Background The roles of asymptomatic hyperuricemia or uric acid (UA) crystals in CKD
progression are unknown. Hypotheses to explain links between UA deposition and …

Background: The optimal endovascular strategy for reperfusing distal medium-vessel
occlusions (DMVO) remains unknown. This study evaluates angiographic and clinical …

Background Evidence supporting a potential benefit of thrombectomy for distal medium
vessel occlusions (DMVOs) of the anterior cerebral artery (ACA) is, to the knowledge of the …

Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is frequently performed for distal medium vessel occlusions
(DMVO) of the anterior circulation in acute stroke patients. However, evidence for its clinical …

Background Numerous questions regarding procedural details of distal stroke thrombectomy
remain unanswered. This study assesses the effect of anesthetic strategies on procedural …

Background Post-stroke diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) signal transformation of the infarct
core, which results in high apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values and variable DWI …

Thrombotic diseases remain the major cause of death and disability worldwide with
insufficient preventive and therapeutic strategies available. In the last decades a prominent …

Imaging of blood supply patterns is of high clinical interest to improve diagnostics in
cerebrovascular diseases (CVD). However, the only clinically available imaging method is …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) represents an important global unmet medical need. To a
multitude of CKD causes belong the crystalline nephropathies. In this project, the …

BACKGROUND: Post-stroke diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) signal transformation of the
infarct core, which results in high apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values and variable …