Tag: thrombectomy

Mitchell Silver joins Contego Medical as chief medical officer

Contego Medical recently announced that Mitchell Silver, an interventional cardiologist and vascular medicine specialist, has joined the team as chief medical officer (CMO). A press...

Non-English-speaking stroke patients less likely to reach hospital via ambulance or...

Non-English-speaking patients are less likely to arrive by ambulance when experiencing stroke symptoms, and also less likely to receive a mechanical thrombectomy procedure, according...
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Vesalio appoints chief financial officer and announces new company headquarters

Vesalio is set to welcome J D McCulloch as its chief financial officer (CFO) for overseeing all financial aspects of the business, and helping...

Thrombectomy shows long-term benefit in large-infarct stroke patients diagnosed via ‘pragmatic’...

The TENSION trial, conducted across 41 hospitals in Europe and Canada, has unveiled new insights into the long-term efficacy of endovascular mechanical thrombectomy in...

Early technique switches “should be contemplated” following failed thrombectomy attempts

A retrospective analysis including data from close to 3,000 stroke patients has concluded that early changes in mechanical thrombectomy strategies may be associated with...

Early DAPT, statin therapy and stent patency among predictors of good...

An analysis involving some 300 patients with anterior-circulation acute ischaemic strokes caused by tandem lesions has determined a number of factors that may be...

Dual-stent retriever strategy demonstrates promise in TWIN2WIN clinical trial

Late-breaking findings from the TWIN2WIN trial—presented recently at the International Stroke Conference (ISC; 7–9 February, Phoenix, USA)—have demonstrated the potential benefits of performing mechanical...

Is it time to consider a paradigm shift from mechanical thrombectomy...

In light of recent evidence indicating that thrombectomies with poor reperfusion may lead to inferior clinical outcomes versus medical management in ischaemic stroke, Adrien...

Question is “not if, but when” to stent in challenging, NET-rich...

The recent Barts Research and Advanced Interventional Neuroradiology (BRAIN) conference (4–6 December 2023, London, UK) saw Tommy Andersson (Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden) put...

TENSION results show improved functional outcomes and reduced mortality with stroke...

New results from the TENSION study—presented recently at the 15th World Stroke Congress (WSC; 10–12 October, Toronto, Canada) by Götz Thomalla (University Medical Center...

Striving for more distal guide-catheter placement is a “no-brainer” in stroke...

This advertorial, intended for US readers only, is sponsored by CERENOVUS. “Going distally with guide catheters is more routine nowadays,” says Violiza Inoa (Memphis, USA),...

‘Minimal differences’ in clinical outcomes between stroke thrombectomy with or without...

There are likely to be minimal differences in clinical outcomes between acute stroke patients presenting directly to endovascular treatment centres who undergo mechanical thrombectomy...

EVT with poor reperfusion linked to worse outcomes than medical management...

Endovascular therapy (EVT) treatments that achieve poor reperfusion have been found to result in inferior clinical outcomes compared to best medical management (BMM) in...

US registry study reveals 75% of acute stroke patients wait more...

A new study led by researchers from the University of Chicago Medicine (Chicago, USA) has revealed that nearly 75% of acute stroke patients wait more than...

Systematic review and meta-analysis find stroke thrombectomy safe and effective in...

A study presented at last week’s Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) annual meeting (31 July–4 August 2023, San Diego, USA) noted that mechanical thrombectomy—in...

New eligibility criteria including large-core strokes could boost thrombectomy rates “dramatically”

A study presented on the first day of the 2023 Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) annual meeting (31 July–4 August, San Diego, USA) has...
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J Mocco

As president of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS), endovascular neurosurgeon J Mocco (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA) has...

New WIST guidelines seek to improve access and standardise training in...

A new set of guidelines intended to standardise and expand stroke thrombectomy training have been published simultaneously in Europe, in the journal Advances in...

Tenecteplase linked to higher haemorrhage rates than alteplase in no-thrombectomy stroke...

Intravenous tenecteplase was associated with a higher rate of intracranial haemorrhage (ICH), as compared to alteplase, in a recent analysis of real-world data from...

First-pass effect or rule of three? Definition of procedural success remains...

While a number of companies in the neurovascular space have become increasingly focused on the ‘first-pass effect’ in mechanical thrombectomy treatments, many major clinical...

Study finds “dismally low” global access to thrombectomy and “enormous disparity”...

The Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN) has released its first global analysis of access to mechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of large...

Hotter weather during transportation associated with improved thrombectomy outcomes

A study intended to examine the impact of different weather conditions and modes of transport on mechanical thrombectomies in stroke patients has found a...

ANGEL-ASPECT data bolster evidence for thrombectomy in large infarct core stroke

A randomised trial has found mechanical thrombectomy procedures performed within 24 hours of symptom onset to be more effective than standard medical care in...

SELECT2 results support thrombectomy use in stroke patients with large infarct-core...

An international clinical study has found that patients experiencing a ‘large’ stroke—characterised by a greater infarct-core volume on imaging—had a dramatically better recovery after...

Hyperfine announces new data on portable MRI in post-thrombectomy stroke patients

Hyperfine has announced the presentation of new stroke patient follow-up data regarding the use of the Swoop system—which it claims is the world’s first US...

Prior thrombolysis improves outcomes for M2 occlusion stroke patients undergoing thrombectomy

Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) prior to a mechanical thrombectomy procedure could result in better functional outcomes than thrombectomy alone in stroke patients with M2 occlusions,...

Meta-analysis including recent basilar trials signals benefit of EVT in posterior...

A meta-analysis of recent basilar artery occlusion trials—including ATTENTION and BAOCHE—has further indicated the potential benefits held by endovascular therapy (EVT) in treating posterior-circulation...

Thrombectomy use rates underscore recent advances in Latin American stroke care

A systematic review of interventional acute ischaemic stroke treatments in Latin American countries has found that mechanical thrombectomy usage in these regions is “comparable...

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...
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...

Clinicians urge Scottish government to reverse £7 million thrombectomy funding cut

Health charities and National Health Service (NHS) clinicians have united in a call for the Scottish government to reverse a cut to the funding...
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Stroke community intensifies efforts to tackle “unacceptable” disparities in thrombectomy access

A wealth of new data confirming the beneficial role mechanical thrombectomy can play in the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke came to light through...

Education and awareness paramount in moving eastern European stroke care forward

 The urgent need for more comprehensive, standardised thrombectomy services is starting to be recognised and acted upon across Western Europe, but—as discussions at this...

World Stroke Congress bolsters evidence on optimal thrombectomy and thrombolysis approaches

While much-needed improvements to existing triage and transport protocols for acute stroke patients were a leading topic of focus on World Stroke Day (29...
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BAOCHE trial results supporting thrombectomy for basilar artery stroke published in...

Results from the BAOCHE randomised controlled trial (RCT), which found that the addition of thrombectomy to standard medical care within 6–24 hours in basilar...

Process times and regional variation are main areas of concern for...

Technical and clinical outcomes associated with mechanical thrombectomy treatments in England are currently “acceptable”, but ‘drip-and-ship’ patients, process times and variation between units all...

Vena Medical announces first global thrombectomy procedures with Balloon Distal Access...

Vena Medical has announced the successful treatment of the first five patients in the world using its Vena Balloon Distal Access Catheter (BDAC) at...

SNIS 2022: Late-breaking data bolster evidence supporting thrombectomy for BAO stroke

Late-breaking research presented at the recent Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS) 19th annual meeting (25–29 July, Toronto, Canada) has shown that thrombectomy procedures can...

Stroke Association calls for 24/7 thrombectomy service across the UK

A new report released by the UK Stroke Association warns that, if thrombectomy rates remain at 2020/21 levels, a total of 47,112 stroke patients...

SNIS 2022: Research shows AI-based stroke diagnostics can expand access to...

A new study presented at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS) 19th annual meeting (25–29 July, Toronto, Canada) shows that artificial intelligence (AI) technology...

SNIS 2022: Direct triage to Level 1 stroke centres reduces time...

Implementing severity-based field triage leads to faster treatment and less disability for stroke patients, according to late-breaking research presented recently at the Society of...

Imperative Care announces positive real-world data associated with Zoom stroke solution...

Imperative Care has announced that new data from studies evaluating the utility of its Zoom stroke solution were recently presented at the ongoing Society...

Route 92’s Monopoint operating platform shows 82% first-pass effect in independent...

Route 92 Medical recently announced the publication of an investigator-initiated, multicentre SLIC (Super large-bore ingestion of clot) study of its proprietary Monopoint operating platform,...

Rare disease variant specific to East Asian patients increases post-EVT reocclusion...

Among people who received endovascular mechanical thrombectomy to remove a large vessel occlusion (LVO), those with a rare genetic disease variant found primarily in people...

It takes two: The benefits of direct ‘double stentriever’ thrombectomy in...

This advertorial, sponsored by Medtronic, is intended for readers outside of the USA. Mechanical thrombectomy may be the standard of care for acute ischaemic strokes...

Rapid Medical begins enrolment in DISTALS trial treating new ischaemic stroke...

Rapid Medical announced today the enrolment of the first patient in the DISTALS study, which the company claims is the first-ever US Food and...
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Vesalio announces completion of enrolment in acute ischaemic stroke IDE study

Vesalio has announced the completion of patient enrolment for the CLEAR US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigational device exemption (IDE) study utilising the NeVa...

Preliminary data indicate improved neurological outcomes with alteplase versus placebo

As per early findings from the CHOICE randomised controlled trial (RCT), the use of adjunct, intra-arterial alteplase—among patients with large vessel occlusion (LVO) acute...
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Truvic announces US FDA 510(k) clearance for Prodigy thrombectomy system

Truvic Medical, a wholly owned subsidiary of Imperative Care, announced in a press release that it has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food...
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Michael Chen

Michael Chen—a neurointerventionist and professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, USA—speaks to NeuroNews to provide insight on...

ISC 2022: New study finds better outcomes in patients treated at...

When comparing outcomes for acute ischaemic stroke patients treated at various levels of stroke centres, patients who received care at comprehensive stroke centres (CSC) or thrombectomy-capable...

ISC 2022: Global EXCELLENT study “shows how much stroke thrombectomy has...

Mechanical removal of blood clots reduced post-stroke disability in nearly half of “all-comer” real-world stroke patients in a global study, according to preliminary late-breaking...
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Mechanical thrombectomy shown to restore more function than medication alone following...

A new study from Japan has become the first randomised controlled trial (RCT) to demonstrate the effectiveness of endovascular mechanical thrombectomy procedures in patients...

Few cases and short timeframe required to overcome learning curve with...

A retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained database has found that robot-assisted carotid artery stenting (CAS) is both safe and effective. Writing in Neurosurgical...

Vena balloon distal access catheter gains Health Canada medical device licence

Vena Medical has announced the first Health Canada medical device licence for its new product, the Vena balloon distal access catheter, which combines the...
stroke triage transport

Reducing disability and death: What is next for stroke triage and...

Michael Chen (Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, USA) discusses the growing awareness around the need for timely interventions in stroke care in the USA,...

Brainomix launches e-Stroke 11 to enhance stroke network communications and workflow

Brainomix has announced the launch of e-Stroke 11, the latest version of the company's AI-powered stroke imaging platform. According to a Brainomix press release,...

Vesalio initiates clinical study evaluating enVast thrombectomy system in patients with...

Vesalio recently announced the start of enrolment in its NATURE study using enVast, the company’s first thrombectomy system for patients presenting with ST-segment elevation...
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AURORA: Evidence in favour of thrombectomy beyond six hours strengthened by...

Evidence favouring endovascular therapy (EVT) in anterior circulation stroke patients presenting with reversible cerebral ischaemia in the later time window (beyond six hours) from...
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Hispanic stroke patients experience poorer post-thrombectomy outcomes than white counterparts

A study conducted by neurology researchers at University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center has found lower-quality functional outcomes for Hispanic ischaemic stroke patients...
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Rapid Medical to initiate trial expanding thrombectomy treatment across distal regions...

Rapid Medical today announced US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigational device exemption (IDE) approval for what it claims is the first ever trial...
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Increased experience associated with shorter procedure times and better reperfusion rates...

Increasing levels of experience in performing mechanical thrombectomies have been associated with shorter procedural duration and better reperfusion rates in a multicentre study—with the...

Phenox expands acute ischaemic stroke portfolio with global launch of pRESET...

Phenox has added to its extensive technology portfolio with the introduction of the pRESET 6-50 mechanical thrombectomy device for the treatment of acute large...

Biomodex launches synthetic clot product for neurovascular training

Biomodex, a company specialising in biorealistic haptic simulators for physician training and rehearsals, has announced the launch of Thrombotech—a new, hydrogel-based synthetic clot product...

Boston Scientific announces agreement to acquire Devoro Medical

Today, Boston Scientific announced an agreement to acquire Devoro Medical, developer of the Wolf thrombectomy platform. The non-console and lytic-free Wolf technology targets and...

Sensome begins first-in-human trial of AI-powered stroke guidewire

Sensome has announced enrolment of the first patients in the multicentre, first-in-human CLOT OUT study, which will evaluate the safety and performance of the...
swift-direct trial thrombectomy

Direct mechanical thrombectomy fails to show non-inferiority compared with IV t-PA...

The preliminary results of the SWIFT-DIRECT (Solitaire with the intention for thrombectomy plus IV t-PA versus direct Solitaire stent-retriever thrombectomy in acute anterior circulation...
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Flying intervention teams lead to higher EVT rates and reduced time...

Flying teams of interventionists directly to a primary stroke centre to perform endovascular therapy (EVT)—as opposed to waiting for the patient to be transferred...
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Benefits of EVT for basilar artery occlusion “cannot be excluded” following...

A randomised controlled trial (RCT) involving 300 patients found that functional outcomes among basilar artery occlusion stroke patients “did not differ significantly” with endovascular...
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Time is brain: Travelling stroke team enables faster treatment and better...

In a pilot programme in New York City, USA, a mobile interventional stroke team (MIST) travelled directly to patients to perform emergency stroke surgery...
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Phenox highlights benefits of longer stentriever devices with new study results

Following its acceptance into Frontiers in Neurology, Phenox has announced the results of a paper exploring the benefit of choosing a longer stentriever for...
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Gender disparity in comprehensive stroke centre routing highlighted at SNIS 

Women may be less likely than men to be sent to a comprehensive, or “Level 1”, stroke centre for emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO)...

Black stroke patients undergo neuroendovascular surgery less often than white patients,...

Black patients with stroke are less likely than white patients to undergo a potentially lifesaving, minimally-invasive thrombectomy procedure to remove blood clots from arteries...
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Race among factors that predict how quickly patients get to stroke...

Race, in combination with other factors, predicted how quickly individuals with stroke got to care centres to receive necessary neuroendovascular surgery, including thrombectomy, according...
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Brainomix launches AI stroke software across Poland under POLKARD initiative

Brainomix has deployed its flagship artificial intelligence (AI)-based e-Stroke software across the majority of the largest comprehensive stroke centres in Poland, allowing the company...

Repeated clot retrieval attempts linked to poorer functional outcome in acute...

Repeated clot retrieval attempts are associated with an increased rate of emboli to new territory (ENT) and greater infarct growth—resulting in poorer functional outcomes...
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Vesalio secures Class A funding to bolster stroke treatment portfolio

Vesalio has successfully secured a Class A financing round. The company claims this funding will be utilised to support its ongoing US Investigational Device...
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HeMo Bioengineering receives China’s NMPA approval for Afentta aspiration catheter

HeMo Bioengineering, a Singapore-based medical device company with a focus on treating stroke patients, has announced that its Afentta intracranial thrombectomy aspiration catheter—a product...
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Noninferiority of thrombectomy alone further demonstrated in acute ischaemic stroke treatment

The noninferiority of mechanical thrombectomy alone—compared to mechanical thrombectomy plus intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV-tPA)—for the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke has been demonstrated...
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First annual World Stroke Thrombectomy Day to be announced by SVIN...

The Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN) Mission Thrombectomy 2020+ Initiative (MT2020+) will announce the first annual World Stroke Thrombectomy Day at the...
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Vesalio initiates new FDA stroke study following “milestone” VITAL trial enrolment

US medical device company Vesalio has announced the start of enrolment in the Vesalio CLEAR study—an acute ischaemic stroke FDA investigational device exemption (IDE)...

Tigertriever receives FDA clearance following ISC presentation

Rapid Medical has announced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of its Tigertriever revascularisation device for use in the treatment of ischaemic stroke. According...

Despite more stroke patients receiving EVT, racial disparities persist 

A late-breaking science presentation at the International Stroke Conference (ISC) 2021 (17–19 March, online) reports that while the use of mechanical clot removal or...

Study finds mechanical thrombectomy for posterior circulation DMVO safe, and technically...

A study recently published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has found that mechanical thrombectomy for posterior circulation distal, medium vessel occlusion...

INSIST in silico project: The future of randomised controlled trials

The in silico trials for treatment of acute ischaemic stroke (INSIST) consortium began in 2017 and presented its concepts and first results at the...

Vesalio expands distribution network, broadens virtual physician training and announces high...

Vesalio has announced it has expanded the distribution of the NeVa Thrombectomy System, gaining market coverage in 53 countries in Europe, Latin America,...

Cerenovus launches new suite of technologies to advance stroke treatment

Cerenovus recently announced that it has launched Stroke Solutions, which includes a suite of three devices designed to aid physicians in clot removal procedures....

Clot permeability linked to first-attempt success of aspiration thrombectomy

A multicentre study has reported that clot perviousness or permeability, the ability for contrast used during the initial imaging workup to seep through a...

Modifying BACTRAC protocol provides first chance to study local leukocyte populations...

A new study released at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery's (SNIS) 17th Annual Meeting reveals that expanding standard techniques during mechanical thrombectomy, a procedure that...
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phenox announces European launch of its new thrombectomy devices

phenox has announced the full European launch of the pRESET 5–40 and pRESET LUX 4–20 thrombectomy devices after receiving CE mark approval last year....
first-pass success cost savings

First-pass success reduces hospitalisation-related and annual care costs in six European...

The first European study to evaluate the economic impact of first-pass effect (FPE) found that FPE patients not only benefit clinically, they also endorse...
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Brainomix AI software improves stroke treatment rates at Budapest University Hospital

On the 8th of November 2019, during a symposium at the annual meeting of the Hungarian Neuroradiology Society (MNRT) in Mátraháza, Hungary, Bence Gunda...
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MR CLEAN II trials are expanding into France

The recent European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT; 4–6 September, Nice, France) meeting saw Adriaan C G M van Es of Erasmus...
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General anaesthesia associated with better clinical outcome compared to procedural sedation...

In a recently published systematic review and meta-analysis, the use of protocol-based general anaesthesia (GA) in acute ischaemic stroke patients undergoing thrombectomy was significantly...
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ESMINT 2019: “Vast majority” of people do not expect children to...

Urs Fischer talks to BLearning Neuro at ESMINT 2019 (European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy; 4–6 September 2019; Nice, France) about some of the differences regarding...
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Patrick Brouwer

Patrick Brouwer speaks to NeuroNews about what he considers to be the most important developments in the neurointerventional field to date. As president of...
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GOLIATH trial wins ESMINT award for best European publication in JNIS

At the recent European Society of Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ESMINT; 4–6 September, Nice, France), the award for the best European publication in the...

While the use of endovascular therapy doubled with the emergence of...

According to Laura Stein and others from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA, patients admitted with acute ischaemic stroke...
Osama Zaidat low ASPECTS thrombectomy

Thrombectomy fails to find a benefit in the older population with...

A low Alberta stroke program early CT score (ASPECTS) of 4–5 has been deemed the threshold for mechanical thrombectomy, with no benefit elicited in...

SNIS 2019: It is “almost unethical” not to broaden thrombectomy inclusion...

Donald Frei (Denver, USA) talks to BLearning at SNIS 2019 (22–25 July, Miami, USA) to discuss recent data from the cohort of thrombectomy trials which has shown...

Endovascular thrombectomy decision-making: Practice area and physician experience among top factors...

A survey investigating the factors associated with the decision-making for endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) procedures found that such decisions differed significantly between regions and specialities...

New study reveals independent predictors of the first-pass effect

Non-internal carotid artery (non-ICA) site of occlusion, the use of a balloon-guided catheter, and better collateral grade were all independent predictors of the first-pass...

SNIS 2019: Next-generation thrombectomy will be “even more powerful”

Matthew Gounis (Worcester, USA) talks to BLearning at SNIS 2019 (22–25 July, Miami, USA) about the current state of ischaemic stroke therapy. Gounis notes that...

SNIS 2019: In select patients, conventional imaging is “unnecessary” and they...

Marc Ribo (Barcelona, Spain) talks to BLearning at SNIS 2019 (22—25 July, Miami, USA) about the benefits of optimising time to thrombectomy by cutting out...

Vesalio secures US$5 million investment capital funding

Vesalio announces it has recently raised US$5 million in funding. The capital will support the continued global expansion of the NeVa Neurothrombectomy System, finance...

Insera earns CE mark approval for cyclical-suction stroke thrombectomy platform, the...

Insera Therapeutics has announced that it has received CE mark approval for its flagship product, the CLEAR Aspiration System, for the aspiration of blood...

CT perfusion core volume and time found strongly associated with EVT...

The likelihood of good clinical and safety outcomes after endovascular thrombectomy in patients with large core on CT ASPECTS (Alberta stroke programme early CT...

Going beyond DAWN and DEFUSE 3: New studies point to need...

A series of studies published in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery is bringing attention to potential constraints in the practice-changing DAWN and DEFUSE 3 trials, when...

Cerenovus launches largest global registry to study stroke-inducing blood clots removed...

Johnson & Johnson has announced that its Cerenovus business has launched the single largest global registry, the EXCELLENT Registry, to collect and analyse stroke-inducing...

The evolving role of telemedicine in acute stroke treatment

Amid the current modernisation of ischaemic stroke treatment, Michael Chen discusses how telemedicine not only has tremendous value, but should become a more standard...

Time is “money”, not just brain

Thrombectomy is a highly effective way to treat ischaemic large vessel occlusion stroke. “Time is brain” remains crucial as the thrombectomy benefit is highly...

Penumbra launches JET 7 and Penumbra JET D in USA

Penumbra has announced US commercial availability of the Penumbra JET 7 and Penumbra JET D Reperfusion Catheters powered by the Penumbra ENGINE aspiration source....

Thrombectomy in acute stroke therapy: Feasible for very old patients, but...

The mechanical removal of blood clots in acute stroke is highly effective but not suitable for all patients. This is a finding of a...

New research concludes metric-based simulation helps improve how physicians learn mechanical...

Mentice has welcomed the publication of a research paper in the journal Stroke based on the use of its VIST physics-based, high-fidelity simulator to...

First patient enrolled in TIGER pivotal clinical study

The first patients have been enrolled in the TIGER (Treatment with Intent to Generate Reperfusion) study. This is a multicentre study of the performance...

RAPID CTA gets FDA clearance

iSchemaView has received final clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for RAPID CTA, the company’s 3D imaging solution for Computed Tomography...

Vesalio reports positive results in early NeVa human thrombectomy procedures and...

Vesalio has announced that it has completed European enrolment of the first twenty-five human cases in a post-market registry of the proprietary NeVa neurothrombectomy...

Tenecteplase reduces the need for thrombectomy compared to alteplase

Results from the Tenecteplase Versus Alteplase Before Endovascular Therapy for Ischemic Stroke (EXTEND-IA TNK) study show that the use of tenecteplase (0.25mg/kg) led to...

Long stent retrievers associated with increased rates of first-pass reperfusion

Longer stent retrievers were found independently associated with higher rates of first-pass reperfusion and should be favoured over their shorter counterparts in light of...

A new approach to mechanical thrombectomy: The SAVE technique

As mechanical thrombectomy continues to be established as the standard of care for the treatment of patients with large vessel occlusion stroke, investigators strive...

Perflow Medical closes US$12 million in financing to treat complex neurovascular...

Perflow Medical, an Israeli-based medical device company that develops innovative tools for neurovascular interventions, today announced that the company has closed $12 million in...

FDA expands treatment window for use of clot retrieval devices in...

The US Food and Drug Administration has cleared the use of the Trevo clot retrieval device to treat certain stroke patients up to 24...

COMPASS study finds ADAPT non-inferior to stent retriever for first-line mechanical...

The COMPASS study has found that the use of ADAPT as first-line mechanical thrombectomy therapy for acute ischaemic stroke results in non-inferior functional outcomes...

New ischaemic stroke guidelines widen mechanical thrombectomy window to 24 hours...

The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association released updated ischaemic stroke guidelines that were published in Stroke, and released during the International Stroke...

To By-Pass or Not To By-Pass

In this educational supplement we focus on ischaemic stroke. We look at the results of the ASTER trial and experts weigh in on the...

The Joint Commission, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association announce new thrombectomy...

The Joint Commission, in collaboration with the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, the world’s leading voluntary health organisation devoted to fighting cardiovascular disease and...

Two trials validate use of image-based selection for late window stroke...

With the results of the DAWN trial now published in the New England Journal of Medicine and the late time window data from the...

John Muir Health awarded Comprehensive Stroke Certification Accreditation

John Muir Health’s Walnut Creek Medical Center, Walnut Creek, USA, has been awarded Comprehensive Stroke Certification Accreditation by The Joint Commission, which accredits and...

First patient enrolled in TIGERTRIEVER acute ischaemic stroke registry

  The first patient has been enrolled in the TIGERTRIEVR registry at the Cantonal Hospital of Lucerne, Switzerland. The Tigertriever (Rapid Medical) is a one-of-a-kind, fully-visible,...

DEFUSE 3 terminated early with high likelihood of benefit in the...

Following an interim analysis of data from the first 182 patients enrolled in DEFUSE 3, the trial has been terminated and is no longer...

Significant reduction in hospital workflow times with direct transfer to angiosuite

A new study from Barcelona has shown that in a subgroup of patients, direct transfer and triage in the angiosuite seems feasible, safe, and achieves significant...

Treatment at high-volume centres more beneficial for stroke patients despite transfer...

In a study published in the journal Stroke, Lorenzo Rinaldo and colleagues from the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA, have reported that transfer of acute...

MRI selection slows down randomisation but therapy benefit similar to CTP

A subanalysis from the SWIFT PRIME trial has found that time to randomisation was significantly longer in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-selected patients in the...

Physiological time is brain

The DAWN trial results, presented at the European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC) by Tudor Jovin and Raul Nogueira, dramatically change the landscape for treatment...

DAWN of a new era: Time to save brain may be...

The much-anticipated results from the DAWN trial were finally revealed at the European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC; 16–18 May, Prague, Czech Republic) strongly indicating...

Good outcomes doubled with primary stroke centre protocol, study shows

A study published online by JAMA Neurology has found that when a specific primary stroke centre protocol was fully executed in the treatment of...

New process designed to streamline faster care for EMS triage, transport...

A new process, developed by the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association, will help streamline the initial emergency care of stroke patients. The new Severity-based...

Patent issued to Perflow Medical for Stream Thrombectomy Net

Perflow Medical has announced the issuance of US Patent No. 9510855, by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), for the Stream Dynamic Neuro-Thrombectomy...

Enrolment stopped early in DAWN trial

An early end to patient enrolment in the DAWN trial has been activated following a pre-planned interim analysis of the data from the first...

ASTER RCT finds no significant difference between ADAPT and stent retriever...

The primary results of the ASTER randomised controlled trial (RCT) have shown no statistically significant difference between ADAPT (a direct aspiration first pass technique)...

Enrolment complete in ARISE II trial of EmboTrap device

Enrolment is now complete in the ARISE II clinical trial which is assessing the safety and effectiveness of the EmboTrap II revascularisation device (Neuravi),...

Wanted: More interventionalists

As the number of patients eligible for endovascular treatment of acute ischaemic stroke increases, centres across Europe must consider whether there are enough interventionalists...

First-in-human trial of Golden Retriever to take place at Karolinska

Amnis Therapeutics has received approval to perform a first-in-human clinical trial with its neuro thrombectomy device, the Golden Retriever. The approval was received from...

Endovascular therapy “appears to benefit” patients with large core and large...

Comparing the outcomes on computed tomography (CT) perfusion of patients with large baseline ischaemic cores undergoing endovascular therapy with the outcomes of matched controls...

SVIN announces “Stroke: Mission Thrombectomy 2020”

The Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN) has announced the launch of Mission Thrombectomy 2020, an initiative to enhance global efforts to improve...

Neuravi secures €15 million to fund expansion

Neuravi has announced €15 million in venture debt financing from IPF Partners, a leading alternative financing provider focused on the healthcare sector. This financing allows...

Stent retrievers more harmful to arterial wall than ADAPT in animal...

A new study comparing acute damage to the arterial wall caused by ADAPT (a direct aspiration first pass technique) or stent retrievers during thrombectomy...

New stent retriever introduces novel clot capture mechanism

Now that mechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke is on its way to becoming well-established practice, new devices are beginning to...

Increasing need for use of neuroprotective agents

While the proven success and corresponding uptake of mechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke has undoubtedly changed the face of stroke...

Expelling bottlenecks key to enhancing stroke pathways of care

There is no doubt now that mechanical thrombectomy has been established as the new standard of care for the treatment of emergent large vessel...

Earlier treatment with surgery to remove blood clot associated with less...

In an analysis that included nearly 1,300 patients with large-vessel ischaemic stroke, earlier treatment with endovascular thrombectomy (intra-arterial use of a micro-catheter or other...

ARTESp study of pREset device shows 62.5% positive clinical outcome after...

The treatment of mechanical thrombectomy represents a highly effective therapy in patients with acute ischaemic stroke. This was recently proven by four randomised controlled...

Neurointerventional community moves to “Get Ahead of Stroke”

In recent years the neurointerventional field has seen many changes, especially in the area of stroke treatment. It is now becoming increasingly important how...

US FDA broadens treatment indication for Stryker’s Trevo device

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed marketing of two Trevo (Stryker Neurovascular) clot retrieval devices as an initial therapy for ischaemic...

Randomised trial of Penumbra 3D revascularisation device meets primary endpoints

The Penumbra 3D trial of the company’s 3D revascularisation device has successfully met the primary trial endpoints, demonstrating non-inferiority in both safety and efficacy...

Penumbra launches ACE 68 reperfusion catheter in USA

Penumbra has launched its new ACE 68 reperfusion catheter in the USA.  The catheter is part of the Penumbra System, and was launched at...

Long-term experience confirms ADAPT as effective treatment for stroke

A study of the long-term use of the ADAPT technique for the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke has confirmed that it is an efficient...

Debate: IV thrombolysis in acute stroke treatment is dead

It has now been universally accepted that mechincal thrombectomy for the treatment of patients with acute ischaemic stroke with large vessel occlusions is the...

World Stroke Organisation and Medtronic to promote stroke awareness

  The World Stroke Organization has announced a global partnership with Medtronic to increase stroke awareness through several initiatives. The two organisations will work together with...

ADAPT to the Challenges of Stroke

Acute ischaemic stroke is the second most common cause of death and disability in Europe. The evidence in the recently published or presented randomised...

Thousandth patient enrolled in Stryker’s Trevo Retriever Registry

Data from the first 500 patients enrolled in the Trevo Registry were presented at the European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC; 10-12 May, Barcelona, Spain)...

Golden Retriever safe and effective in pre-clinical trials

Amnis Therapeutics has announced successful results in its pre-clinical trials, which tested the safety and efficacy of the Golden Retriever neuro thrombectomy device. The...

Stent retriever technology named as a Top Medical Innovation by Cleveland...

Stent retriever technology has been named by the Cleveland Clinic as a top medical innovation. It was part of a list of the top...

“Push & Fluff” deployment proves better for radiopaque retriever

While the traditional unsheathing technique for the deployment of stent retrievers has proved successful in clinical use, in their experience, Raul Gomes Nogueira (Emory...

Medtronic acquires Lazarus Effect

Medtronic plc has announced that it has acquired Lazarus Effect, a Campbell, California, USA-based and privately-held medical device company focused on acute ischaemic stroke...

ACE64 study demonstrates high revascularisation rates, quick procedure times

Penumbra has announced that the results of the European multicentre study of the company’s ACE64 thrombectomy system were presented in the Abstract Presentations Session at...

FDA clears Penumbra ACE64 for acute ischaemic stroke patients

Penumbra has announced that the company’s ACE64 aspiration thrombectomy system received 510(k) marketing clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for the revascularisation...

Study suggests feasibility of Baby Trevo for treatment of distal cerebrovascular...

Diogo Haussen and colleagues (Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA) report that their initial data suggest that treatment of distal cerebrovascular occlusions with...

Evidence builds for endovascular treatment of acute ischaemic stroke

With the publication of two more stroke trials, the evidence in favour of endovascular treatment in patients with acute ischaemic stroke has reached new heights. Data from SWIFT PRIME and REVASCAT add to that of three other trials-MR CLEAN, EXTEND-IA and ESCAPE-that have begun to change the face of ischaemic stroke treatment.

Groundbreaking studies find that neurointerventional surgery reduces stroke mortality

Two new clinical trials on the treatment of stroke (ESCAPE and EXTEND IA) demonstrate that neurointerventional surgery significantly increases the number of patients who are able to live independently without major neurological disabilities.

Stryker launches Trevo XP ProVue retrieval system

Stryker has launched the Trevo XP ProVue retrieval system, a second generation fully visible stent retriever to treat acute ischaemic stroke.