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AUTHOR
Oliver C. Singer
Flat Panel Computed Tomography Pooled Blood Volume and Infarct Prediction in Endovascular Stroke Treatment
Background and Purpose— Patients with large-vessel stroke frequently need to be transferred to comprehensive stroke centers for endovascular treatment. An update of physiological perfusion parameters and stroke progression on arrival is desirable. We examined the reliability of preinterventional pooled blood volume (PBV)-maps acquired by flat-panel detector computed tomography (CT) in the interventional angiography suite. Methods— The volumes of preinterventional perfusion deficit in flat-panel detector CT-PBV source images were compared with final infarct volume on follow-up multislice-CT after endovascular treatment of 29 consecutive patients with occlusion of the middle cerebral artery …
Safety of endovascular treatment in acute stroke patients taking oral anticoagulants
International journal of stroke 12(4), 412-415 (2017). doi:10.1177/1747493016677986
Mechanical recanalization in basilar artery occlusion: The ENDOSTROKE study
Objective A study was undertaken to evaluate clinical and procedural factors associated with outcome and recanalization in endovascular stroke treatment (EVT) of basilar artery (BA) occlusion. Methods ENDOSTROKE is an investigator-initiated multicenter registry for patients undergoing EVT. This analysis includes 148 consecutive patients with BA occlusion, with 59% having received intravenous thrombolysis prior to EVT. Recanalization (defined as Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction [TICI] score 2b–3) and collateral status (using the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology/Society of Interventional Radiology collateral grading system) were assessed by a blinded core l…