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Ischemic Stroke

• Original research: ‘Real-world’ comparison of first-line direct aspiration and stent retriever mechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke in the anterior circulation: a multicenter international retrospective study (11 April, 2019)

  Michael Martini, J Mocco, Aquilla Turk, Adnan H Siddiqui, David Fiorella, Ricardo A Hanel, Keith Woodward, Ansaar Rai, Don Frei, Josser E Delgado Almandoz, Michael E Kelly, Lissa Peeling, Adam S Arthur, Blaise Baxter, Joey English, Italo Linfante, Reade De Leacy
• Original research: Endovascular therapy for middle cerebral artery M2 segment occlusion: subanalyses of RESCUE-Japan Registry 2 (9 March, 2019)

  Masatomo Miura, Shinichi Yoshimura, Nobuyuki Sakai, Hiroshi Yamagami, Kazutaka Uchida, Yoichiro Nagao, Takeshi Morimoto
• Original research: Effect of extracranial lesion severity on outcome of endovascular thrombectomy in patients with anterior circulation tandem occlusion: analysis of the TITAN registry (6 March, 2019)

  Mohammad Anadani, Alejandro Spiotta, Ali Alawieh, Francis Turjman, Michel Piotin, Henrik Steglich-Arnholm, Markus Holtmannspötter, Christian Taschner, Sebastian Eiden, Diogo C Haussen, Raul Nogueira, Panagiotis Papanagiotou, Maria Boutchakova, Adnan H Siddiqui, Bertrand Lapergue, Franziska Dorn, Christophe Cognard, Monika Killer-Oberpfalzer, Salvatore Mangiafico, Marc Ribo, Marios-Nikos Psychogios, Marc-Antoine Labeyrie, Mikael Mazighi, Alessandra Biondi, René Anxionnat, Serge Bracard, Sébastien Richard, Benjamin Gory
• Case series: Balloon-mounted stents for acute intracranial large vessel occlusion secondary to presumed atherosclerotic disease: evolution in an era of supple intermediate catheters (15 May, 2019)

  Bradley A Gross, Shashvat M Desai, Gregory Walker, Brian Thomas Jankowitz, Ashutosh Jadhav, Tudor G Jovin
• Original research: Need for rescue treatment and its implication: stent retriever versus contact aspiration thrombectomy (6 March, 2019)

  Dong-Hun Kang, Jin Woo Kim, Byung Moon Kim, Ji Hoe Heo, Hyo Suk Nam, Young Dae Kim, Yang-Ha Hwang, Yong-Won Kim, Jang-Hyun Baek, Joonsang Yoo, Dong Joon Kim, Pyoung Jeon, Oh Young Bang, Seung Kug Baik, Sang Hyun Suh, Kyung-Yul Lee, Hyo Sung Kwak, Hong Gee Roh, Young-Jun Lee, Sang Heum Kim, Chang-Woo Ryu, Yon-Kwon Ihn, Byungjun Kim, Hong Jun Jeon, Jun Soo Byun, Sangil Suh, Jeong Jin Park, Jieun Roh
• Original research: Impact of procedural time on clinical and angiographic outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke receiving endovascular treatment (6 March, 2019)

  Ameer E Hassan, Umar Shariff, Jeffrey L Saver, Mayank Goyal, David Liebeskind, Reza Jahan, Adnan I Qureshi
• Original research: Greater infarct growth limiting effect of mechanical thrombectomy in stroke patients with poor collaterals (27 February, 2019)

  Arturo Renú, Carlos Laredo, Carmen Montejo, Yashu Zhao, Salvatore Rudilosso, Napoleon Macias, Laura Llull, Federico Zarco, Sergio Amaro, Mariano Werner, Victor Obach, Juan Macho, Angel Chamorro, Xabier Urra
• Original research: Predictors of malignant brain edema after mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke (23 February, 2019)

  Xianjun Huang, Qian Yang, Xiaolei Shi, Xiangjun Xu, Liang Ge, Xianhui Ding, Zhiming Zhou