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Ischemic Stroke

• Original research: Mechanical thrombectomy for basilar artery occlusion: efficacy, outcomes, and futile recanalization in comparison with the anterior circulation (25 June, 2019)

  Thomas Raphael Meinel, Johannes Kaesmacher, Panagiotis Chaloulos-Iakovidis, Leonidas Panos, Pasquale Mordasini, Pascal J Mosimann, Patrik Michel, Steven Hajdu, Marc Ribo, Manuel Requena, Christian Maegerlein, Benjamin Friedrich, Vincent Costalat, Amel Benali, Laurent Pierot, Matthias Gawlitza, Joanna Schaafsma, Vitor M Pereira, Jan Gralla, Urs Fischer
• Original research: Prediction of intracranial hemorrhages after mechanical thrombectomy of basilar artery occlusion (1 June, 2019)

  Ulf Neuberger, Fatih Seker, Silvia Schönenberger, Simon Nagel, Peter Arthur Ringleb, Martin Bendszus, Johannes Alex Rolf Pfaff, Markus Alfred Möhlenbruch
• Original research: Pre-thrombectomy intravenous thrombolytics are associated with increased hospital bills without improved outcomes compared with mechanical thrombectomy alone (18 May, 2019)

  Ameer E Hassan, Hari Kotta, Leeroy Garza, Laurie Preston, Wondwossen Tekle, Amrou Sarraj, Adnan I Qureshi
• Original research: Intrathrombus polymer coating deposition: a pilot study of 91 patients undergoing endovascular therapy for acute large vessel stroke. Part I: Histologic frequency (18 May, 2019)

  Rashi I Mehta, Ansaar T Rai, Jeffrey A Vos, Orestes E Solis, Rupal I Mehta
• Original research: Association between acute ischemic stroke etiology and macroscopic aspect of retrieved clots: is a clot’s color a warning light for underlying pathologies? (3 May, 2019)

  Alessandro Sgreccia, Zoé Duchmann, Jean Philippe Desilles, Bertrand Lapergue, Julien Labreuche, Maeva Kyheng, Romain Bourcier, Arturo Consoli
• Original research: Simultaneous patient presentation for endovascular thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke (27 April, 2019)

  Ankur K Dalsania, Akash P Kansagra
• Original research: Endovascular treatment for large vessel occlusion stroke in patients with ventricular assist devices (2 May, 2019)

  Yoshinori Kadono, Hajime Nakamura, Shunsuke Saito, Takeo Nishida, Masatoshi Takagaki, Tomoyoshi Shigematsu, Katsunori Asai, Tomoaki Murakami, Kenichi Todo, Toshiyuki Fujinaka, Manabu Sakaguchi, Koichi Toda, Yoshiki Sawa, Haruhiko Kishima