: 16 patients (9 males, 8 females, age range 54–93 years) who were referred to our institution for acute stroke underwent dual-source CT.Results: Clinical CT clots were seen as either iso or hyperdense. This was corroborated with micro-CT, and electron microscopy can show the detailed composition.Conclusion: MicroCT values can be used as an indicator for red blood cells-rich composition of clots. Meaningful information regarding the clot composition and modalities of embedding along the stent retrievers can be obtained through a combination of microCT and electron microscopy.

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2021
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7. High CD3+ Cells in Intracranial Thrombi Represent a Biomarker of Atherothrombotic Stroke.

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Cyril Dargazanli, Valérie Rigau, Omer Eker, Carlos Riquelme Bareiro, Paolo Machi, Grégory Gascou, Caroline Arquizan, Xavier Ayrignac, Isabelle Mourand, Astrid Corlobé, Kyriakos Lobotesis, Nicolas Molinari, Valérie Costes, Alain Bonafé, and Vincent Costalat

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Medicine, Science
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Approximately 30% of strokes are cryptogenic despite an exhaustive in-hospital work-up. Analysis of clot composition following endovascular treatment could provide insight into stroke etiology. T-cells already have been shown to be a major component of vulnerable atherosclerotic carotid lesions. We therefore hypothesize that T-cell content in intracranial thrombi may also be a biomarker of atherothrombotic origin. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We histopathologically investigated 54 consecutive thrombi retrieved after mechanical thrombectomy in acute stroke patients. First, thrombi were classified as fibrin-dominant, erythrocyte-dominant or mixed pattern. We then performed quantitative analysis of CD3+ cells on immunohistochemically-stained thrombi and compared T-cell content between "atherothrombotic", "cardioembolism" and "other causes" stroke subtypes. RESULTS:Fourteen (26%) thrombi were defined as fibrin-dominant, 15 (28%) as erythrocyte-dominant, 25 (46%) as mixed. The stroke cause was defined as "atherothrombotic" in 10 (18.5%), "cardioembolism" in 25 (46.3%), and "other causes" in 19 (35.2%). Number of T-cells was significantly higher in thrombi from the "atherothrombotic" group (53.60 ± 28.78) than in the other causes (21.77 ± 18.31; p

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2016
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8. Decline in subarachnoid haemorrhage volumes associated with the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Satoshi Yamada, Thomas G Devlin, David S Liebeskind, Michael D Hill, Tudor G Jovin, Jordi Blasco, Raul G Nogueira, John Thornton, Romain Bourcier, Robert Fahed, Michel Piotin, Salvatore Mangiafico, Maxim Mokin, Shadi Yaghi, Diogo C Haussen, Eytan Raz, Italo Linfante, Vitor Mendes Pereira, Monika Killer-Oberpfalzer, Alhamza R Al-Bayati, Patrick Nicholson, Georgios Tsivgoulis, Vanessa Chalumeau, Lissa Peeling, Xianjin Shang, Hao Zhang, Ajit S Puri, Osama O Zaidat, Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez, Dheeraj Gandhi, Gregory Walker, Kenichi Todo, Ameer E Hassan, Michael Chen, Nobuyuki Sakai, William J Mack, Simon Nagel, Pascal Jabbour, Michael Kelly, Don Frei, Hong Gee Roh, Fawaz Al-Mufti, Emma Griffin, Thanh N Nguyen, Alicia C Castonguay, Roberta Novakovic, Mohamad Abdalkader, Mario Martínez-Galdámez, Toshiyuki Fujinaka, Ken Wong, Daisuke Watanabe, Rishi Gupta, Sunil A Sheth, Melanie Walker, Hiroshi Yamagami, Brendan Steinfort, Alex Brehm, Johanna T Fifi, Nobuyuki Ohara, Yuichi Murayama, Ajay K Wakhloo, Wenguo Huang, Gianmarco Bernava, Paolo Machi, Nabeel Herial, Teddy Y Wu, Anna Luisa Kühn, Markus Möhlenbruch, James E Siegler, Stephan A Mayer, Takuya Kanamaru, André Beer-Furlan, Dileep Yavagal, Charles Matouk, Yuji Matsumaru, Pedro Lylyk, Allan Taylor, Leonardo Renieri, Pablo M Lavados, Verónica V Olavarría, Malveeka Sharma, Marios Psychogios, Laura Mechtouff, Vasu Saini, Jun Luo, Barbara Voetsch, Mudassir Farooqui, Ossama Y Mansour, Viktor Szeder, Jean Raymond, Muhammad M Qureshi, Michael Frankel, Zhongming Qiu, Omer F Eker, Fabricio Oliveira Lima, Francisco Mont'Alverne, Wazim Izzath, Mahmoud Mohammaden, David Ozretic, Saima Ahmad, Umair Rashid, Syed Irteza Hussain, Seby John, Jose Antonio Fiorot, Rodrigo Rivera, Nadia Hammami, Anna M Cervantes-Arslanian, Hormuzdiyar H Dasenbrock, Huynh Le Vu, Viet Quy Nguyen, Steven Hetts, Romain Guile, Atilla Ozcan Ozdemir, Ozlem Aykac, Chandril Chugh, Pascale Lavoie, Randall Edgell, Vikram Huded, Dong Hun Shin, Pedro SC Magalhaes, Raghid Kikano, Amal Abou-Hamden, Tatsuo Amano, Ryoo Yamamoto, Adrienne Weeks, Elena A Cora, Rotem Sivan-Hoffmann, Roberto Crosa, Hosam Al-Jehani, Victor S Lopez Rivera, Achmad Fidaus Sani, Daniel G Abud, Octavio M Pontes-Neto, Brijesh P Mehta, Naoto Kimura, Mamoru Murakami, Jin Soo Lee, Ji Man Hong, Eiji Hagashi, Steve M Cordina, Juan F Arenillas, Alejandro Rodriguez Vasquez, Luisa Fonseca, M Luis Silva, Simon John, Matthew Tenser, Tatemi Todaka, Miki Fujimura, Jun Deguchi, Yuri Sugiura, Hiroshi Tokimura, Rakesh Khatri, Hugh Stephen Winters, Johnny Wong, Mohamed Teleb, Jeremy Payne, Hiroki Fukuda, Kosuke Miyake, Junsuke Shimbo, Yusuke Sugimura, Masaaki Uno, Yohei Takenobu, Ryuhei Kono, Masafumi Morimoto, Junichi Iida, Saif Bushnaq, Jawad Kirmani, Ruchir Shah, Lee Birnbaum, Anchalee Churojana, Hesham E Masoud, Carlos Ynigo Lopez, Alice Ma, Amal Al Hashmi, Mollie McDermott, Alex Chebl, Odysseas Kargiotis, Jane G Morris, Clifford J Eskey, Jesse Thon, Leticia Rebello, Dorothea Altschul, Oriana Cornett, Varsha Singh, Jeyaraj Pandian, Anirudh Kulkarni, Yuki Yamamoto, Gisele Sampaio Silva, Serdar Geyik, Jasmine Johann, Sumeet Multani, Artem Kaliaev, Kazutaka Sonoda, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Adel Alhazzani, David Y Chung, and Zhengzhou Yuan

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Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429
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Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, decreased volumes of stroke admissions and mechanical thrombectomy were reported. The study’s objective was to examine whether subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) hospitalisations and ruptured aneurysm coiling interventions demonstrated similar declines.Methods We conducted a cross-sectional, retrospective, observational study across 6 continents, 37 countries and 140 comprehensive stroke centres. Patients with the diagnosis of SAH, aneurysmal SAH, ruptured aneurysm coiling interventions and COVID-19 were identified by prospective aneurysm databases or by International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, codes. The 3-month cumulative volume, monthly volumes for SAH hospitalisations and ruptured aneurysm coiling procedures were compared for the period before (1 year and immediately before) and during the pandemic, defined as 1 March–31 May 2020. The prior 1-year control period (1 March–31 May 2019) was obtained to account for seasonal variation.Findings There was a significant decline in SAH hospitalisations, with 2044 admissions in the 3 months immediately before and 1585 admissions during the pandemic, representing a relative decline of 22.5% (95% CI −24.3% to −20.7%, p

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9. Abstract TP150: Outcome Of Patients With Lacunar Strokes In The Era Of Thrombectomy

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Yael van der Geest, Giulio Disanto, Giovanni Bianco, Shairin Sihabdeen, Marco Pileggi, Davide Strambo, Patrik Michel, Timo Kahles, Krassen Nedeltchev, Urs Fischer, Leo Bonati, Georg Kaegi, Jose Bernardo Escribano, Emmanuel Carrera, Thomas Nyffeler, Manuel Bolognese, Susanne Wegener, Andreas Luft, Friedrich Medlin, Susanne Renaud, Marie-Luise Mono, Luca Remonda, Paolo Machi, Marios Psychogios, Johannes Kaesmacher, Joanna M Wardlaw, and Carlo W Cereda

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Advanced and Specialized Nursing, Neurology (clinical), Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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Introduction: Endovascular treatment (EVT), in particular mechanical thrombectomy, has dramatically improved the clinical outcome of patients with large vessels occlusion (LVO) of the anterior circulation. In contrast, the benefits of EVT cannot be applied to lacunar strokes (LS). The absence of a LVO in LS has been historically associated with a more favorable outcome, but in the new era of EVT, this assumption may not be correct anymore. We aimed to test the general assumption that LS have a better prognosis than other stroke subtypes, and analyze the outcome of LS treated with IVT as compared to strokes with LVO treated with IVT and/or mechanical thrombectomy in the multicentric Swiss Stroke Registry. Methods: retrospective propensity score matching analysis of patients from the Swiss stroke registry (SSR) with lacunar stroke treated with thrombolysis versus LVO of the medial cerebral artery treated with EVT (with or without thrombolysis). Primary endpoint was a shift analysis of mRs at 90 days after stroke. Secondary outcomes were favorable functional outcome (mRS 0-1), independence (mRS 0-2), survival with high disability (mRS 3-5) and mortality (mRS 6) at 90 days. Results: From 13'227 patients, the propensity score method matched (sex, age, NIHSS, time to treatment, prior anticoagulation, pre-stroke modified Rankin Score, mRs) 538 patients (269 in each group. There was no difference between groups in mRs shift analysis at 90 days after stroke (OR=0.99, 95%CI=0.73-1.35, p=0.952). There was also no significant difference in mRS 0-1 (59.9% vs 55.8% respectively; OR=0.79, 95%CI=0.55-1.16, p=0.75). LS+IVT patients showed a non-significant trend towards mRS 3-5 (OR=1.23, 95%CI=0.78-1.94, p=0.38), while patients treated with EVT had a slightly, non-significant, higher mortality (6.3% vs 1.9%, p=0.38). Conclusions: Lacunar strokes - which cannot directly benefit from thrombectomy therapy - when treated with IVT and matched on key prognostic variables, seem to have similar outcomes as LVO strokes treated with EVT. This observation confirms that lacunar stroke is not a benign entity and therefore suggests that reperfusion therapy should be addressed with the same intensity as LVO stroke.

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2023

10. Interaction between intravenous thrombolysis and clinical outcome between slow and fast progressors undergoing mechanical thrombectomy: a post-hoc analysis of the SWIFT-DIRECT trial

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Gaultier Marnat, Johannes Kaesmacher, Lukas Buetikofer, Igor Sibon, Suzana Saleme, Raoul Pop, Hilde Henon, Patrik Michel, Mikaël Mazighi, Zsolt Kulcsar, Kevin Janot, Paolo Machi, Aleksandra Pikula, Jean-Christophe Gentric, María Hernández-Pérez, Lars Udo Krause, Guillaume Turc, David S Liebeskind, Jan Gralla, and Urs Fischer

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610 Medicine & health, Surgery, Neurology (clinical), General Medicine
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BackgroundIn proximal occlusions, the effect of reperfusion therapies may differ between slow or fast progressors. We investigated the effect of intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) (with alteplase) plus mechanical thrombectomy (MT) versus thrombectomy alone among slow versus fast stroke progressors.MethodsThe SWIFT-DIRECT trial data were analyzed: 408 patients randomized to IVT+MT or MT alone. Infarct growth speed was defined by the number of points of decay in the initial Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) divided by the onset-to-imaging time. The primary endpoint was 3-month functional independence (modified Rankin scale 0–2). In the primary analysis, the study population was dichotomized into slow and fast progressors using median infarct growth velocity. Secondary analysis was also conducted using quartiles of ASPECTS decay.ResultsWe included 376 patients: 191 IVT+MT, 185 MT alone; median age 73 years (IQR 65–81); median initial National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) 17 (IQR 13–20). The median infarct growth velocity was 1.2 points/hour. Overall, we did not observe a significant interaction between the infarct growth speed and the allocation to either randomization group on the odds of favourable outcome (P=0.68). In the IVT+MT group, odds of any intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) were significantly lower in slow progressors (22.8% vs 36.4%; OR 0.52, 95% CI 0.27 to 0.98) and higher among fast progressors (49.4% vs 26.8%; OR 2.62, 95% CI 1.42 to 4.82) (P value for interaction ConclusionIn this SWIFT-DIRECT subanalysis, we did not find evidence for a significant interaction of the velocity of infarct growth on the odds of favourable outcome according to treatment by MT alone or combined IVT+MT. However, prior IVT was associated with significantly reduced occurrence of any ICH among slow progressors whereas this was increased in fast progressors.

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2023
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11. Endovascular treatment strategies for simultaneous bilateral anterior circulation occlusions in acute ischemic stroke: A single-center experience and systematic review of the literature

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Gianmarco Bernava, Paul Botti, Andrea Rosi, Jeremy Hofmeister, Hasan Yilmaz, Emmanuel Carrera, Olivier Brina, Philippe Reymond, Michel Muster, Zsolt Kulcsar, Karl-Olof Lovblad, and Paolo Machi

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General Medicine
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Background Bilateral and simultaneous occlusion of the anterior circulation is a rare event in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Although endovascular treatment is feasible and safe, the endovascular strategy to be used remains a subject of debate. Objective To assess the different endovascular strategies proposed for the treatment of a bilateral, simultaneous anterior circulation occlusion following acute ischemic stroke. Methods We present a retrospective study of the clinical and radiological records of all patients with a bilateral, simultaneous anterior circulation occlusion treated at our center between January 2019 and December 2022. Following the PRISMA guidelines, we also conducted a systematic review of the literature. Results Two patients with a bilateral and simultaneous middle cerebral artery occlusion were treated at our center during the study period. A TICI score ≥2b was obtained in 4 out of 4 occlusions. Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at 90 days was 0 and 4, respectively. The literature review retrieved reports on 22 patients. The most frequent bilateral occlusion sites were internal carotid artery-middle cerebral artery. The clinical presentation was severe in most patients. A combined thrombectomy technique proved to have the highest number of first-pass recanalization. A TICI ≥2b was obtained in 95% of patients and an mRS ≤2 was found in 31.8% of patients. Conclusions In patients with bilateral and simultaneous occlusion of the anterior circulation, endovascular treatment using a combined technique appears to be rapid and effective. The clinical evolution of this patient population strongly depends on the severity of the onset symptoms.

Published
2023

12. Thrombectomy for a basilar artery occlusion in a 2-year-old child: A focus on anatomical and technical aspects

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Răzvan Alexandru Radu, Vincent Costalat, Paolo Machi, Imad Derraz, Cyril Dargazanli, Pierre Meyer, and Federico Cagnazzo

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General Medicine
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Endovascular treatment (EVT) for large vessel, acute ischemic stroke in children remains a subject of debate, with evidence for its benefits derived from case series and individual case reports. At present, guidelines are cautious in recommending EVT for children under 5 years of age, mainly due to a lack of data and incomplete cerebral and femoral vessel development. However, based on the small number of cases reported in the literature, EVT appears to be safe and effective for pediatric use and arterial diameters can accommodate currently available devices. Available evidence shows that in patients with a normal arterial development, a 6-Fr femoral approach can be safely used by 2 years of age. We describe the case of a 2-year-old child who benefited from late-window EVT for a basilar occlusion. The procedure was safely performed using a 6-Fr femoral introducer, a 6-Fr guide catheter, and a 5-Fr aspiration catheter. We discuss also normal cerebral and femoral vessel development, providing descriptive tables of compatibility between femoral and cerebral arterial diameters by age groups and currently available endovascular devices.

Published
2023

13. Efficacy and safety of low dose intravenous cangrelor in a consecutive cohort of patients undergoing neuroendovascular procedures

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Federico Cagnazzo, Răzvan Alexandru Radu, Imad Derraz, Pierre Henri Lefevre, Cyril Dargazanli, Paolo Machi, Riccardo Morganti, Gregory Gascou, Julien Fendeleur, Francesca Rapido, and Vincent Costalat

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Surgery, Neurology (clinical), General Medicine
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BackgroundCangrelor is an intravenous P2Y12 inhibitor with rapid onset and fast offset of antiplatelet action. Dose adjusted cangrelor based on platelet function testing is suggested to be advantageous for use during neuroendovascular procedures. In this study, we aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of this strategy.MethodsThis retrospective study included consecutive patients who received low dose intravenous cangrelor (5 µg/kg; infusion 1 µg/kg/min) for ruptured (RIA) and unruptured (UIA) intracranial aneurysms, and acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Indications were acute stenting or intraluminal thrombus. Outcomes were assessed at 24 hours by brain CT and CT angiography. The primary efficacy outcome was the rate of stent occlusion or persistent intraluminal thrombus. The primary safety outcome was the rate of major hemorrhages.Results101 patients (56 men; median age (IQR) 59 (51–70) years) received low dose cangrelor for acute stenting (79/101 (78%)) and intraprocedural thrombus (22/101 (22%)). Overall, 5 (4.9%) patients experienced stent occlusion within 24 hours (RIA 3/28; AIS 2/52). There were no cases of failure among UIA patients. Stent mis-opening (fish mouthing or stenosis >50%) was significantly associated with stent occlusion (PConclusionsLow dose cangrelor appears to be effective in preventing stent thrombosis and arterial patency with a low hemorrhagic risk.

Published
2023

15. Mechanical thrombectomy with a novel stent retriever with multifunctional zones: Initial clinical experience with the NeVa™ thrombectomy device

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J. Blasco, Alejandro Tomasello, David Uriarte Hernández, J. Zamarro, Paolo Machi, Marc Ribo, Macho Jm, and Manuel Requena

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Mechanical Thrombolysis, medicine.medical_treatment, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Occlusion, Humans, Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Prospective Studies, cardiovascular diseases, Stroke, Aged, Cerebral Hemorrhage, Stent retriever, Intracerebral hemorrhage, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, business.industry, Stent, medicine.disease, Surgery, Mechanical thrombectomy, First line treatment, Safety profile, Treatment Outcome, Female, Stents, Cerebral Arterial Diseases, Neurology (clinical), business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Background and purpose The NeVa™ (Vesalio, Nashville, Tennessee) thrombectomy device is a CE-approved novel hybrid-cell stent retriever with offset enlarged openings coupled with functional zones and a closed distal end. The device was designed to incorporate and trap resistant emboli. The purpose was to determine the safety and efficacy of the NeVa™ stent. Methods Prospective data was collected on the first thirty consecutive patients treated at four stroke centers with NeVa™ as first line treatment between December 2017 and May 2018. Clinical outcome measures included re-perfusion scores after each pass, complications (per-procedural complications, device related adverse events, all intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and symptomatic ICH (sICH) on follow up imaging), 24 hour NIHSS, mRS at discharge and 90 days. Baseline data as well as treatment parameters were documented. Results Mean presenting NIHSS was 16. Sites of primary occlusion were 10 ICA, 16 M1-MCA, 3 M2-MCA and one basilar. There were five tandem occlusions. Reperfusion outcomes after each NeVa pass; TICI ≥ 2b after first pass 63%, after 1 or 2 passes 83%, after 1 to 3 passes 90%. TICI 2c-3 after first pass 47%, after 1-2 passes 57%, after 1–3 passes 60%. TICI ≥ 2b after final pass 93%; TICI 2c-3, 63%. There were no device related serious averse events and no sICH. Clot material was partially or completely incorporated into the device after 70% passes. The mean 24 hour NIHSS was 7 and the 90 day mRS was 0–2 in 53%. Conclusions The NeVa™ device demonstrated a high rate of first pass complete reperfusion effect, a good safety profile and favorable 90 day clinical outcomes in this initial clinical experience.

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2020

16. Thrombectomy alone versus intravenous alteplase plus thrombectomy in patients with stroke: an open-label, blinded-outcome, randomised non-inferiority trial

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Urs Fischer, Johannes Kaesmacher, Daniel Strbian, Omer Eker, Christoph Cognard, Patricia S Plattner, Lukas Bütikofer, Pasquale Mordasini, Sandro Deppeler, Vitor M Pereira, Jean François Albucher, Jean Darcourt, Romain Bourcier, Guillon Benoit, Chrysanthi Papagiannaki, Ozlem Ozkul-Wermester, Gerli Sibolt, Marjaana Tiainen, Benjamin Gory, Sébastien Richard, Jan Liman, Marielle Sophie Ernst, Marion Boulanger, Charlotte Barbier, Laura Mechtouff, Liqun Zhang, Gaultier Marnat, Igor Sibon, Omid Nikoubashman, Arno Reich, Arturo Consoli, Bertrand Lapergue, Marc Ribo, Alejandro Tomasello, Suzana Saleme, Francisco Macian, Solène Moulin, Paolo Pagano, Guillaume Saliou, Emmanuel Carrera, Kevin Janot, María Hernández-Pérez, Raoul Pop, Lucie Della Schiava, Andreas R Luft, Michel Piotin, Jean Christophe Gentric, Aleksandra Pikula, Waltraud Pfeilschifter, Marcel Arnold, Adnan H Siddiqui, Michael T Froehler, Anthony J Furlan, René Chapot, Martin Wiesmann, Paolo Machi, Hans-Christoph Diener, Zsolt Kulcsar, Leo H Bonati, Claudio L Bassetti, Mikael Mazighi, David S Liebeskind, Jeffrey L Saver, Jan Gralla, Angelika Alonso, Caroline Arquizan, Xavier Barreau, Rémy Beaujeux, Daniel Behme, Tobias Boeckh-Behrens, Christian Boehme, Martí Boix, Grégoire Boulouis, Nicolas Bricout, Nicolas Broc, Carlo W. Cereda, Emmanuel Chabert, Tae-Hee Cho, Alessandro Cianfoni, Vincent Costalat, Christian Denier, Frederico Di Maria, Richard du Mesnil de Rochemont, Patricia Fearon, Anna Ferrier, Sebastian Fischer, Maxime Gauberti, Marie Gaudron, Laetitia Gimenez, Christoph Globas, Michael Görtler, Mayank Goyal, Ruediger Hilker-Roggendorf, Michael D. Hill, Vi Tuan Hua, Lisa Humbertjean, Olav Jansen, Simon Jung, Georg Kägi, Michael E. Kelly, Ilka Kleffner, Michael Knoflach, Krassen Nedeltchev, Lars Udo Krause, Kimmo Lappalainen, Margaux Lefebvre, Joe Leyon, Liang Liao, Jean-Sebastien Liegey, Christian Loehr, Patrik Michel, Stefania Nannoni, Patrick Nicholson, Lorena Nico, Michael Obadia, Julien Ognard, Ayokunle Ogungbemi, Jean-Marc Olivot, Simon Escalard, Marco Pasi, Lissa Peeling, Jane Perez, Martina Petersen, Eike Piechowiak, Roberto Raposo, Silja Räty, Sarah C. Reitz, Sebastià Remollo, Luca Remonda, Ian Rennie, Manuel Requena, Alexander Riabikin, Roberto Riva, Aymeric Rouchaud, Andrea Rosi, Marta Rubiera, Laurent Spelle, Marlena Schnieder, Joanna D. Schaafsma, Tilman Schubert, Jörg B. Schulz, Mohammed Siddiqui, Sébastien Soize, Michael Sonnberger, Emmanuel Touze, Aude Triquenot, Guillaume Turc, Lucy Vieira, Wagih Ben Hassen, Judith N. Wagner, Katrin Wasser, Johannes Weber, Holger Wenz, David Weisenburger-Lile, Fritz Wodarg, Valérie Wolff, Silke Wunderlich, University of Bern, Bern University Hospital [Berne] (Inselspital), Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki, Service de neuroradiologie [Lyon], Hôpital neurologique et neurochirurgical Pierre Wertheimer [CHU - HCL], Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), CHU Toulouse [Toulouse], Département de Neuro-Radiologie [Bordeaux] (DNR - Bordeaux), CHU Bordeaux [Bordeaux], University of Toronto, Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), Service de Radiologie [CHU Rouen], CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), Service de neurologie [Rouen], Helsinki University Hospital [Finland] (HUS), Imagerie Adaptative Diagnostique et Interventionnelle (IADI), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Lorraine (UL), Département de neuroradiologie diagnostique et thérapeutique [CHRU Nancy], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy (CHRU Nancy), Défaillance Cardiovasculaire Aiguë et Chronique (DCAC), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy (CHRU Nancy)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Lorraine (UL), Service de neurologie [CHRU Nancy], University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), CHU Caen, Normandie Université (NU)-Tumorothèque de Caen Basse-Normandie (TCBN), Cardiovasculaire, métabolisme, diabétologie et nutrition (CarMeN), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Interférométrie, In situ et Instrumentation pour la Microscopie Electronique (CEMES-I3EM), Centre d'élaboration de matériaux et d'études structurales (CEMES), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut de Chimie de Toulouse (ICT-FR 2599), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Neurosciences cognitives et intégratives d'Aquitaine (INCIA), Université Bordeaux Segalen - Bordeaux 2-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-SFR Bordeaux Neurosciences-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universitätsklinikum RWTH Aachen - University Hospital Aachen [Aachen, Germany] (UKA), Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen University (RWTH), Hôpital Foch [Suresnes], Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos (ICCUB), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Observatoire océanologique de Banyuls (OOB), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CHU Limoges, Environnement, Bioénergie, Microalgues et Plantes (EBMP), Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologies d'Aix-Marseille (ex-IBEB) (BIAM), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois [Lausanne] (CHUV), Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU Tours), Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital [Badalona, Barcelona, Spain] (GTPUH), Département de Neuroradiologie [Strasbourg], Les Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (HUS), CHU Lille, University hospital of Zurich [Zurich], Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild [Paris], Groupe d'Etude de la Thrombose de Bretagne Occidentale (GETBO), Université de Brest (UBO)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut Brestois Santé Agro Matière (IBSAM), Université de Brest (UBO)-Université de Brest (UBO), Biologie des maladies cardiovasculaires = Biology of Cardiovascular Diseases, Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Toronto Western Hospital, Frankfurt University Hospital, University at Buffalo [SUNY] (SUNY Buffalo), State University of New York (SUNY), Vanderbilt University Medical Center [Nashville], Vanderbilt University [Nashville], Case Western Reserve University [Cleveland], Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus [Essen], Geneva University Hospitals and Geneva University, Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometrics and Epidemiology [ Essen, Germany] (IMIBE), University Hospital Basel [Basel], University of Basel (Unibas), Laboratoire de Recherche Vasculaire Translationnelle (LVTS (UMR_S_1148 / U1148)), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Hôpital Lariboisière-Fernand-Widal [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), FHU NeuroVasc [Site Sainte-Anne, Paris] (GHU-PPN), Centre Hospitalier Sainte Anne [Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), David Geffen School of Medicine [Los Angeles], University of California [Los Angeles] (UCLA), University of California (UC)-University of California (UC), University of California (UC), SWIFT DIRECT Collaborators: Angelika Alonso, Caroline Arquizan, Xavier Barreau, Rémy Beaujeux, Daniel Behme, Tobias Boeckh-Behrens, Christian Boehme, Martí Boix, Grégoire Boulouis, Nicolas Bricout, Nicolas Broc, Carlo W Cereda, Emmanuel Chabert, Tae-Hee Cho, Alessandro Cianfoni, Vincent Costalat, Christian Denier, Frederico Di Maria, Richard du Mesnil de Rochemont, Patricia Fearon, Anna Ferrier, Sebastian Fischer, Maxime Gauberti, Marie Gaudron, Laetitia Gimenez, Christoph Globas, Michael Görtler, Mayank Goyal, Ruediger Hilker-Roggendorf, Michael D Hill, Vi Tuan Hua, Lisa Humbertjean, Olav Jansen, Simon Jung, Georg Kägi, Michael E Kelly, Ilka Kleffner, Michael Knoflach, Krassen Nedeltchev, Lars Udo Krause, Kimmo Lappalainen, Margaux Lefebvre, Joe Leyon, Liang Liao, Jean-Sebastien Liegey, Christian Loehr, Patrik Michel, Stefania Nannoni, Patrick Nicholson, Lorena Nico, Michael Obadia, Julien Ognard, Ayokunle Ogungbemi, Jean-Marc Olivot, Simon Escalard, Marco Pasi, Lissa Peeling, Jane Perez, Martina Petersen, Eike Piechowiak, Roberto Raposo, Silja Räty, Sarah C Reitz, Sebastià Remollo, Luca Remonda, Ian Rennie, Manuel Requena, Alexander Riabikin, Roberto Riva, Aymeric Rouchaud, Andrea Rosi, Marta Rubiera, Laurent Spelle, Marlena Schnieder, Joanna D Schaafsma, Tilman Schubert, Jörg B Schulz, Mohammed Siddiqui, Sébastien Soize, Michael Sonnberger, Emmanuel Touze, Aude Triquenot, Guillaume Turc, Lucy Vieira, Wagih Ben Hassen, Judith N Wagner, Katrin Wasser, Johannes Weber, Holger Wenz, David Weisenburger-Lile, Fritz Wodarg, Valérie Wolff, Silke Wunderlich., Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse), St George’s University Hospitals, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital [Barcelona], and CarMeN, laboratoire

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[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], General Medicine, 610 Medicine & health
Abstract

Background Whether thrombectomy alone is equally as effective as intravenous alteplase plus thrombectomy remains controversial. We aimed to determine whether thrombectomy alone would be non-inferior to intravenous alteplase plus thrombectomy in patients presenting with acute ischaemic stroke. Methods In this multicentre, randomised, open-label, blinded-outcome trial in Europe and Canada, we recruited patients with stroke due to large vessel occlusion confirmed with CT or magnetic resonance angiography admitted to endovascular centres. Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) via a centralised web server using a deterministic minimisation method to receive stent-retriever thrombectomy alone or intravenous alteplase plus stent-retriever thrombectomy. In both groups, thrombectomy was initiated as fast as possible with any commercially available Solitaire stent-retriever revascularisation device (Medtronic, Irvine, CA, USA). In the combined treatment group, intravenous alteplase (0.9 mg/kg bodyweight, maximum dose 90 mg per patient) was administered as early as possible after randomisation for 60 min with 10% of the calculated dose given as an initial bolus. Personnel assessing the primary outcome were masked to group allocation; patients and treating physicians were not. The primary binary outcome was a score of 2 or less on the modified Rankin scale at 90 days. We assessed the non-inferiority of thrombectomy alone versus intravenous alteplase plus thrombectomy in all randomly assigned and consenting patients using the one-sided lower 95% confidence limit of the Mantel-Haenszel risk difference, with a prespecified non-inferiority margin of 12%. The main safety endpoint was symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage assessed in all randomly assigned and consenting participants. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03192332, and is closed to new participants. Findings Between Nov 29, 2017, and May 7, 2021, 5215 patients were screened and 423 were randomly assigned, of whom 408 (201 thrombectomy alone, 207 intravenous alteplase plus thrombectomy) were included in the primary efficacy analysis. A modified Rankin scale score of 0-2 at 90 days was reached by 114 (57%) of 201 patients assigned to thrombectomy alone and 135 (65%) of 207 patients assigned to intravenous alteplase plus thrombectomy (adjusted risk difference -7 .3%, 95% CI -16.6 to 2.1, lower limit of one-sided 95% CI -15.1%, crossing the non-inferiority margin of - 12%). Symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage occurred in five (2%) of 201 patients undergoing thrombectomy alone and seven (3%) of 202 patients receiving intravenous alteplase plus thrombectomy ( risk difference -1.0%, 95% CI -4.8 to 2 .7). Successful reperfusion was less common in patients assigned to thrombectomy alone (182 [ 91%] of 201 vs 199 [96%] of 207, risk difference -5.1%, 95% CI -10.2 to 0. 0, p=0.047). Interpretation Thrombectomy alone was not shown to be non-inferior to intravenous alteplase plus thrombectomy and resulted in decreased reperfusion rates. These results do not support omitting intravenous alteplase before thrombectomy in eligible patients. Copyright (C) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Published
2022

17. How Intracranial Thrombi Embed Along The Stent Retriever Following Mechanical Thrombectomy. A High-Resolution Scanning Electron Microscopy Analysis

Author

Daniela Dumitriu La Grange, Isabel Wanke, Philippe Reymond, Gianmarco Bernava, Karl-Olof Lövblad, Maria Vargas, and Paolo Machi

Subjects
Mechanical thrombectomy, Materials science, Scanning electron microscope, Resolution (electron density), Biomedical engineering, Stent retriever
Abstract

Endovascular treatment with stent retriever thrombectomy is a major advancement in the standard of care in acute ischemic stroke (AIS). The modalities through which thrombi embed along stent retriever following mechanical thrombectomy (MTB) remain to be elucidated. Using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), we analyzed the behavior of thrombi embedded onto the stent, when retrieved by MTB from patients, victims of AIS. We observed that incorporation of thrombi is achieved through loosely packed, non-compact regions. We hypothesize that structural heterogeneity modulation of thrombi, in terms of compact and non-compact regions, is related to the endovascular treatment outcome.

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2021

18. Three-dimensional rotational angiography improves mechanical thrombectomy recanalization rate for acute ischaemic stroke due to middle cerebral artery M2 segment occlusions

Author

Andrea Rosi, Gianmarco Bernava, Jeremy Hofmeister, Madruzzato Nicolò, José Boto, Hasan Yilmaz, Philippe Reymond, Olivier Brina, Michel Muster, Emmanuel Carrera, Karl-Olof Lövblad, and Paolo Machi

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General Medicine
Abstract

Background Occlusions of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) M2 segments can be difficult to address with mechanical thrombectomy (MTB) using standard projections and this can affect the final recanalization. Three-dimensional rotational angiography (3D-RA) allows to obtain a 3D model of cerebral vessels in a few seconds and to determine the best two-dimensional (2D) projections to be selected to evaluate and treat cerebrovascular diseases, such as aneurysms or vascular malformations. We aimed to determine if 3D-RA could be applied also in MTB. Methods A retrospective review of two patient cohorts treated during two time periods of 12 months before and after the introduction of 3D-RA use at our institution for MTB in M2 occlusions. Analyses were conducted to compare the two groups for procedural characteristics, such as timing, recanalization rate and complications and clinical outcome. Results One hundred acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) patients (3D-RA group = 57; controls = 43) underwent MTB for an M2 occlusion during the two study periods. Recanalization rates were significantly higher in cases treated with 3D-RA. The mean 3D technique thrombectomy time was compared to that of non-3D cases (47 vs. 49 min, respectively). Conclusions Our findings showed that 3D-RA is a useful tool to select specific working projections to AIS patients presenting an M2 occlusion by improving final recanalization compared to standard projections, without increasing the overall procedural time.

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2022

19. In vitro evaluation of how the presence of the stent retriever and microcatheter influences aspiration parameters in thrombectomy according to their position inside the aspiration catheter

Author

Gianmarco Bernava, Olivier Brina, Philippe Reymond, Andrea Rosi, Jeremy Hofmeister, Hasan Yilmaz, Michel Muster, Zsolt Kulcsar, Karl-Olof Lovblad, and Paolo Machi

Subjects
General Medicine
Abstract

Background Several variations of the combined thrombectomy technique for acute ischemic stroke using a stent retriever and aspiration catheter have been described. The aim of our study was to assess how the presence of the microcatheter and stent retriever affect the basic aspiration parameters, namely, flow rate and aspiration force, depending on their position within the aspiration catheter. Methods Two experimental set-ups were designed to assess changes in flow rate and aspiration force according to the position of the stent retriever and microcatheter within the aspiration catheter. Results The transition of the stent retriever and microcatheter from the distal to proximal position resulted in a progressive increase in the flow rate, but with no impact on aspiration force. Additionally, the size of the stent retriever had no significant effect on flow rate changes and the reduction in flow rate was related to the microcatheter diameter. Negative pressure generated inside the aspiration catheter impacted on its distal segment located beyond the radiopaque marker, thus leading to its partial collapse. As a consequence, the measured aspiration force was lower than the theoretical aspiration force level for all tested aspiration catheters. Conclusions In our experimental model, the position of the stent retriever and microcatheter within the aspirator catheter affected the flow rate, but not the aspiration force. Negative pressure generated within the aspiration catheter appeared to determine a partial collapse of the distal segment that resulted in a less effective aspiration force than the theoretical aspiration force level.

Published
2022

20. Rapid arousal from anaesthesia after reversal of deep rocuronium-induced neuromuscular block with sugammadex in a neuroradiological procedure

Author

Paolo Machi, Nicola Susan Ledingham, Christoph Czarnetzki, and Matteo Giuffrida

Subjects
Adult, Male, drugs and medicines, medical management, Case Report, Anesthesia, General, healthcare improvement and patient safety, Sugammadex, Arousal, medicine, Humans, Androstanols, Rocuronium, Brain function, neuroanaesthesia, business.industry, Arteriovenous malformation, General Medicine, anaesthesia, Right posterior cerebral artery, medicine.disease, Anesthesia, Effect site, Neuromuscular Blockade, Propofol, business, medicine.drug, Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents, gamma-Cyclodextrins
Abstract

We describe the case of a 42-year-old man undergoing elective embolisation of an arteriovenous malformation at the level of the right posterior cerebral artery under propofol anaesthesia. We used the SedLine Brain Function Monitor (Masimo) to titrate the anaesthetic depth with propofol. At the end of the procedure, the patient aroused from anaesthesia very rapidly after the reversal of deep neuromuscular block with sugammadex, despite still significant calculated doses of propofol at the effect site. This rapid arousal was monitored using the SedLine Brain Function Monitor.

Published
2021

21. Single-hole, ruptured parenchymal arteriovenous fistula of the mesencephalon : Not known vascular malformation of the brain or a posthemorrhagic entity?

Author

Karl Lothard Schaller, Paolo Machi, Maria Vargas, Karl-Olof Lövblad, Zsolt Kulcsar, University of Zurich, and Kulcsár, Zsolt

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Red nucleus, Arteriovenous fistula, 610 Medicine & health, ddc:616.0757, Midbrain, 10043 Clinic for Neuroradiology, Mesencephalon, Parenchyma, medicine, Humans, Vein, Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations/complications/diagnostic imaging, business.industry, Vascular malformation, Brain, Arteriovenous Fistula/complications/diagnostic imaging, Arteriovenous malformation, Anatomy, medicine.disease, ddc:616.8, 2728 Neurology (clinical), medicine.anatomical_structure, Neurology, 2808 Neurology, Neurology (clinical), business, Artery
Abstract

The subtypes of brain arteriovenous malformations, with direct, single-hole fistulas without co-existing nidus are not described as existing entities inside the brain parenchyma but on the pial surface. True parenchymal arteriovenous malformations present with nidal structure, even if they are small, whereas surface lesions may present a direct fistulous configuration. In this case of midbrain haemorrhage a direct arteriovenous fistula was detected at the level of the red nucleus between a paramedian midbrain perforator artery and a paramedian parenchymal vein, with pseudo-aneurysm formation at the fistulous connection, without signs of adjacent nidus structure. The hypothesis whether a pre-existing arteriovenous fistula ruptured or a spontaneous haemorrhage has caused the fistulous connection is discussed.

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2021

22. Endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke

Author

Vaia Anagnostakou, Zsolt Kulcsar, Sebastian Winklhofer, Paolo Machi, Andreas R. Luft, and University of Zurich

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.medical_treatment, 610 Medicine & health, Revascularization, Brain Ischemia, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, 10043 Clinic for Neuroradiology, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, cardiovascular diseases, Endovascular treatment, Acute ischemic stroke, Ischemic Stroke, Thrombectomy, business.industry, Endovascular Procedures, 10040 Clinic for Neurology, Stroke, Stroke treatment, Treatment Outcome, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Cardiology, Surgery, Neurology (clinical), Cerebral vessel, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

Endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke has become the first choice of treatment in large cerebral vessel occlusions, with a very high efficacy in terms of revascularization and reducing disability of affected patients. Revolutionizing acute therapy, it induced important paradigm shifts in the concepts of time and salvageable brain. In this review we focus on the current concepts of patient selection, imaging, techniques and perspectives of endovascular stroke treatment.

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2021

23. Ruptured PICA aneurysms: presentation and treatment outcomes compared to other posterior circulation aneurysms. A Swiss SOS study

Author

Bawarjan Schatlo, David Bervini, Daniel W. Zumofen, M. Röthlisberger, Paolo Machi, Jan Gralla, Donato D'Alonzo, Christian Fung, Nicolai Maldaner, Martin N. Stienen, Roy Thomas Daniel, Serge Marbacher, Pierluigi Ballabeni, Thomas Robert, Mahmoud Messerer, Daniele Starnoni, Martin Seule, Khalid Al Taha, Guillaume Saliou, Philippe Bijlenga, Rodolfo Maduri, Luca Remonda, Kristine A Blackham, Marc Levivier, Jan-Karl Burkhardt, and Roy, Thomas Daniel

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Male, Aneurysm, Ruptured, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, 0302 clinical medicine, 80 and over, Ruptured/diagnosis/surgery, Intracranial Aneurysm/diagnosis/surgery, Medicine, Registries, 610 Medicine & health, Neuroradiology, Aged, 80 and over, medicine.diagnostic_test, Interventional radiology, Middle Aged, Embolization, Therapeutic, Treatment Outcome, cardiovascular system, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage/diagnosis/surgery, Female, Neurosurgery, Therapeutic, Switzerland, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Adolescent, ddc:616.0757, Embolization, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, Aneurysm, medicine.artery, Humans, cardiovascular diseases, Aged, Retrospective Studies, business.industry, Intracranial Aneurysm, Retrospective cohort study, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, medicine.disease, ddc:616.8, Surgery, Hydrocephalus, Posterior inferior cerebellar artery, Neurology (clinical), business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Aneurysms of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) are relatively uncommon and evidence is sparse about patients presenting with ruptured PICA aneurysms. We performed an analysis of the Swiss SOS national registry to describe clinical presentation, treatment pattern, and neurological outcome of patients with ruptured PICA aneurysms compared with other ruptured posterior circulation (PC) aneurysms. METHODS This was a retrospective analysis of anonymized data from the Swiss SOS registry (Swiss Study on Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage; 2009-2014). Patients with ruptured PC aneurysms were subdivided into a PICA and non-PICA group. Clinical, radiological, and treatment-related variables were identified, and their impact on the neurological outcome was determined in terms of modified Rankin score at discharge and at 1 year of follow-up for the two groups. RESULTS Data from 1864 aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients were reviewed. There were 264 patients with a ruptured PC aneurysm. Seventy-four PICA aneurysms represented 28% of the series; clinical and radiological characteristics at admission were comparable between the PICA and non-PICA group. Surgical treatment was accomplished in 28% of patients in the PICA group and in the 4.8% of patients in the non-PICA group. No statistically significant difference was found between the two groups in terms of complications after treatment. Hydrocephalus requiring definitive shunt was needed in 21.6% of PICA patients (p = 0.6); cranial nerve deficit was present in average a quarter of the patients in both PICA and non-PICA group with no statistical difference (p = 0.3). A more favorable outcome (66.2%) was reported in the PICA group at discharge (p

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2019

24. Answer to Letter to the Editor: High-resolution Black Blood Vessel Wall Imaging in COVID-19 Encephalopathy—is it Really Endotheliitis?

Author

Aikaterini Fitsiori, Paolo Machi, Frédéric Assal, Andrea Rosi, Jeremy Hofmeister, Patrice H. Lalive, Maria Vargas, Gilles Allali, Gautier Breville, Karl Lovblad, and Marjolaine Uginet

Subjects
Brain Diseases, medicine.medical_specialty, Letter to the editor, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), SARS-CoV-2, business.industry, Encephalopathy, Black blood, COVID-19, High resolution, medicine.disease, Correspondence, Humans, Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Neurology (clinical), Radiology, Neurosurgery, business, Letter to the Editor, Magnetic Resonance Angiography, Endotheliitis, Neuroradiology
Published
2021

25. Transient Neurovascular Interface for Minimally Invasive Neural Recording and Stimulation

Author

Adele Fanelli, Olivier Brina, Diego Ghezzi, Philippe Reymond, Paolo Machi, Laura Ferlauto, and Elodie Geneviève Zollinger

Subjects
Transient neurotechnology, Materials science, Polymers, Mechanics of Materials, Interface (computing), Stimulation, General Materials Science, Transient (oscillation), Neurovascular bundle, Neural interfaces, Endovascular device, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Biomedical engineering
Abstract

Neural interfaces are used to mitigate the burden of traumatic injuries, neurodegenerative diseases, and mental disorders. However, the transient or permanent placement of an interface in close contact with the neural tissue requires invasive surgery, potentially entailing both short- and long-term complications. To tackle this problem, a transient neurovascular interface for neural recording and stimulation is developed. This endovascular array has been fabricated with facile molding techniques using solely polymeric materials. In vitro experiments have shown promising electrochemical performance for both recording and stimulation, together with a lack of cytotoxicity in cultured cells. The device is compatible with standard endovascular catheters and, once deployed, provide good apposition to a cylindrical structure mimicking a blood vessel. The advantage of this device is twofold. On the one hand, the exploitation of the cerebrovascular system as an access route to the neural tissue avoids invasive surgeries. On the other hand, a transient device may reduce the inflammatory reaction and avoid additional surgeries for removal or replacement. This neurovascular interface combines the benefits of both transient bioelectronics and stent technology in a single device to broaden the range of applications of neural interfaces from neurological diseases and mental disorders to bioelectronics medicine.

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2022

26. Degradable endovascular neural interface for minimally invasive neural recording and stimulation

Author

Paolo Machi, Diego Ghezzi, Olivier Brina, Adele Fanelli, Philippe Reymond, Elodie Geneviève Zollinger, and Laura Ferlauto

Subjects
Bioelectronics, Brain vasculature, Access route, business.industry, Invasive surgery, Medicine, Stimulation, business, Neuroscience, Brain–computer interface
Abstract

Neural recording and stimulation have been widely used to mitigate traumatic injuries, neurodegenerative diseases or mental disorders. Most neural interfaces commonly require invasive surgery, potentially entailing both transient and permanent complications. A promising strategy designed to overcome these risks involves exploiting the cerebrovascular system as an access route to the neural tissue. Here we present a novel endovascular neural interface for neural recording and stimulation, fully polymeric and degradable. This concept might allow for better integration of the device in the body, reduced inflammatory reaction, the possibility of replacing the implant after degradation, and avoiding removal surgeries. The vasculature’s strategic distribution and the use of soft polymers for the device’s fabrication will permit targeting both the brain vasculature and the peripheral system. Therefore, this novel endovascular neural interface will broaden the range of applications from neurological diseases and mental disorders to bioelectronics medicine.

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2021

27. Abstract P345: Perfusion-Guided Bridging Therapy in Strokes With Unknown Time of Onset and Large Vessel Occlusion

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Nicolae Sanda, Elisabeth Dirren, Emmanuel Carrera, Julian Klug, Maria Vargas, Jose Bernardo Escribano Paredes, and Paolo Machi

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Advanced and Specialized Nursing, medicine.medical_specialty, Bridging (networking), business.industry, Perfusion scanning, Endovascular therapy, Stroke onset, Internal medicine, medicine, Cardiology, In patient, Neurology (clinical), Endovascular treatment, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Perfusion, Large vessel occlusion
Abstract

Introduction: Endovascular treatment (EVT) is the therapy of choice, in patients with unknown stroke onset (unwitnessed and wake-up strokes) and large vessel occlusion (LVO) with a favorable perfusion pattern. Whether bridging therapy (intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) and EVT) is superior to EVT alone remains unknown. Material and Methods: We retrospectively included all patients admitted to the Geneva University Hospital from 01.2016 to 06.2020 with i) stroke of unknown onset, due to ii) anterior circulation occlusion, with iii) favorable CT perfusion pattern based on the DEFUSE criteria (ischemic core volume< 70ml; mismatch ratio >= 1.8 and mismatch volume >= 15ml), and iv) treated < 4.5 hours after symptom recognition. As a standard of care, the patients fulfilling these inclusion criteria were treated with EVT and IVT or EVT alone when IVT was contraindicated. Outcome measures were any intracerebral bleeding (symptomatic or asymptomatic), mortality and favorable outcome (mRS 0-1) at three months. Results: 32 patients were included (17 treated with EVT alone and 15 with EVT and IVT). Mean age was 69±18 yo. Median NIHSS was 16 (IQR 12-20) and median time from symptom recognition to treatment was 184 (146-226) minutes. Median hypoperfused tissue volume (Tmax > 6s) was 119 ml (80-151) and infarcted core (CBF ratio Conclusion: These results suggest that IVT before EVT is a safe therapeutic option in patients with unknown stroke onset selected on perfusion imaging and treated

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2021

28. Decline in subarachnoid haemorrhage volumes associated with the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Ajit S. Puri, Allan Taylor, Huynh Le Vu, Tatemi Todaka, Teddy Y. Wu, Octavio M. Pontes-Neto, Eytan Raz, Pedro Lylyk, Jasmine Johann, Roberta Novakovic, Hormuzdiyar H. Dasenbrock, Francisco Mont’Alverne, Nobuyuki Sakai, Melanie Walker, Hugh Stephen Winters, Ossama Mansour, Yohei Takenobu, Gregory Walker, Miki Fujimura, Saif Bushnaq, Odysseas Kargiotis, Nabeel Herial, Markus A Möhlenbruch, Malveeka Sharma, Hiroshi Tokimura, Maxim Mokin, Jean Raymond, Michael D. Hill, Amal Abou-Hamden, Leonardo Renieri, Serdar Geyik, Yuri Sugiura, Luisa Fonseca, Roberto Crosa, Fabricio O Lima, Ameer E Hassan, Viet Quy Nguyen, Jane G. Morris, Steven W. Hetts, Jawad F. Kirmani, Matthew S. Tenser, Muhammad M. Qureshi, Gianmarco Bernava, Mahmoud H Mohammaden, Verónica V. Olavarría, Jun Deguchi, André Beer-Furlan, Steve M. Cordina, Hiroshi Yamagami, Mohamad Abdalkader, Toshiyuki Fujinaka, Clifford J. Eskey, Rotem Sivan-Hoffmann, Hao Zhang, Anirudh Kulkarni, Brendan Steinfort, Özlem Aykaç, Barbara Voetsch, Alex Brehm, Italo Linfante, Wenguo Huang, Omer Eker, M. Luis Silva, Pascal Jabbour, Lissa Peeling, Mollie McDermott, Pascale Lavoie, Kazutaka Sonoda, Thomas Devlin, Alicia C. Castonguay, Jin Soo Lee, Diogo C Haussen, Dileep R. Yavagal, Thanh N. Nguyen, Umair Rashid, Vasu Saini, Raghid Kikano, Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Masaaki Uno, Saima Ahmad, Artem Kaliaev, Eiji Hagashi, Ajay K. Wakhloo, Romain Bourcier, Ryoo Yamamoto, Jesse M. Thon, Georgios Tsivgoulis, Dorothea Altschul, Achmad Fidaus Sani, Satoshi Yamada, Varsha Singh, David S Liebeskind, Tatsuo Amano, Anchalee Churojana, Juan F. Arenillas, Junichi Iida, Charles C. Matouk, Nobuyuki Ohara, Osama O. Zaidat, Mario Martínez-Galdámez, Chandril Chugh, Don Frei, Vanessa Chalumeau, Brijesh P Mehta, Marios Psychogios, Anna Luisa Kühn, Leticia C Rebello, Xianjin Shang, Hosam Al-Jehani, Hiroki Fukuda, Hong Gee Roh, Gisele Sampaio Silva, Rakesh Khatri, Kenichi Todo, Amal Al Hashmi, Alex Bou Chebl, Sunil A Sheth, Zhongming Qiu, Oriana Cornett, Zhengzhou Yuan, Wazim Izzath, Hesham Masoud, Rodrigo Rivera, Michel Piotin, Vikram Huded, Mamoru Murakami, Mohamed Teleb, Viktor Szeder, Ruchir Shah, Dheeraj Gandhi, John Thornton, Michael Chen, Vitor Mendes Pereira, Nadia Hammami, Alice Ma, Anna M. Cervantes-Arslanian, James E. Siegler, Seby John, Carlos Ynigo Lopez, Mudassir Farooqui, David Ozretić, Takuya Kanamaru, Romain Guile, Daisuke Watanabe, Kosuke Miyake, Alejandro Rodriguez Vasquez, Patrick Nicholson, Yuki Yamamoto, William J. Mack, Naoto Kimura, Simon Mathew John, Robert Fahed, Yuji Matsumaru, David Y. Chung, Rishi Gupta, Ryuhei Kono, Michael Frankel, Victor S. Lopez Rivera, Johanna T. Fifi, Raul G Nogueira, Paolo Machi, Tudor G. Jovin, Jordi Blasco, Emma Griffin, Salvatore Mangiafico, Masafumi Morimoto, Jun Luo, Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez, Monika Killer-Oberpfalzer, Daniel Giansante Abud, Syed I. Hussain, Fawaz Al-Mufti, Yusuke Sugimura, Atilla Özcan Özdemir, Stephan A. Mayer, Sumeet Multani, Adel Alhazzani, Alhamza R Al-Bayati, Michael Kelly, Lee A Birnbaum, Shadi Yaghi, Jeyaraj D Pandian, Ji Man Hong, Junsuke Shimbo, Johnny Ho-Yin Wong, Elena A. Cora, Laura Mechtouff, Pedro S.C. Magalhães, Pablo M. Lavados, Yuichi Murayama, Dong Hun Shin, Simon Nagel, Ken Wong, Jose Antonio Fiorot, Jeremy Payne, Randall C. Edgell, Adrienne Weeks, CarMeN, laboratoire, Department of Neurology [Boston], Harvard Medical School [Boston] (HMS)-Massachusetts General Hospital [Boston], Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University [Atlanta, GA], Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), Boston University [Boston] (BU), National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital [Japon] (NHO Osaka National Hospital), Alexandria University [Alexandrie], Boston Medical Center [Boston, MA, USA] (BMC), Xinqiao Hospital [Chongqing, China] (XH), University of Cape Town, La Sagrada Familia Clinic/Clínica La Sagrada Familia [Buenos Aires, Argentina] (LSFC), Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Cardiovasculaire, métabolisme, diabétologie et nutrition (CarMeN), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild [Paris], Hospital General de Fortaleza [Fortaleza, Brazil] (HGF), Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust [UK], Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital [Kobe, Hyogo, Japan] (KCMCGH), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi [Firenze, Toscana, Italy] (AOUC), University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Partenaires INRAE, AP-HP Hôpital Bicêtre (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre), Service de Neuroradiologie [CHU de Bicêtre], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi [Abou Dabi, Émirats arabes unis], Hôpital de Beaumont [Dublin, Ireland] (HB), Hospital-Estadual Central [Vitoria, Brazil] (HEC), Instituto de NeuroCirugía Asenjo, Institut national de neurologie Mongi-Ben Hamida [Tunis], Hue Central Hospital [Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam] (HCH), University of California [San Francisco] (UC San Francisco), University of California (UC), Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM), University of Washington [Seattle], Englewood Hospital and Medical Center [Englewood], Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University), Westchester Medical Center [Valhalla, New York, USA] (WMC), Eskisehir Osmangazi University, University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland System, MAX Superspecialty Hospital [Saket, New Delhi, India] (MSH), Yale School of Medicine [New Haven, Connecticut] (YSM), Université Laval [Québec] (ULaval), Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Washington University in Saint Louis (WUSTL), Rush University Medical Center [Chicago], Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität = Paracelsus Medical University (PMU), University of Toronto, NH Mazumdar Shah Medical Center [Bangalore, India] (NHMSMC), IMS Tokyo-Katsushika General Hospital [Tokyo, Japan], Gachon University [Seongnam, Korea] (GU), Hospital Municipal Sao Jose [Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil] (HMSJ), Lau Medical Center [Beirut, Lebanon] (LMC), University of Iowa [Iowa City], Royal Adelaide Hospital [Adelaide Australia], Kyorin University [Tokyo, Japan], Yokohama Brain and Spine Center [Yokohama, Japan] (YBSC), Dalhousie University [Halifax], Rambam Health Care Campus [Haifa, Israel], Centro Endovascular Neurologico Medica Uruguaya [Montevideo, Uruguay] (CENMU), Heidelberg University Hospital [Heidelberg], Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University [Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia] (IAFU), McGovern Medical School [Houston, TX, USA] (McGMS), The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Cooper Medical School of Rowan University [Camden] (CMSRU), Airlangga University [Jawa Timur, Indonesia] (AU), University of Massachusetts Medical School [Worcester] (UMASS), University of Massachusetts System (UMASS), Geneva University Hospitals and Geneva University, Universidade de São Paulo = University of São Paulo (USP), Beth Israel Lahey Health [Burlington, MA, USA] (BILH), New York University School of Medicine (NYU Grossman School of Medicine), Memorial Neuroscience Institute [Pembroke Pines, FL, USA] (MNI), Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital [Morioka, Iwate, Japan] (IPCH), Japanese Red Cross Musashino Hospital [Tokyo], Ajou University, University of Ottawa [Ottawa], Saga-ken Medical Centre Koseikan [Saga, Japan] (SMCK), University of South Alabama, Konkuk University [Seoul], Royal Free Hospital [London, UK], Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valladolid [Castilla y León, Spain] (HCUV), Universidad de Valladolid [Valladolid] (UVa), Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón [Saragoza, España] (ICMA-CSIC), University of Zaragoza - Universidad de Zaragoza [Zaragoza], Hospital Clínic de Barcelona [Catalonia, Spain], Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João [Porto], Christchurch Hospital [Christchurch, New Zealand] (CH), University Hospital Basel [Basel], University of Southern California (USC), Kohnan Hospital - Sendai [Miyagi, Japan], University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center [Dallas], Nara City Hospital [Nara, Japan] (NCH), Toyonaka Municipal Hospital [Osaka, Japan] (TMH), Kagoshima City Hospita [Kagoshima, Japan] (KCH), Texas Tech University System [Lubbock, TX, USA] (TTUS), University of Saskatchewan [Saskatoon] (U of S), National Institute of Information and Communications Technology [Tokyo, Japan] (NICT), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital [Camperdown, Australia] (RPAH), Banner Desert Medical Center [Mesa, AZ, USA] (BDMC), Japanese Red Cross Matsue Hospital [Shimane, Japan] (JRCMH), Shiroyama Hospital [Osaka, Japan] (SH), Niigata City General Hospital [Niigata, Japan] (NCGH), Sugimura Hospital [Kumamoto, Japan] (SH), Kawasaki Medical School [Kurashiki, Japan] (KMS), Osaka Red Cross Hospital [Osaka, Japan] (ORCH), Université de Tsukuba = University of Tsukuba, Saiseikai Central Hospital [Tokyo, Japan] (SCH), Kinikyo Chuo Hospital - Sapporo [Hokkaido, Japan] (KCHS), NTT Medical Center Tokyo [Tokyo, Japan] (NTTMCT), Yokohama Shintoshi Neurosurgical Hospital [Yokohama, Japan]. (YSNH), Osaka General Medical Center [Osaka, Japan] (OGMC), University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine (UMMSM), Bon Secours Mercy Health System [Toledo, OH, USA] (BSMHS), Maoming City Hospital [Guandong, China] (MCH), Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute [Miami, FL, USA] (MC&VI), Hackensack University Medical Center [Hackensack], David Geffen School of Medicine [Los Angeles], University of California [Los Angeles] (UCLA), University of California (UC)-University of California (UC), University of Tennessee [Chattanooga] (UTC), The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), Mianyang 404 Hospital [Sichuan, China] (M404H), Siriraj Hosital - Mahidol University [Bangkok, Thailand] (SHMU), SUNY Upstate Medical University, State University of New York (SUNY), Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH), The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley [Harlingen, TX, USA] (UTRGV), Khoula Hospital [Muscat, Oman] (Ministry of Health - KH), University of Michigan [Ann Arbor], University of Michigan System, University of South Florida [Tampa] (USF), Henry Ford Health System [Detroit, MI, USA] (HFHS), Metropolitan Hospital [Piraeus, Greece] (MH), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Maine Medical Center, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center [Lebanon, NH, USA] (DHMC), Centro Universitário Feevale (BRAZIL), The Valley Hospital [Ridgewood, NJ, USA] (TVH), St Joseph's University Medical Center [Paterson, NJ, USA] (StJUMC), Christian Medical College and Hospital Ludhiana [Punjab, India] (CMCHL), Universidad del Desarrollo, University Graduate School of Medicine [Osaka, Japan], Tokushima University, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Istanbul Aydin University [İstanbul, Turkey] (IAU), Swedish Medical Center [Englewood, CO, USA] (SMC), Bayhealth Medical Center [Dover, DE, USA] (BMC), Saiseikai Fukuoka General Hospital [Fukuoka, Japan] (SFGH), Osaka Rosai Hospital - Sakai [Osaka, Japan] (ORHS), King Saud University [Riyadh] (KSU), Mount Sinai Health System, University of Calgary, Huzhou University [Zhejiang], The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University - Luzhou [Sichuan, China] (TAHSMUL), Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College [Wuhu, Anhui, China] (YHWMC), University of Toledo, WellStar Health System [Marietta, GA, USA] (WHS), Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique [Québec] (INRS), Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CR CHUM), Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Université de Montréal (UdeM)-Université de Montréal (UdeM), SVIN COVID-19 Registry, the Middle East North Africa Stroke and Interventional Neurotherapies Organization (MENA-SINO), Japanese Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology Society (JVIN), University of California [San Francisco] (UCSF), University of California, Yale University School of Medicine, University of São Paulo (USP), and University of California-University of California

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[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], COVID-19, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage* / diagnostic imaging, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Intracranial Aneurysm* / therapy, lcsh:RC346-429, 0302 clinical medicine, Pandemic, Myocardial infarction, Prospective Studies, Stroke, Original Research, 3. Good health, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], Treatment Outcome, Intracranial Aneurysm* / diagnostic imaging, Cardiology, Subarachnoid haemorrhage, haemorrhage, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Subgroup analysis, subarachnoid, Intracranial Aneurysm* / epidemiology, 03 medical and health sciences, Aneurysm, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, coil, cardiovascular diseases, Pandemics, lcsh:Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, Retrospective Studies, business.industry, SARS-CoV-2, Intracranial Aneurysm, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, medicine.disease, infection, nervous system diseases, Mechanical thrombectomy, Cross-Sectional Studies, aneurysm, Neurology (clinical), Subarachnoid Hemorrhage* / epidemiology, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

BackgroundDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, decreased volumes of stroke admissions and mechanical thrombectomy were reported. The study’s objective was to examine whether subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) hospitalisations and ruptured aneurysm coiling interventions demonstrated similar declines.MethodsWe conducted a cross-sectional, retrospective, observational study across 6 continents, 37 countries and 140 comprehensive stroke centres. Patients with the diagnosis of SAH, aneurysmal SAH, ruptured aneurysm coiling interventions and COVID-19 were identified by prospective aneurysm databases or by International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, codes. The 3-month cumulative volume, monthly volumes for SAH hospitalisations and ruptured aneurysm coiling procedures were compared for the period before (1 year and immediately before) and during the pandemic, defined as 1 March–31 May 2020. The prior 1-year control period (1 March–31 May 2019) was obtained to account for seasonal variation.FindingsThere was a significant decline in SAH hospitalisations, with 2044 admissions in the 3 months immediately before and 1585 admissions during the pandemic, representing a relative decline of 22.5% (95% CI −24.3% to −20.7%, pInterpretationThere was a relative decrease in the volume of SAH hospitalisations, aneurysmal SAH hospitalisations and ruptured aneurysm embolisations during the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings in SAH are consistent with a decrease in other emergencies, such as stroke and myocardial infarction.

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2021

29. Cerebrovascular Complications and Vessel Wall Imaging in COVID-19 Encephalopathy—A Pilot Study

Author

Jeremy Hofmeister, Frédéric Assal, Gautier Breville, Andrea Rosi, Paolo Machi, Aikaterini Fitsiori, Gilles Allali, Maria Vargas, Marjolaine Uginet, Karl-Olof Lövblad, and Patrice H. Lalive

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medicine.medical_specialty, Neurology, Encephalopathy, Central nervous system, Ischemia, ddc:616.0757, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, Diffusion, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, SWI, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Stroke, Endotheliitis, Neuroradiology, ddc:616, Inflammation, business.industry, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, ddc:616.8, medicine.anatomical_structure, Contrast agent, Original Article, Neurology (clinical), Radiology, Neurosurgery, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, MRI
Abstract

Background and Purpose Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is associated with several complications of the central nervous system (CNS), including acute encephalopathy. Methods In this pilot study, we report a series of 39 patients (66.5 ± 9.2 years; 10.3% female) with acute encephalopathy, who underwent a standard brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 1.5 T during the acute symptomatic phase. In addition to diffusion-weighted imaging, MR angiography and susceptibility-weighted images, high-resolution vascular black blood sequences (in 34 cases) were used to investigate the vasculature of the brain. Results In 29 out of 34 patients with COVID-19 encephalopathy (85%) with high-resolution vessel wall imaging, we found a circular enhancement and thickening of the basilar and vertebral arteries, without any correlation with ischemia or microbleeds (reported in 21% and 59%, respectively). Conclusion We report a high prevalence of vascular changes suggestive of endotheliitis as reported in other organs. This could suggest an inflammatory mechanism underlying this encephalopathy.

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2021

30. Acute Stenting and Concomitant Tirofiban Administration for the Endovascular Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke Related to Intracranial Artery Dissections: A Single Center Experience and Systematic Review of the Literature

Author

Olivier Brina, Marco Vincenzo Corniola, Karl-Olof Lövblad, Zsolt Kulcsar, Hasan Yilmaz, Torstein R. Meling, Jeremy Hofmeister, Emmanuel Carrera, Gianmarco Bernava, M. Muster, Andrea Rosi, Philippe Reymond, Paolo Machi, University of Zurich, and Bernava, Gianmarco

Subjects
Male, Time Factors, Endovascular Procedures/adverse effects/instrumentation, medicine.medical_treatment, Intracranial Aneurysm/complications/diagnostic imaging/physiopathology/therapy, 0302 clinical medicine, Ischemic Stroke/diagnostic imaging/etiology/physiopathology/therapy, Stroke, Interventional neuroradiology, Rehabilitation, Endovascular Procedures, Intracranial Artery, Tirofiban, Middle Aged, Tirofiban/administration & dosage/adverse effects, 3. Good health, 2746 Surgery, Dissection, 2728 Neurology (clinical), Treatment Outcome, Administration, Intravenous, Female, Stents, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, medicine.drug, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors/administration & dosage/adverse effects, 610 Medicine & health, Revascularization, ddc:616.0757, 2705 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 10043 Clinic for Neuroradiology, medicine, Humans, cardiovascular diseases, Vascular Patency, Aged, Ischemic Stroke, Retrospective Studies, business.industry, Aneurysm, Dissecting/complications/diagnostic imaging/physiopathology/therapy, Stent, Intracranial Aneurysm, medicine.disease, ddc:616.8, Surgery, 2742 Rehabilitation, Aortic Dissection, Concomitant, Neurology (clinical), business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
Abstract

Background Intracranial artery dissection is an uncommon cause of acute ischemic stroke. Although acute stenting of the dissected arterial segment is a therapeutic option, the associated antiplatelet regimen remains a matter of debate. Objectives To evaluate the efficacy and safety of acute intracranial stenting together with concomitant intravenous administration of tirofiban and to perform a systematic review of the literature. Materials and methods A single-center, retrospective study of the clinical and radiological records of all patients treated at our center by intracranial stenting in the setting of acute ischemic stroke between January 2010 and December 2020. A systematic review of the literature was conducted according to the PRISMA-P guidelines for relevant publications from January 1976 to December 2020 on intracranial artery dissection treated by stent. Results Seven patients with intracranial artery dissections underwent acute stenting with concomitant tirofiban during the study period. Mid-term follow-up showed parent artery patency in 6/7 cases (85.7%). The modified Rankin Score was ≤ 0-2 at 3 months in 5/7 cases (71.4%). The literature review identified 22 patients with intracranial artery dissection treated with acute stenting in association with different antithrombotic therapies. Complete revascularization was obtained in 86.3% of cases with a modified Rankin Score of ≤ 0-2 in 68% of patients at 3-month follow-up. Conclusions Acute intracranial stenting together with intravenous tirofiban administration could be a therapeutic option in patients with intracranial artery dissection and a small ischemic core.

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2020

31. Acute Stroke Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Does Confinement Impact Eligibility for Endovascular Therapy?

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Patrícia Ferreira, Sergio Nappini, Manuel A. Correia, Juan Macho, Marie Teresa Nawka, Jean-Christophe Ferré, Alexis Guédon, Eytan Raz, Pierre Lehmann, Maksim Shapiro, Patrick Nicholson, Steven D. Hajdu, Nicolo Mandruzzato, Valérie Pittet, Nicola Limbucci, Teresa Pinho-e-Melo, Guillaume Saliou, Emmanuel Houdart, Frédéric Clarençon, Paolo Machi, Noel van Horn, Eimad Shotar, Michel Piotin, Gabriel Broocks, João Reis, Olivier Naggara, Raphaël Blanc, Timo Krings, Bruno Bartolini, João Pedro Marto, Francesco Puccinelli, Sandra Bracco, Malek Ben Maacha, François Eugène, Vitor Mendes Pereira, João Nuno Ramos, Wagih Ben Hassen, Tommaso Casseri, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne (UNIL), Centre Hospitalier Sainte Anne [Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild [Paris], University Hospital of Siena [Italy], Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf = University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf [Hamburg] (UKE), CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes], Empenn, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Inria Rennes – Bretagne Atlantique, Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-SIGNAUX ET IMAGES NUMÉRIQUES, ROBOTIQUE (IRISA-D5), Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-CentraleSupélec-IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Département de Radiologie [CHU de Rennes], Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES), Hôpital Lariboisière-Fernand-Widal [APHP], Toronto Western Hospital, CHU Marseille, Careggi University Hospital [Florence, Italie], Geneva University Hospital (HUG), Hospital Clínic de Barcelona [Catalonia, Spain], Hospital De Egas Moniz [Lisbon, Portugal] (Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental), Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte [Lisbon, Portugal] (CHULN), New York University Langone Medical Center (NYU Langone Medical Center), NYU System (NYU), Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central E.P.E, Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne (UNIL), University Hospital of Siena, Neuroimagerie: méthodes et applications (Empenn), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-IMT Atlantique (IMT Atlantique), Université de Rennes (UR), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi [Firenze] (AOUC), Clinic Barcelona Hospital Universitari, Hospital De Egas Moniz [Lisbon], and Ferré, Jean-Christophe

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Male, Eligibility Determination, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Brain Ischemia, 0302 clinical medicine, Pandemic, Stroke, Endovascular Procedures, Disease Management, Brain Ischemia/therapy, Coronavirus Infections, Endovascular Procedures/statistics & numerical data, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Pandemics, Pneumonia, Viral, Quarantine, Retrospective Studies, Spain, Stroke/therapy, Time-to-Treatment, Treatment Outcome, COVID-19, goal, groin, pandemic, standard of care, 3. Good health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Endovascular therapy, World health, 03 medical and health sciences, medicine, Special Report, Acute stroke, Advanced and Specialized Nursing, business.industry, [SCCO.NEUR]Cognitive science/Neuroscience, [SCCO.NEUR] Cognitive science/Neuroscience, Retrospective cohort study, medicine.disease, Emergency medicine, Observational study, Neurology (clinical), business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the World Health Organization recommended measures to mitigate the outbreak such as social distancing and confinement. Since these measures have been put in place, anecdotal reports describe a decrease in the number of endovascular therapy (EVT) treatments for acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion. The purpose of our study was to determine the effect on EVT for patients with acute ischemic stroke during the COVID-19 confinement. In this retrospective, observational study, data were collected from November 1, 2019, to April 15, 2020, at 17 stroke centers in countries where confinement measures have been in place since March 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic (Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Canada, and United States). This study included 1600 patients treated by EVT for acute ischemic stroke. Date of EVT and symptom onset-to-groin puncture time were collected. Mean number of EVTs performed per hospital per 2-week interval and mean stroke onset-to-groin puncture time were calculated before confinement measures and after confinement measures. Distributions (non-normal) between the 2 groups (before COVID-19 confinement versus after COVID-19 confinement) were compared using 2-sample Wilcoxon rank-sum test. The results show a significant decrease in mean number of EVTs performed per hospital per 2-week interval between before COVID-19 confinement (9.0 [95% CI, 7.8–10.1]) and after COVID-19 confinement (6.1 [95% CI, 4.5–7.7]), ( P P

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2020

32. Clot-Based Radiomics Predict a Mechanical Thrombectomy Strategy for Successful Recanalization in Acute Ischemic Stroke

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Maria Vargas, Alexandra Platon, Paolo Machi, Jeremy Hofmeister, Emmanuel Carrera, Andrea Rosi, Xavier Montet, Simon Burgermeister, Gianmarco Bernava, Pierre-Alexandre Alois Poletti, and Karl-Olof Lövblad

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Original Contributions, Treatment outcome, outcomes assessment, health care, ddc:616.0757, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, Brain Ischemia, Cohort Studies, 03 medical and health sciences, Clinical and Population Sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Radiomics, Predictive Value of Tests, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Prospective Studies, Stroke, Acute ischemic stroke, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Thrombectomy, Advanced and Specialized Nursing, Cerebral Revascularization, business.industry, Thrombosis, medicine.disease, artificial intelligence, stroke, radiology, ddc:616.8, Mechanical thrombectomy, Treatment Outcome, Cardiology, ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING, Female, Neurology (clinical), Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text., Background and Purpose: Mechanical thrombectomy (MTB) is a reference treatment for acute ischemic stroke, with several endovascular strategies currently available. However, no quantitative methods are available for the selection of the best endovascular strategy or to predict the difficulty of clot removal. We aimed to investigate the predictive value of an endovascular strategy based on radiomic features extracted from the clot on preinterventional, noncontrast computed tomography to identify patients with first-attempt recanalization with thromboaspiration and to predict the overall number of passages needed with an MTB device for successful recanalization. Methods: We performed a study including 2 cohorts of patients admitted to our hospital: a retrospective training cohort (n=109) and a prospective validation cohort (n=47). Thrombi were segmented on noncontrast computed tomography, followed by the automatic computation of 1485 thrombus-related radiomic features. After selection of the relevant features, 2 machine learning models were developed on the training cohort to predict (1) first-attempt recanalization with thromboaspiration and (2) the overall number of passages with MTB devices for successful recanalization. The performance of the models was evaluated on the prospective validation cohort. Results: A small subset of radiomic features (n=9) was predictive of first-attempt recanalization with thromboaspiration (receiver operating characteristic curve–area under the curve, 0.88). The same subset also predicted the overall number of passages required for successful recanalization (explained variance, 0.70; mean squared error, 0.76; Pearson correlation coefficient, 0.73; P

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2020

33. Integrating regional perfusion CT information to improve prediction of infarction after stroke

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Andreas Kleinschmidt, Emmanuel Carrera, Dimitri Van De Ville, Paolo Machi, Maria Vargas, Julian Klug, Elisabeth Dirren, and Maria Giulia Preti

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Male, cerebral-blood-flow, Infarction, Regional perfusion, perfusion imaging, receptive field, Perfusion scanning, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, Machine Learning, 0302 clinical medicine, Stroke, Vascular supply, time, Aged, 80 and over, Brain Mapping, Middle Aged, Perfusion imaging, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Collateral flow, Neurology, Area Under Curve, Cerebrovascular Circulation, Cardiology, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Perfusion, tissue fate, medicine.medical_specialty, ddc:616.0757, 03 medical and health sciences, Internal medicine, Machine learning, medicine, Humans, Receptive field, Aged, Retrospective Studies, model, business.industry, prediction, Original Articles, medicine.disease, ddc:616.8, ROC Curve, Linear Models, Neurology (clinical), business, Prediction, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Physiological evidence suggests that neighboring brain regions have similar perfusion characteristics (vascular supply, collateral blood flow). It is largely unknown whether integrating perfusion CT (pCT) information from the area surrounding a given voxel (i.e. the receptive field (RF)) improves the prediction of infarction of this voxel. Based on general linear regression models (GLMs) and using acute pCT-derived maps, we compared the added value of cuboid RF to predict the final infarct. To this aim, we included 144 stroke patients with acute pCT and follow-up MRI, used to delineate the final infarct. Overall, the performance of GLMs to predict the final infarct improved when using RF for all pCT maps (cerebral blood flow, cerebral blood volume, mean transit time and time-to-maximum of the tissue residual function (Tmax)). The highest performance was obtained with Tmax (glm(Tmax); AUC = 0.89 ± 0.03 with RF vs. 0.78 ± 0.02 without RF; p

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2020

34. Posterior Fossa Arteriovenous Malformations: Experience with 14 Patients and a Systematic Review of the Literature

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Philippe Bijlenga, Karl Lothard Schaller, Marco Vincenzo Corniola, Torstein R. Meling, Paolo Machi, and Gianmarco Bernava

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Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations, medicine.medical_specialty, Microsurgery, medicine.medical_treatment, MEDLINE, ddc:616.0757, Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Radiosurgery, Neurosurgical Procedures, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, Arteriovenous Malformations, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Posterior fossa, Angioarchitecture, Modified Rankin Scale, Medicine, Humans, business.industry, Incidence (epidemiology), medicine.disease, Endovascular Therapy, Surgery, ddc:616.8, Systematic review, Treatment Outcome, Cranial Fossa, Posterior, Meta-analysis, Pancreatitis, Neurology (clinical), business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Background The optimal management of posterior fossa arteriovenous malformations (pfAVMs) is a matter of debate. To advance this discussion, we present our clinical series and the results of a systematic literature review according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Methods Fourteen consecutive patients with pfAVMs were admitted between 2007 and 2018. Preoperative status, radiologic parameters, and outcome were assessed. A systematic literature review was performed according to the PRISMA-P guidelines. Results Ten patients presented with rupture (71%), of whom three had associated aneurysms (AAs). The treatments were microsurgery (n = 4), endovascular (n = 3), radiosurgery (n = 2), a combination of two or three treatment modalities (n = 3), or conservative (n = 2). At discharge, all four patients (100%) with unruptured pfAVMs had a good outcome (modified Rankin Scale [mRS]: 0–2). In contrast, in ruptured pfAVM cases, mRS was 0 to 2 in four patients (40%), mRS 3 to 4 in two (20%), mRS 5 in three (30%), and one patient (10%) died within 30 days after gamma knife treatment due to pancreatitis secondary to chronic alcohol abuse. At discharge, four patients (29%) had persistent preinterventional cranial nerve and/or focal neurologic deficits. The literature review identified 63 articles with 1,753 pfAVM patients. Overall, 66% of pfAVMs presented with rupture, and AAs were found in 20% of the cases, which is higher than in supratentorial AVMs (stAVMs). Conclusions Because pfAVMs are associated with higher rates of hemorrhagic presentation, higher rates of morbidity and mortality when ruptured, and have a higher incidence of AAs compared with stAVMs, early curative treatment is recommended as soon as the diagnosis is established, regardless of rupture status.

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2020

35. Large Neck and Strong Ostium Inflow as the Potential Causes for Delayed Occlusion of Unruptured Sidewall Intracranial Aneurysms Treated by Flow Diverter

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Olivier Brina, Bénédicte M. A. Delattre, L. Jin, Pierre Bouillot, Karl-Olof Lövblad, Maria Vargas, T. Su, Paolo Machi, and Philippe Reymond

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Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, genetic structures, Hemodynamics, Inflow, ddc:500.2, ddc:616.0757, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Aneurysm, Blood vessel prosthesis, Occlusion, Medicine, Humans, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, cardiovascular diseases, Flow diverter, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Receiver operating characteristic, Interventional, business.industry, Endovascular Procedures, digestive, oral, and skin physiology, Intracranial Aneurysm, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, humanities, Blood Vessel Prosthesis, Ostium, cardiovascular system, Female, Neurology (clinical), Radiology, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Flow diverter–induced hemodynamic change plays an important role in the mechanism of intracranial aneurysm occlusion. Our aim was to explore the relationship between aneurysm features and flow-diverter treatment of unruptured sidewall intracranial aneurysms. MATERIALS AND METHODS: MR imaging, 4D phase-contrast, was prospectively performed before flow diverter implantation in each patient with unruptured intracranial aneurysm. Two postprocedure follow-ups were scheduled at 6 and 12 months. Responses were grouped according to whether the aneurysms were occluded or remnant. Preprocedural aneurysm geometries and ostium hemodynamics in 38 patients were compared between the 2 groups at 6 and 12 months. Receiver operating characteristic curve analyses were performed for significant geometric and hemodynamic continuous parameters. RESULTS: After the 6-month assessment, 21 of 41 intracranial aneurysms were occluded, and 9 additional aneurysms were occluded at 12 months. Geometrically, the ostium maximum diameter was significantly larger in the remnant group at 6 and 12 months (both P

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2020

36. The role of advanced neuroimaging techniques in ischemic stroke prevention

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S. Altrichter, Maria Vargas, Laurie Bouchez, Karl-Olof Lövblad, Osman Ratib, Roman Sztajzel, and Paolo Machi

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medicine.medical_specialty, neuroimaging, business.industry, PET-CT, Neuroimaging, Cerebral stroke, ddc:616.0757, ddc:616.8, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, Stroke, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Ischemic stroke, medicine, cardiovascular diseases, Intensive care medicine, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, MRI
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In great part due to recent advances in medical technology, ischemic cerebral stroke has become an increasingly treatable condition, which requires urgent measures and which rely on pharmacological and/or interventional measures. Due to its high prevalence, preventive measures should also be undertaken, and this is a situation where the use of advanced neuroimaging techniques could be helpful in certain underlying diseases. What is proposed here is to discuss how modern neuroimaging techniques (advanced magnetic resonance (MR) techniques and/or nuclear medicine techniques such as positron emission tomography (PET)) could help in situations that would otherwise lead to a stroke. Since both primary and secondary prevention measures are often required, we see that the techniques can be helpful in both situations. The diseases that cause stroke that can be investigated are, among others, carotid stenosis, transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) may also be followed by a major stroke if nothing is undertaken. It has been established that carotid stenosis is to be treated in the presence of a significant lesion that has neurological symptoms. The question of how to deal with these patients often arises when the relationship between the stenosis and symptoms is not significant or the symptomatology unclear. In such situations, either PET and/or fat-saturated T1 images of the carotids can help to demonstrate the embolic nature of the plaque. We have seen that carotid plaque vulnerability, which can cause embolism, can be associated with plaque inflammation (seen on PET) or plaque haemorrhage (seen on MR images). Also, while PET and MRI will demonstrate different stages of plaque vulnerability, they can both help to demonstrate vascular lesions that are at risk of causing significant ischemic events. Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) has shown that some TIAs may indeed be ischemic brain lesions with a transient symptomatology. The early use of DWI can thus help treat these patients more acutely. Based on this, we have seen that newer imaging techniques can provide additional knowledge about conditions that may lead to stroke and be treated. This should have a major impact on patient outcomes and ultimately on healthcare costs related to this condition.

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2019
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37. Neurovascular stent artifacts in 3D-TOF and 3D-PCMRI: Influence of stent design on flow measurement

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Hasan Yilmaz, Rafik Ouared, Vitor Mendes Pereira, Karl-Olof Lövblad, Olivier Brina, Paolo Machi, Maria Vargas, Mohamed Farhat, Bénédicte M. A. Delattre, Alain Pellaton, and Pierre Bouillot

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Chromium, medicine.medical_treatment, Flow measurement, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, 0302 clinical medicine, Nickel, Materials Testing, Low inductance, Stent, follow-up, blood flow, D-PCMRI, Flow diverter, Neurons, Titanium, diagnostic cerebral-angiography, intracranial aneurysms, artifact, Cobalt, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, surgical procedures, operative, Cerebrovascular Circulation, Stents, Artifacts, Vascular Surgical Procedures, Algorithms, Blood Flow Velocity, velocity, Noninvasive imaging, complications, computational fluid-dynamics, ddc:616.0757, magnetic-susceptibility, 03 medical and health sciences, Imaging, Three-Dimensional, in-vitro evaluation, medicine, Humans, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, cardiovascular diseases, business.industry, Hemodynamics, Reproducibility of Results, Intracranial Aneurysm, vascular stents, Blood flow, 3DTOF, equipment and supplies, Neurovascular bundle, Aneurysm, phase contrast mri, Blood Vessels, stent, lumen visualization, business, neurovascular diseases, Stent design, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Biomedical engineering
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Purpose: The morphological and hemodynamic evaluations of neurovascular diseases treated with stents would benefit from noninvasive imaging techniques such as 3D time-of-flight MRI (3D-TOF) and 3D phase contrast MRI (3D-PCMRI). For this purpose, a comprehensive evaluation of the stent artifacts and their impact on the flow measurement is critical., Methods: The artifacts of a representative sample of neurovascular stents were evaluated in vitro with 3D-TOF and 3D-PCMRI sequences. The dependency of the artifacts with respect to the orientation was analyzed for each stent design as well as the impact on the flow measurement accuracy. Furthermore, the 3D-PCMRI data of four patients carrying intracranial aneurysms treated with flow diverter stents were analyzed as illustrative examples., Results: The stent artifacts were mainly confined to the stent lumen therefore indicating the leading role of shielding effect. The influence of the stent design and its orientation with respect to the transmitting MR coils were highlighted. The artifacts impacted the 3D-PCMRI velocities mainly in the low magnitude domains, which were discarded from the analysis ensuring reliable near-stent velocities. The feasibility of in-stent flow measurements was confirmed in vivo on two patients who showed strong correlation between flow and geometric features. In two other patients, the consistency of out-of-stent velocities was verified qualitatively through intraaneurysmal streamlines except when susceptibility artifacts occurred., Conclusion: The present results motivate the conception of low inductance or non-conductive stent design. Furthermore, the feasibility of near-stent 3D-PCMRI measurements opens the door to clinical applications like the post-treatment follow-up of stenoses or intracranial aneurysms.

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2018

38. Virtual stenting of intracranial aneurysms: A pilot study for the prediction of treatment success based on hemodynamic simulations

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Sylvia Saalfeld, Paolo Machi, Vitor Mendes Pereira, Philipp Berg, Nicole M. Cancelliere, Gábor Janiga, and Olivier Brina

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medicine.medical_specialty, 0206 medical engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine (miscellaneous), Hemodynamics, Pilot Projects, Bioengineering, 02 engineering and technology, Inflow, Biomaterials, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Aneurysm, medicine.artery, Internal medicine, Occlusion, medicine, Shear stress, Humans, Computer Simulation, cardiovascular diseases, business.industry, Models, Cardiovascular, Intracranial Aneurysm, General Medicine, Blood flow, medicine.disease, 020601 biomedical engineering, Treatment Outcome, Treatment success, cardiovascular system, Cardiology, Stents, Internal carotid artery, business, Carotid Artery, Internal, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms using flow-diverting devices has revolutionized the treatment of large and complex lesions due to its minimally invasive nature and potential clinical outcomes. However, incomplete or delayed occlusion and persistent intracranial aneurysm growth are still an issue for up to one-third of the patients. We evaluated two patients with intracranial aneurysm located at the internal carotid artery who were treated with flow-diverting devices and had opposite outcomes. Both patients presented with similar aneurysms and were treated with the same device, but after a 1-year follow-up, one case presented with complete occlusion (Case 1) and the other required further treatment (Case 2). To reproduce the interventions, virtual stents were deployed and blood flow simulations were carried out using the respective patient-specific geometries. Afterward, hemodynamic metrics such as aneurysmal inflow reduction, wall shear stresses, oscillatory shear, and inflow concentration indices were quantified. The hemodynamic simulations reveal that for both cases, the neck inflow was clearly reduced due to the therapy (Case 1: 19%, Case 2: 35%). In addition, relevant hemodynamic parameters such as time-averaged wall shear stress (Case 1: 35.6%, Case 2: 57%) and oscillatory shear (Case 1: 33.1%, Case 2: 26.7%) were decreased considerably. However, although stronger relative reductions occurred in the unsuccessful case, the absolute flow values in the successful case were approximately halved. The findings demonstrate that a high relative effect of endovascular devices is not necessarily associated with the desired treatment outcome. Instead, it appears that a successful intracranial aneurysm therapy requires a certain patient-specific inflow threshold.

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2018

39. Earlier IV thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke are associated with a better recanalization

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Pierre-Alexandre Alois Poletti, Nicolas Nicastro, Roman Sztajzel, Iman I Boukrid, Antoine F Eger, Hubertus Mueller, Maria Vargas, Alexandra Platon, and Paolo Machi

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medicine.medical_specialty, Iv thrombolysis, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Acute ischemic stroke, Treatment options, Thrombolysis, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, ddc:616.0757, ddc:616.8, Intravenous thrombolysis, Mechanical thrombectomy, 03 medical and health sciences, mechanical thrombectomy, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, medicine, Cardiology, outcome, intravenous thrombolysis, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Outcome
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Combined intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) and mechanical thrombectomy (MT) are the recommended treatment options for acute ischemic stroke (AIS). It is unclear whether earlier IVT and MT management can predict complete vessel recanalization. In this single-center retrospective observational study, we included 81 consecutive subjects with proximal middle cerebral artery AIS (age 70.5 &plusmn, 14.2 years, 53% female) who had both IVT and MT. We assessed recanalization after mechanical procedure according to modified thrombolysis in cerebral infarction (TICI) score as well as the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score at 24 h. Outcomes were modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at discharge, mRS at 3 months, death at 3 months, and prevalence of intracerebral hemorrhage during hospitalization. Multinomial logistic regression (&chi, 2 = 49.4, p = 0.0075, pseudo-R2 = 0.26) showed that complete recanalization (TICI score = 3) was predicted by lower door-to-MT time (p = 0.014, 95% confidence interval (CI) = &minus, 0.09 to &minus, 0.01) and lower symptoms-to-IVT time (p = 0.045, 95% CI = &minus, 0.038 to &minus, 0.0004). An NIHSS score &ge, 10 at 24 h was predicted by higher baseline NIHSS (p < 0.0001) and lower TICI score (p = 0.009). Lower NIHSS at 24 h predicted a good outcome according to mRS at 3 months (p = 0.006). Similarly, higher NIHSS at 24 h was a predictor of death at 3 months (p = 0.013). The present study suggests that bridging therapy may improve vascular recanalization when both IVT and MT are performed earlier.

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2019
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40. Imaging Clot Characteristics in Stroke and its Possible Implication on Treatment

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Maria Vargas, Paolo Machi, Laurie Bouchez, Daniele Botta, Ana Siri Luthman, and Karl-Olof Lövblad

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medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Brain, Computed tomography, Thrombosis, Cerebral stroke, medicine.disease, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, Stroke, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, Humans, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Neurology (clinical), Radiology, business, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, circulatory and respiratory physiology, Neuroradiology, Thrombectomy
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Ischemic cerebral stroke is an increasingly treatable entity due to the recent developments in intravascular clot extraction, with recent research indicating that the efficacy of the chosen thrombectomy device may be affected by the composition of the occluding clot. This literature review summarizes the results from analytical clot imaging studies, and in vitro and in vivo thrombectomies, to assess whether the choice of thrombectomy device can be optimized to the composition of the occluding clot. The literature has shown that the composition of the clot impacts its mechanical properties and interactions with the device. The existing literature with respect to imaging and current results is discussed.

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2019

41. How Flow Reduction Influences the Intracranial Aneurysm Occlusion: A Prospective 4D Phase-Contrast MRI Study

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Vitor Mendes Pereira, C. Santarosa, M. Fahrat, Paolo Machi, Olivier Brina, Maria Vargas, Bénédicte M. A. Delattre, Karl-Olof Lövblad, Pierre Bouillot, A.S. Luthman, and Philippe Reymond

Subjects
endovascular treatment, Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Hemodynamics, Neuroimaging, ddc:500.2, ddc:616.0757, Neurosurgical Procedures, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Aneurysm, Occlusion, blood-flow, Medicine, Humans, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, cardiovascular diseases, Prospective Studies, Systole, Prospective cohort study, pipeline embolization device, Interventional, business.industry, Endovascular Procedures, Intracranial Aneurysm, Blood flow, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Thrombosis, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, divertors, Flow reduction, diversion, cardiovascular system, rupture, Female, Stents, Neurology (clinical), Radiology, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Flow-diverter stents are widely used for the treatment of wide-neck intracranial aneurysms. Various parameters may influence intracranial aneurysm thrombosis, including the flow reduction induced by flow-diverter stent implantation, which is assumed to play a leading role. However, its actual impact remains unclear due to the lack of detailed intra-aneurysmal flow measurements. This study aimed to clarify this relationship by quantitatively measuring the intra-aneurysmal flow using 4D phase-contrast MR imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We acquired prospective pre- and post-stent implantation 4D phase-contrast MR imaging data of a consecutive series of 23 patients treated with flow-diverter stents. Velocity field data were combined with the intraprocedural 3D angiogram vessel geometries for precise intracranial aneurysm extraction and partial volume correction. Intra-aneurysmal hemodynamic modifications were compared with occlusion outcomes at 6 and 12 months. RESULTS: The averaged velocities at systole were lower after flow-diverter stent implantation for all patients and ranged from 21.7 ± 7.1 cm/s before to 7.2 ± 2.9 cm/s after stent placement. The velocity reduction was more important for the group of patients with aneurysm thrombosis at 6 months (68.8%) and decreased gradually from 66.2% to 55% for 12-month thrombosis and no thrombosis, respectively (P = .08). CONCLUSIONS: We propose an innovative approach to measure intracranial flow changes after flow-diverter stent implantation. We identified a trend between flow reduction and thrombosis outcome that brings a new insight into current understanding of the flow-diversion treatment response.

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2019

42. Correction to: Ruptured posterior circulation aneurysms: epidemiology, patterns of care, and outcomes from the Swiss SOS national registry

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Mahmoud Messerer, Serge Marbacher, Bawarjan Schatlo, Nicolai Maldaner, Luca Remonda, Christian Fung, Daniele Starnoni, Guillaume Saliou, Jan-Karl Burkhardt, Daniel W. Zumofen, M. Röthlisberger, Kristine A Blackham, Martin Seule, Jan Gralla, Roy Thomas Daniel, Marc Levivier, Rodolfo Maduri, Martin N. Stienen, Paolo Machi, Pierluigi Ballabeni, Thomas Robert, Alda Rocca, David Bervini, Donato D'Alonzo, and Philippe Bijlenga

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Patterns of care, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, General surgery, MEDLINE, Interventional radiology, 610 Medicine & health, Clinical neurology, Epidemiology, Medicine, Surgery, Neurology (clinical), National registry, business, Neuroradiology
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The online version of the original article can be found at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-019-03812-9

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2019

43. Abstract WP41: The NeVa Thrombectomy Device: Initial Clinical Experience

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Jordi Blasco, Paolo Machi, J. Zamarro, Alejandro Tomasello, David Uriarte Hernández, Marc Ribó, and Juan Macho

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Advanced and Specialized Nursing, medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, medicine.disease, Endovascular therapy, Surgery, medicine, Neurology (clinical), Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radial Force Variation, business, Stroke, Expansive, Stent retriever
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Introduction: The NeVa (Vesalio) thrombectomy device is a CE approved novel hybrid-cell stent retriever with offset enlarged openings coupled with enhanced expansive radial force and a closed distal end. The device was designed to incorporate and trap resistant emboli inside the device. Materials and Methods: Prospective data was collected on the first thirty consecutive patients treated at four stroke centers in two countries with NeVa as first line treatment. Clinical outcome measures included re-perfusion scores after each NeVa pass, device and procedure related complications, 24 hour NIHSS, mRS at discharge and 90 days. Results: The mean presenting NIHSS was 16 (IQR 13-20) with mean time from stroke onset of 5.45 hours. Sites of primary occlusion were 10 ICA, 16 M1-MCA, 3 M2-MCA and one basilar. There were five tandem occlusions that required extracranial treatment. Reperfusion outcomes after each NeVa pass; TICI >/= 2b after first pass 63%(19/30), after 1 or 2 passes 83% (25/30), after 1 to 3 passes 90% (27/30). TICI 2c-3 after first pass 47% (14/30), after 1 to 2 passes 57% (17/30), after 1 to 3 passes 60% (18/30). TICI >/= 2b after final NeVa pass 93% (28/30). TICI 2c-3 after final NeVa pass 63% (19/30). There were no device related SAEs and no sICH. Clot material was partially or completely incorporated into the inside of the device after 28 of 40 (70%) passes. The mean 24 hour NIHSS was 7 (IQR 1-11) and the discharge mRS was 0-2 in 40% (12/30) of patients. The 90 day mRS follow up will be completed late August. Conclusions: The NeVa device demonstrated a high rate of first pass complete reperfusion effect and a good safety profile in this initial clinical experience.

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2019

44. Penumbral imaging and functional outcome in patients with anterior circulation ischaemic stroke treated with endovascular thrombectomy versus medical therapy: a meta-analysis of individual patient-level data

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Bruce C V Campbell, Charles B L M Majoie, Gregory W Albers, Bijoy K Menon, Nawaf Yassi, Gagan Sharma, Wim H van Zwam, Robert J van Oostenbrugge, Andrew M Demchuk, Francis Guillemin, Philip White, Antoni Dávalos, Aad van der Lugt, Kenneth S Butcher, Aboubaker Cherifi, Henk A Marquering, Geoffrey Cloud, Juan M Macho Fernández, Jeremy Madigan, Catherine Oppenheim, Geoffrey A Donnan, Yvo B W E M Roos, Jai Shankar, Hester Lingsma, Alain Bonafé, Hélène Raoult, María Hernández-Pérez, Aditya Bharatha, Reza Jahan, Olav Jansen, Sébastien Richard, Elad I Levy, Olvert A Berkhemer, Marc Soudant, Lucia Aja, Stephen M Davis, Timo Krings, Marie Tisserand, Luis San Román, Alejandro Tomasello, Debbie Beumer, Scott Brown, David S Liebeskind, Serge Bracard, Keith W Muir, Diederik W J Dippel, Mayank Goyal, Jeffrey L Saver, Tudor G Jovin, Michael D Hill, Peter J Mitchell, Puck SS Fransen, Lucie A van den Berg, Hester F Lingsma, Albert J Yoo, Wouter J Schonewille, Jan Albert Vos, Paul J Nederkoorn, Marieke JH Wermer, Marianne AA van Walderveen, Julie Staals, Jeannette Hofmeijer, Jacques A. van Oostayen, Geert J. Lycklama à Nijeholt, Jelis Boiten, Patrick A. Brouwer, Bart J. Emmer, Sebastiaan F. de Bruijn, Lukas C. van Dijk, Jaap Kappelle, Rob H Lo, Ewoud J. van Dijk, Joost de Vries, Paul L.M. de Kort, Willem Jan J. van Rooij, Jan S.P. van den Berg, Boudewijn A.A.M. van Hasselt, Leo A.M. Aerden, René J. Dallinga, Marieke C. Visser, Joseph C.J. Bot, Patrick C. Vroomen, Omid Eshghi, Tobien H.C.M.L. Schreuder, Roel J.J. Heijboer, Koos Keizer, Alexander V. Tielbeek, Heleen M. den Hertog, Dick G. Gerrits, Renske M. van den Berg-Vos, Giorgos B. Karas, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Zwenneke Flach, Henk A. Marquering, Marieke E.S. Sprengers, Sjoerd F.M. Jenniskens, Ludo F.M. Beenen, René van den Berg, Peter J. Koudstaal, Wim H. van Zwam, Yvo B.W.E.M. Roos, Robert J. van Oostenbrugge, Charles B.L.M. Majoie, Diederik W.J. Dippel, Martin M. 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SELECTION, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC PERFUSION, Medizin, Perfusion scanning, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Brain Ischemia, 0302 clinical medicine, Modified Rankin Scale, REPERFUSION, Stroke, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Thrombectomy, Aged, 80 and over, medicine.diagnostic_test, Penumbra, Endovascular Procedures, Brain, Middle Aged, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 3. Good health, Treatment Outcome, Cerebral blood flow, Tissue Plasminogen Activator, INFARCT, Cardiology, Female, TRIAL, CT, medicine.medical_specialty, Perfusion Imaging, Neuroimaging, [SDV.IB.MN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering/Nuclear medicine, 03 medical and health sciences, Fibrinolytic Agents, ALTEPLASE, Internal medicine, medicine, [INFO.INFO-IM]Computer Science [cs]/Medical Imaging, Humans, Aged, business.industry, MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY, Other Research Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 0], Magnetic resonance imaging, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, Neurology (clinical), business, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Fibrinolytic agent, [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology
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Background CT perfusion (CTP) and diffusion or perfusion MRI might assist patient selection for endovascular thrombectomy. We aimed to establish whether imaging assessments of irreversibly injured ischaemic core and potentially salvageable penumbra volumes were associated with functional outcome and whether they interacted with the treatment effect of endovascular thrombectomy on functional outcome.Methods In this systematic review and meta-analysis, the HERMES collaboration pooled patient-level data from all randomised controlled trials that compared endovascular thrombectomy (predominantly using stent retrievers) with standard medical therapy in patients with anterior circulation ischaemic stroke, published in PubMed from Jan 1,2010, to May 31, 2017. The primary endpoint was functional outcome, assessed by the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at 90 days after stroke. Ischaemic core was estimated, before treatment with either endovascular thrombectomy or standard medical therapy, by CTP as relative cerebral blood flow less than 30% of normal brain blood flow or by MRI as an apparent diffusion coefficient less than 620 mu m(2)/s. Critically hypoperfused tissue was estimated as the volume of tissue with a CTP time to maximum longer than 6 s. Mismatch volume (ie, the estimated penumbral volume) was calculated as critically hypoperfused tissue volume minus ischaemic core volume. The association of ischaemic core and penumbral volumes with 90-day mRS score was analysed with multivariable logistic regression (functional independence, defined as mRS score 0-2) and ordinal logistic regression (functional improvement by at least one mRS category) in all patients and in a subset of those with more than 50% endovascular reperfusion, adjusted for baseline prognostic variables. The meta-analysis was prospectively designed by the HERMES executive committee, but not registered.Findings We identified seven studies with 1764 patients, all of which were included in the meta-analysis. CTP was available and assessable for 591 (34%) patients and diffusion MRI for 309 (18%) patients. Functional independence was worse in patients who had CTP versus those who had diffusion MRI, after adjustment for ischaemic core volume (odds ratio [OR] 0.47 [95% CI 0.30-0.72], p=0.0007), so the imaging modalities were not pooled. Increasing ischaemic core volume was associated with reduced likelihood of functional independence (CTP OR 0.77 [0.69-0.86] per 10 mL, p(interaction)=0.29; diffusion MRI OR 0.87 [0.81-0.94] per 10 mL, p(interaction)=0.94). Mismatch volume, examined only in the CTP group because of the small numbers of patients who had perfusion MRI, was not associated with either functional independence or functional improvement. In patients with CTP with more than 50% endovascular reperfusion (n=186), age, ischaemic core volume, and imaging-to-reperfusion time were independently associated with functional improvement. Risk of bias between studies was generally low.Interpretation Estimated ischaemic core volume was independently associated with functional independence and functional improvement but did not modify the treatment benefit of endovascular thrombectomy over standard medical therapy for improved functional outcome. Combining ischaemic core volume with age and expected imagingto-reperfusion time will improve assessment of prognosis and might inform endovascular thrombectomy treatment decisions. Copyright (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Published
2019

45. Favorable Bridging Therapy Based on DWI-FLAIR Mismatch in Patients with Unclear-Onset Stroke

Author

Paolo Machi, Xavier Ayrignac, Kyriakos Lobotesis, Alain Bonafe, Isabelle Mourand, Vincent Costalat, Omer Eker, Caroline Arquizan, Roxane Schaub, D. Milhaud, Département de neurologie [Montpellier], Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier)-Hôpital Gui de Chauliac [Montpellier]-Université de Montpellier (UM), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier), Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier - Déficits sensoriels et moteurs (INM), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Département de Neuroradiologie[Montpellier], Hôpital Gui de Chauliac [Montpellier]-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier)-Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Université de Montpellier (UM), and Université de Montpellier (UM)

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Adult, Brain Infarction, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, [SDV.IB.IMA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering/Imaging, medicine.medical_treatment, [SDV.IB.MN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering/Nuclear medicine, Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery, Revascularization, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, medicine, Humans, Combined Modality Therapy, Thrombolytic Therapy, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, 030212 general & internal medicine, Young adult, Stroke, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Thrombectomy, business.industry, Adult Brain, Retrospective cohort study, Thrombolysis, Middle Aged, Image Enhancement, Prognosis, medicine.disease, Arterial occlusion, 3. Good health, Surgery, Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging, [SDV.NEU]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC], Female, Neurology (clinical), business, [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

International audience; BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Standard selection criteria for revascularization therapy usually exclude patients with unclear-onset stroke. Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of revascularization therapy in patients with unclear-onset stroke in the anterior circulation and to identify the predictive factors for favorable clinical outcome.MATERIALS AND METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed 41 consecutive patients presenting with acute stroke with unknown time of onset treated by intravenous thrombolysis and/or mechanical thrombectomy. Only patients without well-developed fluid-attenuated inversion recovery changes of acute diffusion lesions on MR imaging were enrolled. Twenty-one patients were treated by intravenous thrombolysis; 19 received, simultaneously, intravenous thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy (as a bridging therapy); and 1 patient, endovascular therapy alone. Clinical outcome was evaluated at 90 days by using the mRS. Mortality and symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage were also reported.RESULTS:Median patient age was 72 years (range, 17-89 years). Mean initial NIHSS score was 14.5 ± 5.7. Successful recanalization (TICI 2b-3) was assessed in 61% of patients presenting with an arterial occlusion, symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage occurred in 2 patients (4.9%), and 3 (7.3%) patients died. After 90 days, favorable outcome (mRS 0-2) was observed in 25 (61%) patients. Following multivariate analysis, initial NIHSS score (OR, 1.43; 95% CI, 1.13-1.82; P = .003) and bridging therapy (OR, 37.92; 95% CI, 2.43-591.35; P = .009) were independently associated with a favorable outcome at 3 months.CONCLUSIONS:The study demonstrates the safety and good clinical outcome of acute recanalization therapy in patients with acute stroke in the anterior circulation and an unknown time of onset and a DWI/FLAIR mismatch on imaging. Moreover, bridging therapy versus intravenous thrombolysis alone was independently associated with favorable outcome at 3 months.

Published
2015

46. Effect of general anaesthesia on functional outcome in patients with anterior circulation ischaemic stroke having endovascular thrombectomy versus standard care: a meta-analysis of individual patient data

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Bruce C V Campbell, Wim H van Zwam, Mayank Goyal, Bijoy K Menon, Diederik W J Dippel, Andrew M Demchuk, Serge Bracard, Philip White, Antoni Dávalos, Charles B L M Majoie, Aad van der Lugt, Gary A Ford, Natalia Pérez de la Ossa, Michael Kelly, Romain Bourcier, Geoffrey A Donnan, Yvo B W E M Roos, Oh Young Bang, Raul G Nogueira, Thomas G Devlin, Lucie A van den Berg, Frédéric Clarençon, Paul Burns, Jeffrey Carpenter, Olvert A Berkhemer, Dileep R Yavagal, Vitor Mendes Pereira, Xavier Ducrocq, Anand Dixit, Helena Quesada, Jonathan Epstein, Stephen M Davis, Olav Jansen, Marta Rubiera, Xabier Urra, Emilien Micard, Hester F Lingsma, Olivier Naggara, Scott Brown, Francis Guillemin, Keith W Muir, Robert J van Oostenbrugge, Jeffrey L Saver, Tudor G Jovin, Michael D Hill, Peter J Mitchell, Puck SS Fransen, Debbie Beumer, Albert J Yoo, Wouter J Schonewille, Jan Albert Vos, Paul J Nederkoorn, Marieke JH Wermer, Marianne AA van Walderveen, Julie Staals, Jeannette Hofmeijer, Jacques A. van Oostayen, Geert J. Lycklama à Nijeholt, Jelis Boiten, Patrick A. Brouwer, Bart J. Emmer, Sebastiaan F. de Bruijn, Lukas C. van Dijk, Jaap Kappelle, Rob H Lo, Ewoud J. van Dijk, Joost de Vries, Paul L.M. de Kort, Willem Jan J. van Rooij, Jan S.P. van den Berg, Boudewijn A.A.M. van Hasselt, Leo A.M. Aerden, René J. Dallinga, Marieke C. Visser, Joseph C.J. Bot, Patrick C. Vroomen, Omid Eshghi, Tobien H.C.M.L. Schreuder, Roel J.J. Heijboer, Koos Keizer, Alexander V. Tielbeek, Heleen M. den Hertog, Dick G. Gerrits, Renske M. van den Berg-Vos, Giorgos B. Karas, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Zwenneke Flach, Henk A. Marquering, Marieke E.S. Sprengers, Sjoerd F.M. Jenniskens, Ludo F.M. Beenen, René van den Berg, Peter J. Koudstaal, Wim H. van Zwam, Yvo B.W.E.M. Roos, Robert J. van Oostenbrugge, Charles B.L.M. Majoie, Diederik W.J. Dippel, Martin M. Brown, Thomas Liebig, Theo Stijnen, Tommy Andersson, Heinrich Mattle, Nils Wahlgren, Esther van der Heijden, Naziha Ghannouti, Nadine Fleitour, Imke Hooijenga, Corina Puppels, Wilma Pellikaan, Annet Geerling, Annemieke Lindl-Velema, Gina van Vemde, Ans de Ridder, Paut Greebe, José de Bont-Stikkelbroeck, Joke de Meris, Kirsten Janssen, Willy Struijk, Silvan Licher, Nikki Boodt, Adriaan Ros, Esmee Venema, Ilse Slokkers, Raymie-Jayce Ganpat, Maxim Mulder, Nawid Saiedie, Alis Heshmatollah, Stefanie Schipperen, Stefan Vinken, Tiemen van Boxtel, Jeroen Koets, Merel Boers, Emilie Santos, Jordi Borst, Ivo Jansen, Manon Kappelhof, Marit Lucas, Ralph Geuskens, Renan Sales Barros, Roeland Dobbe, Marloes Csizmadia, MD Hill, M Goyal, AM Demchuk, BK Menon, M Eesa, KJ Ryckborst, MR Wright, NR Kamal, L Andersen, PA Randhawa, T Stewart, S Patil, P Minhas, M Almekhlafi, S Mishra, F Clement, T Sajobi, A Shuaib, WJ Montanera, D Roy, FL Silver, TG Jovin, DF Frei, B Sapkota, JL Rempel, J Thornton, D 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Linares, P McNelis, K Erkmen, P Katz, A Azizi, M Weaver, C Jungreis, S Faro, P Shah, H Reimer, V Kalugdan, G Saposnik, A Bharatha, Y Li, P Kostyrko, T Marotta, W Montanera, D Sarma, D Selchen, J Spears, JH Heo, K Jeong, DJ Kim, BM Kim, YD Kim, D Song, K-J Lee, J Yoo, OY Bang, S Rho, J Lee, P Jeon, KH Kim, J Cha, SJ Kim, S Ryoo, MJ Lee, S-I Sohn, C-H Kim, H-G Ryu, J-H Hong, H-W Chang, C-Y Lee, J Rha, Bruce CV Campbell, Leonid Churilov, Bernard Yan, Richard Dowling, Nawaf Yassi, Thomas J Oxley, Teddy Y Wu, Gabriel Silver, Amy McDonald, Rachael McCoy, Timothy J Kleinig, Rebecca Scroop, Helen M Dewey, Marion Simpson, Mark Brooks, Bronwyn Coulton, Martin Krause, Timothy J Harrington, Brendan Steinfort, Kenneth Faulder, Miriam Priglinger, Susan Day, Thanh Phan, Winston Chong, Michael Holt, Ronil V Chandra, Henry Ma, Dennis Young, Kitty Wong, Tissa Wijeratne, Hans Tu, Elizabeth Mackay, Sherisse Celestino, Christopher F Bladin, Poh Sien Loh, Amanda Gilligan, Zofia Ross, Skye Coote, Tanya 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David-Axel Laplaud, Thibaud Lebouvier, Alina Lintia-Gaultier, Hélène Pouclet-Courtemanche, Tiphaine Rouaud, Violaine Rouaud Jaffrenou, Aurélia Schunck, Mathieu Sevin-Allouet, Frederique Toulgoat, Sandrine Wiertlewski, Jean-Yves Gauvrit, Thomas Ronziere, Vincent Cahagne, Jean-Christophe Ferre, Jean-François Pinel, Hélène Raoult, Jean-Louis Mas, Jean-François Meder, Amen-Adam Al Najjar-Carpentier, Julia Birchenall, Eric Bodiguel, David Calvet, Valérie Domigo, Sylvie Godon-Hardy, Vincent Guiraud, Catherine Lamy, Loubna Majhadi, Ludovic Morin, Denis Trystram, Guillaume Turc, Jérôme Berge, Igor Sibon, Patrice Menegon, Xavier Barreau, François Rouanet, Sabrina Debruxelles, Annabelle Kazadi, Pauline Renou, Olivier Fleury, Anne Pasco-Papon, Frédéric Dubas, Jildaz Caroff, Sophie Godard Ducceschi, Marie-Aurélie Hamon, Alderic Lecluse, Guillaume Marc, Maurice Giroud, Frédéric Ricolfi, Yannick Bejot, Adrien Chavent, Arnaud Gentil, Apolline Kazemi, Guy-Victor Osseby, Charlotte Voguet, Marie-Hélène Mahagne, Jacques Sedat, Yves Chau, Laurent Suissa, Sylvain Lachaud, Emmanuel Houdart, Christian Stapf, Frédérique Buffon Porcher, Hugues Chabriat, Pierre Guedin, Dominique Herve, Eric Jouvent, Jérôme Mawet, Jean-Pierre Saint-Maurice, Hans-Martin Schneble, Norbert Nighoghossian, Nadia-Nawel Berhoune, Françoise Bouhour, Tae-Hee Cho, Laurent Derex, Sandra Felix, Hélène Gervais-Bernard, Benjamin Gory, Luis Manera, Laura Mechtouff, Thomas Ritzenthaler, Roberto Riva, Fabrizio Salaris Silvio, Caroline Tilikete, Raphael Blanc, Michaël Obadia, Mario Bruno Bartolini, Antoine Gueguen, Michel Piotin, Silvia Pistocchi, Hocine Redjem, Jacques Drouineau, Jean-Philippe Neau, Gaelle Godeneche, Matthias Lamy, Emilia Marsac, Stephane Velasco, Pierre Clavelou, Emmanuel Chabert, Nathalie Bourgois, Catherine Cornut-Chauvinc, Anna Ferrier, Jean Gabrillargues, Betty Jean, Anna-Raquel Marques, Nicolas Vitello, Olivier Detante, Marianne Barbieux, Kamel Boubagra, Isabelle Favre Wiki, Katia Garambois, Florence Tahon, Vasdev Ashok, Oguzhan Coskun, Georges Rodesch, Bertrand Lapergue, Frédéric Bourdain, Serge Evrard, Philippe Graveleau, Jean Pierre Decroix, Adrien Wang, François Sellal, Guido Ahle, Gabriela Carelli, Marie-Hélène Dugay, Claude Gaultier, Ariel Pablo Lebedinsky, Lavinia Lita, Raul Mariano Musacchio, Catherine Renglewicz-Destuynder, Alain Tournade, Françis Vuillemet, Francisco Macian Montoro, Charbel Mounayer, Frederic Faugeras, Laetitia Gimenez, Catherine Labach, Géraldine Lautrette, Christian Denier, Guillaume Saliou, Olivier Chassin, Claire Dussaule, Elsa Melki, Augustin Ozanne, Francesco Puccinelli, Marina Sachet, Mariana Sarov, Jean-François Bonneville, Thierry Moulin, Alessandra Biondi, Elisabeth De Bustos Medeiros, Fabrice Vuillier, Patrick Courtheoux, Fausto Viader, Marion Apoil-Brissard, Mathieu Bataille, Anne-Laure Bonnet, Julien Cogez, Emmanuel Touze, Xavier Leclerc, Didier Leys, Mohamed Aggour, Pierre Aguettaz, Marie Bodenant, Charlotte Cordonnier, Dominique Deplanque, Marie Girot, Hilde Henon, Erwah Kalsoum, Christian Lucas, Jean-Pierre Pruvo, Paolo Zuniga, Caroline Arquizan, Vincent Costalat, Paolo Machi, Isabelle Mourand, Carlos Riquelme, Pierre Bounolleau, Charles Arteaga, Anthony Faivre, Marc Bintner, Patrice Tournebize, Cyril Charlin, Françoise Darcel, Pascale Gauthier-Lasalarie, Marcia Jeremenko, Servane Mouton, Jean-Baptiste Zerlauth, Chantal Lamy, Deramond Hervé, Hosseini Hassan, André Gaston, Francis-Guy Barral, Pierre Garnier, Rémy Beaujeux, Valérie Wolff, Denis Herbreteau, Séverine Debiais, Alicia Murray, Gary Ford, Martin M Brown, Andy Clifton, Janet Freeman, Ian Ford, Hugh Markus, Joanna Wardlaw, Andy Molyneux, Thompson Robinson, Steff Lewis, John Norrie, Fergus Robertson, Richard Perry, Geoffrey Cloud, Andrew Clifton, Jeremy Madigan, Christine Roffe, Sanjeev Nayak, Kyriakos Lobotesis, Craig Smith, Amit Herwadkar, Naga Kandasamy, Tony Goddard, John Bamford, Ganesh Subramanian, Rob Lenthall, Edward Littleton, Sal Lamin, Kelley Storey, Rita Ghatala, Azra Banaras, John Aeron-Thomas, Bath Hazel, Holly Maguire, Emelda Veraque, Louise Harrison, Rekha Keshvara, James Cunningham, University of Melbourne, University of Calgary, Erasmus University Medical Center [Rotterdam] (Erasmus MC), Imagerie Adaptative Diagnostique et Interventionnelle (IADI), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Lorraine (UL), Centre d'investigation clinique [Nancy] (CIC), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy (CHRU Nancy)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Lorraine (UL), University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] (UvA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Département de neuroradiologie diagnostique et thérapeutique [CHRU Nancy], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy (CHRU Nancy), ANS - Neurovascular Disorders, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, ACS - Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Neurology, Graduate School, Other Research, APH - Personalized Medicine, APH - Quality of Care, Biomedical Engineering and Physics, ARD - Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, AGEM - Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, ACS - Microcirculation, ACS - Atherosclerosis & ischemic syndromes, ACS - Pulmonary hypertension & thrombosis, Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Public Health, Weimar, Christian (Beitragende*r), Molecular cell biology and Immunology, Pathology, Radiology and nuclear medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience - Neurovascular Disorders, Rheumatology, Beeldvorming, RS: CARIM - R3.03 - Cerebral small vessel disease, RS: CARIM - R3.11 - Imaging, MUMC+: DA BV Medisch Specialisten Radiologie (9), Klinische Neurowetenschappen, and MUMC+: MA Neurologie (3)

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Sedation, Medizin, [SDV.IB.MN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering/Nuclear medicine, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Anesthesia, General, CONTROLLED-TRIAL, THERAPY, law.invention, Brain Ischemia, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center, Randomized controlled trial, law, Modified Rankin Scale, Journal Article, [INFO.INFO-IM]Computer Science [cs]/Medical Imaging, Medicine, Humans, General anaesthesia, Stroke, Aged, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Thrombectomy, Aged, 80 and over, business.industry, Other Research Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 0], Odds ratio, MR, Middle Aged, Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care), medicine.disease, Disorders of movement Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 3], 3. Good health, Surgery, Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care, Meta-analysis, Observational study, Female, Neurology (clinical), medicine.symptom, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology, Meta-Analysis
Abstract

BACKGROUND: General anaesthesia (GA) during endovascular thrombectomy has been associated with worse patient outcomes in observational studies compared with patients treated without GA. We assessed functional outcome in ischaemic stroke patients with large vessel anterior circulation occlusion undergoing endovascular thrombectomy under GA, versus thrombectomy not under GA (with or without sedation) versus standard care (ie, no thrombectomy), stratified by the use of GA versus standard care.METHODS: For this meta-analysis, patient-level data were pooled from all patients included in randomised trials in PuMed published between Jan 1, 2010, and May 31, 2017, that compared endovascular thrombectomy predominantly done with stent retrievers with standard care in anterior circulation ischaemic stroke patients (HERMES Collaboration). The primary outcome was functional outcome assessed by ordinal analysis of the modified Rankin scale (mRS) at 90 days in the GA and non-GA subgroups of patients treated with endovascular therapy versus those patients treated with standard care, adjusted for baseline prognostic variables. To account for between-trial variance we used mixed-effects modelling with a random effect for trials incorporated in all models. Bias was assessed using the Cochrane method. The meta-analysis was prospectively designed, but not registered.FINDINGS: Seven trials were identified by our search; of 1764 patients included in these trials, 871 were allocated to endovascular thrombectomy and 893 were assigned standard care. After exclusion of 74 patients (72 did not undergo the procedure and two had missing data on anaesthetic strategy), 236 (30%) of 797 patients who had endovascular procedures were treated under GA. At baseline, patients receiving GA were younger and had a shorter delay between stroke onset and randomisation but they had similar pre-treatment clinical severity compared with patients who did not have GA. Endovascular thrombectomy improved functional outcome at 3 months both in patients who had GA (adjusted common odds ratio (cOR) 1·52, 95% CI 1·09-2·11, p=0·014) and in those who did not have GA (adjusted cOR 2·33, 95% CI 1·75-3·10, pINTERPRETATION: Worse outcomes after endovascular thrombectomy were associated with GA, after adjustment for baseline prognostic variables. These data support avoidance of GA whenever possible. The procedure did, however, remain effective versus standard care in patients treated under GA, indicating that treatment should not be withheld in those who require anaesthesia for medical reasons.FUNDING: Medtronic.

Published
2018

47. Experimental evaluation of the NeVa™ thrombectomy device a novel stent retriever conceived to improve efficacy of organized clot removal

Author

Paolo Machi, Franck Jourdan, Gianmarco Bernava, Karl-Olof Lövblad, Olivier Brina, Arthur J. Ulm, Geneva University Hospital (HUG), Nashville Neurosurgery Associates, Biomécanique des Interactions et de l'Organisation des Tissus et des Cellules (BIOTIC), Laboratoire de Mécanique et Génie Civil (LMGC), and Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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Models, Anatomic, Swine, Intracranial thrombectomy, Prosthesis Design, ddc:616.0757, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Occlusion, Materials Testing, Medicine, Animals, Humans, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Device Removal, Stent retriever, Thrombectomy, Ischemic stroke, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Equipment Safety, business.industry, Angiography, [SPI.MECA.BIOM]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]/Biomechanics [physics.med-ph], Equipment Design, Internal elastic lamina, 3. Good health, Prosthesis Failure, Mechanical thrombectomy, Brain vessels, Fluoroscopy, Stents, Neurology (clinical), Stress, Mechanical, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Biomedical engineering
Abstract

International audience; Background and purpose.-Stent retrievers are recognized as the most effective devices for intracranial thrombectomy. Although highly effective, such devices fail in clot removal when the brain vessel occlu-sion is due to organized, firm clots. The mechanism of failure is that during the retrieval, devices remain compressed by the organized clot and slide between it and the vessel wall without any removal effect. The aim of the current study is to present the preclinical evaluation of the Neva TM device, a novel stent retriever designed to improve the incorporation and removal of organized thrombi. Materials and methods.-Preclinical evaluation of the Neva TM device was divided in three main chapters: efficacy analysis, mechanical analysis and safety analysis. Efficacy and mechanical analysis aimed to investigate the behavior during the retrieval of the Neva TM device and its interaction with experimental organized clots. Safety analysis was conducted on animals in order to investigate the effect of the Neva TM device on real arteries after simulated thrombectomy maneuvers. Results.-Neva TM device showed a high rate of "optimal clot integration" and "effective clot removal" which was related to constant cohesion to the vessel wall during retrievals. Safety analysis showed as the most frequent finding the disruption of the intima of the tested vessels with, in some cases, minimal disruption of the internal elastic lamina. Conclusions.-The Neva TM device has demonstrated safety and efficacy in a pre-clinical study. Such encouraging, preliminary results have to be compared with those of clinical trials.

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2017

48. Safety and effectiveness of the Low Profile Visualized Intraluminal Support (LVIS and LVIS Jr) devices in the endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms: results of the TRAIL multicenter observational study

Author

Carlos Riquelme, Christina Iosif, Jacques Sedat, Vincent Costalat, Charbel Mounayer, Mohamed Aggour, Trail Investigators, Alain Bonafe, Raphaël Blanc, Hervé Brunel, Laurent Pierot, Nader Sourour, Xavier Barreau, Paolo Machi, Michel Piotin, Yves Chau, Suzana Saleme, Service de Neuroradiologie interventionnelle [CHU Limoges], CHU Limoges, CHU de Bordeaux Pellegrin [Bordeaux], Hôpital Saint-Roch [Nice], Service de neuroradiologie diagnostique et fonctionnelle [CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)-CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [APHP], CHU Saint-Etienne, Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] ( TIMONE ), Neuroradiologie [Hôpital Gui de Chauliac], Hôpital Gui de Chauliac, Hôpital Maison Blanche, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims ( CHU Reims ), Service de Neuroradiologie [CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière], CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] (TIMONE), Hôpital Gui de Chauliac [Montpellier], Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier - Déficits sensoriels et moteurs (INM), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Université de Montpellier (UM), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], and Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)

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Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, [SDV.IB.IMA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering/Imaging, medicine.medical_treatment, [SDV.MHEP.CHI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Surgery, Aneurysm, Ruptured, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Aneurysm, Occlusion, medicine, Humans, Prospective Studies, cardiovascular diseases, Endovascular treatment, [ SDV.MHEP.CHI ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Surgery, [ SDV.IB.IMA ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering/Imaging, Aged, Coil embolization, business.industry, Mortality rate, Endovascular Procedures, Stent, Intracranial Aneurysm, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Blood Vessel Prosthesis, Cerebral Angiography, 3. Good health, Surgery, New Devices, Treatment Outcome, Retreatment, aneurysm, Female, Stents, Observational study, stent, Neurology (clinical), business, Complication, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract

Background and purposeTo evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the low-profile braided intracranial stents called the Low Profile Visualized Intraluminal Support (LVIS) devices for stent-assisted coil embolization of wide-necked intracranial aneurysms.Materials and methodsThis was a prospective, multicenter, observational study of unruptured and ruptured intracranial aneurysms treated with the LVIS devices. Imaging and clinical data were independently analyzed respectively by CoreLab and Clinical Event Committee. Primary endpoints were clinical safety, effectiveness, and angiographic stability of the results at 6 and 18 months.ResultsTen centers participated in the study; 102 patients were included and 90 patients (42.2% men, 57.8% women) were eventually analyzed, among which 27 (30.0%) had multiple aneurysms. Twenty-three (25.6%) were ruptured aneurysms, four of which (4.4%) were treated in the acute phase. One aneurysm was treated per patient; 92 LVIS and LVIS Jr devices were placed overall. The total aneurysm occlusion rate was 91.0% on immediate post-procedure angiograms, which remained unchanged at 6-month follow-up and was 92.4% at 18-month follow-up. One patient (1.1%) underwent retreatment between 6 and 18 months of follow-up. A modified Rankin score of 0 was documented for most cases immediately after the procedure (86.7%) and at 6-month (86.8%) and 18-month (83.3%) follow-up. The overall permanent morbidity rate at 18 months was 5.6% and the overall rate of events with sequelae related to the stent was 2.2%. The 18-month procedure-related mortality rate was 3.3%. No patient was deemed to require retreatment at 18-month follow-up.ConclusionThe LVIS/LVIS Jr endovascular devices are safe and effective in the treatment of ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms, with acceptable complication rates, very high immediate total occlusion rates, and stable angiographic results.

Published
2017

49. The Catch Mini stent retriever for mechanical thrombectomy in distal intracranial occlusions

Author

Hasan Yilmaz, Paolo Machi, Alain Pellaton, Jeremy Hofmeister, Maria Vargas, Karl-Olof Lövblad, Gorislav Erceg, Zsolt Kulcsar, Gianmarco Bernava, University of Zurich, and Machi, Paolo

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Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, 610 Medicine & health, Radiography, Interventional, Asymptomatic, ddc:616.0757, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, Brain Ischemia, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Hematoma, 10043 Clinic for Neuroradiology, Occlusion, medicine, Alloys, 2741 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Humans, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Stroke, Interventional neuroradiology, 3614 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, Device Removal, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Thrombectomy, Aged, 80 and over, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology, business.industry, Vasospasm, respiratory system, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, bacterial infections and mycoses, Surgery, Mechanical thrombectomy, medicine.anatomical_structure, 2728 Neurology (clinical), Treatment Outcome, Female, Stents, Neurology (clinical), medicine.symptom, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Artery
Abstract

Objective Mechanical thrombectomy (MTB) is a treatment of reference for acute ischemic stroke due to large brain vessel occlusion but some concerns remain about its use in small distal branches. In the present study, we assessed the efficacy and the safety of distal MTB using the Catch Mini (CM) stent retriever. Methods We retrospectively reviewed a prospectively maintained database of all consecutive patients who underwent MTB for a distal intracranial occlusion with the Catch Mini device at our hospital. Results Forty-one patient underwent MTB for distal intracranial occlusions using the CM stent retriever. Good capillary reperfusion (TICT ≥ 2b) was observed in 32 out of 41 patients (78%). Focal ischemia within the territory vascularized by the artery addressed by the CM was observed in 8 patients (19.5%). Post-procedural vasospasm was observed in 8 patients, all responding rapidly to vasodilatator administration. Two asymptomatic hemorrhages (4.9%) were noted on follow-up imaging (one patechial hemorrhage and one parenchymal hematoma) in patients with M2 occlusions. No vessel rupture were observed. Overall, good neurological outcome at three months (mRS ≤ 2) was observed in 28 (out of 34 patients followed; 82.4%) of patients. Conclusions Our single-center experience shows that the CM stent retriever is safe and effective for the recanalization of small diameter distal branches feeding eloquent brain areas.

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2017

50. Outcome of transarterial treatment of dural arteriovenous fistulas with direct or indirect cortical venous drainage

Author

Carlos Riquelme, Gregory Gascou, Marine Le Corre, Pierre-Henri Lefevre, Daniel Mantilla, Omer Eker, Federico Cagnazzo, Alain Bonafe, Cyril Dargazanli, Vincent Costalat, Paolo Machi, Département de Neuroradiologie[Montpellier], Hôpital Gui de Chauliac [Montpellier]-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier)-Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Service de Neurochirurgie [Montpellier], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier)-CHU Gui de Chauliac [Montpellier], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier), Université de Montpellier (UM), Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier - Déficits sensoriels et moteurs (INM), and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM)

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Adult, Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Fistula, Arteriovenous fistula, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Modified Rankin Scale, Dural arteriovenous fistulas, Statistical significance, Occlusion, medicine, Humans, Prospective Studies, Aged, Retrospective Studies, business.industry, Venous drainage, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Embolization, Therapeutic, 3. Good health, Surgery, medicine.anatomical_structure, Treatment Outcome, Arteriovenous Fistula, Drainage, Female, Polyvinyls, Neurology (clinical), business, Vascular Surgical Procedures, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Artery
Abstract

Background and purposeTransarterial Onyx embolization is an effective treatment for patients with intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF). A study was performed to determine whether the clinical and radiological outcomes after transarterial Onyx treatment were affected by the type of cortical venous drainage (direct vs indirect) of high-grade DAVF.Materials and methodsBetween May 2006 and December 2014, demographic data, clinical presentation, angiographic characteristics, and treatment-related outcomes were collected for 54 patients divided into two groups (intracranial DAVF with direct and indirect cortical venous drainage). Continuous variables were compared with the two-tailed t test and categorical variables with the χ2 test. Statistical significance was set at PResultsFifty-two patients (71% with direct and 29% with indirect cortical venous drainage) underwent Onyx embolization. Immediate complete occlusion after treatment was observed in about 55% of patients without between-group difference. During the long-term follow-up, complete angiographic occlusion was achieved in 83% of patients. Specifically, 15 additional patients (40%) in the direct cortical venous drainage group progressed to complete occlusion, but only one (6%) in the indirect cortical venous drainage group. Overall, the rate of complete occlusion was higher in patients with DAVF with direct cortical venous drainage (92%) than in those with DAVF with indirect cortical venous drainage (62.5%) (P=0.01). The rate of permanent treatment-related complications was 4%, mostly related to ischemic events. Overall, 80.5% of patients had a good neurological outcome (modified Rankin Scale score 0–2).ConclusionsTransarterial Onyx embolization of intracranial high-grade DAVF is safe and effective, particularly for lesions with direct cortical venous drainage.

Published
2017

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