Tag: BRAIN 2022

Neuroprotection “renaissance” offers hope for improved stroke therapies in future

The “renaissance” of neuro- and cerebroprotective paradigms, coupled with “the advent of new ideas”—such as the concept of ‘transient neuroprotection’ to preserve the penumbra—appears...

DISTAL trial will elucidate non-dominant M2, M3 and PCA occlusions but...

A recent update on the DISTAL randomised controlled trial (RCT)—which was delivered at the Barts Research and Advanced Interventional Neuroradiology (BRAIN) conference (5–8 December...
3d printing stents

Technological advances could render 3D printing a “major manufacturing tool” for...

The utilisation of 3D printing to make drug-eluting stents may currently be in its infancy, but the advantages it carries—such as the ability to...
failed thrombectomy rescue stenting

Current literature supports stenting as feasible bailout option after failed thrombectomy

Permanent intracranial stenting offers a feasible, safe ‘bailout’ option following a failed mechanical thrombectomy procedure. This was the concluding message delivered recently by Sarah...