Current therapies in ischemic stroke. Part A. Recent developments in acute stroke treatment and in stroke prevention

E Broussalis, M Killer, M McCoy, A Harrer, E Trinka… - Drug discovery today, 2012 - Elsevier
Stroke is the third leading cause of death with an increasing prevalence. In previous years
many important achievements and new therapeutic strategies have been established. This …

Symptomatic therapy in multiple sclerosis: the role of cannabinoids in treating spasticity

VI Leussink, L Husseini, C Warnke… - Therapeutic …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
A large proportion of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) have spasticity, which has a
marked impact on their quality of life. Anecdotal evidence suggests a beneficial effect of …

A mini-review of intrasaccular flow diverters

C Hecker, E Broussalis, CJ Griessenauer… - Journal of …, 2023 - jnis.bmj.com
Treatment of wide-necked complex intracranial aneurysms continues to challenge
neurointerventionalists. Intrasaccular flow diverters have expanded the armamentarium …

Reduction of cerebral DWI lesion burden after carotid artery stenting using the CASPER stent system

E Broussalis, C Griessenauer, S Mutzenbach… - Journal of …, 2019 - jnis.bmj.com
Introduction Despite various measures to protect against distal embolization during carotid
artery stenting (CAS), periprocedural ischemic lesions are still encountered. Objective To …

The Casper Stent System for carotid artery stenosis

SJ Mutzenbach, K Millesi, C Roesler… - Journal of …, 2018 - jnis.bmj.com
Purpose To report the results of a retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data
evaluating the safety and efficacy of a double layer stent engineered for carotid artery …

Endovascular mechanical recanalization of acute ischaemic stroke in octogenarians

E Broussalis, F Weymayr, W Hitzl, AF Unterrainer… - European …, 2016 - Springer
Background Multiple studies have shown a clinical benefit of thrombectomy in acute
ischaemic stroke, but most of them excluded octogenarians. The purpose of this study was to …

Comparison of the Contour Neurovascular System and Woven EndoBridge device for treatment of wide-necked cerebral aneurysms at a bifurcation or sidewall

C Hecker, E Broussalis, JAR Pfaff, S Pikija… - Journal of …, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The authors compared the Contour Neurovascular System (Contour) with the
Woven EndoBridge (WEB) device for the treatment of wide-necked cerebral aneurysms at a …

Outcome following mechanical thrombectomy for anterior circulation large vessel occlusion stroke in the elderly

P Hendrix, M Killer-Oberpfalzer, E Broussalis… - Clinical …, 2022 - Springer
Background Pooled data of randomized controlled trials investigating mechanical
thrombectomy (MT) to treat anterior circulation large vessel occlusion have demonstrated …

Ignoring floor and ceiling effects may underestimate the effect of carotid artery stenting on cognitive performance

M Scherr, A Kunz, A Doll, JS Mutzenbach… - Journal of …, 2016 - jnis.bmj.com
Introduction Data on neuropsychological outcome after carotid artery stenting (CAS) remain
inconsistent, furthermore cognitive outcome seems to be unpredictable in the individual …

Mechanical thrombectomy for anterior versus posterior circulation large vessel occlusion stroke with emphasis on posterior circulation outcomes

P Hendrix, M Killer-Oberpfalzer, E Broussalis… - World neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Although there is class I evidence for mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for anterior
circulation large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke, no high-class evidence exists for the …