Table of contents

Ischemic stroke

• Review: Does the use of IV tPA in the current era of rapid and predictable recanalization by mechanical embolectomy represent good value? (12 January, 2016)

  Ronil V Chandra, Thabele M Leslie-Mazwi, Brijesh P Mehta, Colin P Derdeyn, Andrew M Demchuk, Bijoy K Menon, Mayank Goyal, R Gilberto González, Joshua A Hirsch
• Original research: The ‘pit-crew’ model for improving door-to-needle times in endovascular stroke therapy: a Six-Sigma project (11 January, 2016)

  Ansaar T Rai, Matthew S Smith, SoHyun Boo, Abdul R Tarabishy, Gerald R Hobbs, Jeffrey S Carpenter
• Original research: Stagnation of treatment times over a decade: results of a pooled analysis from the MERCI registry, MERCI, TREVO, and TREVO 2 trials (24 March, 2015)

  Rishi Gupta, Bin Xiang, Sijian Ge, Chung-Huan J Sun, Albert J Yoo, Brijesh P Mehta
• Original research: Trends in mortality following mechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke in the USA (23 March, 2015)

  Mark R Villwock, David J Padalino, Eric M Deshaies
• Original research: Clinical outcomes of patients with acute minor stroke receiving rescue IA therapy following early neurological deterioration (24 April, 2015)

  Joon-Tae Kim, Suk-Hee Heo, Woong Yoon, Kang-Ho Choi, Man-Seok Park, Jeffrey L Saver, Ki-Hyun Cho
• Original research: Lesion location, stability, and pretreatment management: factors affecting outcomes of endovascular treatment for vertebrobasilar atherosclerosis (20 March, 2015)

  Matthew D Alexander, Jeffrey M Rebhun, Steven W Hetts, Anthony S Kim, Jeffrey Nelson, Helen Kim, Matthew R Amans, Fabio Settecase, Christopher F Dowd, Van V Halbach, Randall T Higashida, Daniel L Cooke
• Original research: Continuous daily use of cilostazol prevents in-stent restenosis following carotid artery stenting: serial angiographic investigation of 229 lesions (31 March, 2015)

  Yuichi Miyazaki, Takahisa Mori, Tomonori Iwata, Yoshinori Aoyagi, Yuhei Tanno, Shigen Kasakura, Kazuhiro Yoshioka
• Original research: Experience with vertebral artery origin stenting and ostium dilatation: results of treatment and clinical outcomes (2 April, 2015)

  Leonardo Rangel-Castilla, Sirin Gandhi, Stephan A Munich, Marshall C Cress, Ashish Sonig, Chandan Krishna, L Nelson Hopkins, Kenneth V Snyder, Elad I Levy, Adnan H Siddiqui