Functional outcome following stroke thrombectomy in clinical practice

FA Wollenweber, S Tiedt, A Alegiani, B Alber… - Stroke, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Endovascular treatment for large vessel occlusion in ischemic
stroke has proven to be effective in large clinical trials. We aimed to provide real-world …

Good clinical outcome decreases with number of retrieval attempts in stroke thrombectomy: beyond the first-pass effect

F Flottmann, C Brekenfeld, G Broocks, H Leischner… - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: Endovascular therapy is the standard of care in the treatment of
acute ischemic stroke due to large-vessel occlusion. Often, more than one retrieval attempt …

Thrombectomy in extensive stroke may not be beneficial and is associated with increased risk for hemorrhage

L Meyer, M Bechstein, M Bester, U Hanning… - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: This study evaluates the benefit of endovascular treatment (EVT)
for patients with extensive baseline stroke compared with best medical treatment. Methods …

[HTML][HTML] Number of retrieval attempts rather than procedure time is associated with risk of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage

ME Maros, C Brekenfeld, G Broocks, H Leischner… - Stroke, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background and Purpose: Endovascular therapy is the standard of care in the treatment of
acute ischemic stroke due to large-vessel occlusion. A direct association between the …

Tandem lesions in anterior circulation stroke: analysis of the German Stroke Registry–Endovascular Treatment

K Feil, M Herzberg, F Dorn, S Tiedt, C Küpper… - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: Tandem lesions in the anterior circulation account for up to 30%
of all large vessel occlusion strokes. The optimal periprocedural approach in these lesions is …

Endovascular treatment of very elderly patients aged≥ 90 with acute ischemic stroke

L Meyer, M Alexandrou, F Flottmann… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Patients aged≥ 90 were excluded or under‐represented in past thrombectomy
trials; thus, uncertainty remains whether treatment benefits can be expected regardless of …

Thrombectomy for M2 occlusions: predictors of successful and futile recanalization

H Kniep, L Meyer, G Broocks, M Bechstein, C Heitkamp… - Stroke, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: Patient-specific factors associated with successful recanalization in
mechanical thrombectomy (MT) have been evaluated for acute ischemic stroke with large …

Association of thrombectomy with functional outcome for patients with ischemic stroke who presented in the extended time window with extensive signs of infarction

G Broocks, U Hanning, M Bechstein… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Only limited data are available about a potential benefit associated with
endovascular treatment (EVT) for patients with ischemic stroke presenting in the extended …

Stroke etiology modifies the effect of endovascular treatment in acute stroke

S Tiedt, M Herzberg, C Küpper, K Feil, L Kellert, F Dorn… - Stroke, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Stroke etiology drives thrombus composition. We thus
hypothesized that endovascular treatment shows different efficacy in cardioembolic versus …

[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in outcome after thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke are explained by confounding factors

M Deb-Chatterji, E Schlemm, F Flottmann, L Meyer… - Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was to analyze sex differences in outcome after thrombectomy
for acute ischemic stroke in clinical practice in a large prospective multicenter registry …