Fig. 11.1 Illustrations of coaxial technique for placing balloon guiding catheter. (a) Bovine-type left common carotid artery origin. (b) The origin of the left common carotid artery is catheterized using…
Fig. 3.1 Early ischemic CT signs. Noncontrast CT images show early ischemic changes, loss of insular ribbon at the right side (a), loss of lentiform nucleus at the left side…
Fig. 10.1 Illustration (a) of FAST, forced arterial suction thrombectomy, in a patient with internal carotid artery terminus occlusion. Photograph (b) shows that the 20 or 50 mL syringe is…
Type of infarct Diagnosis Cerebral infarction If a CT scan performed within 28 days of symptom onset shows an area of low attenuation, no relevant abnormality or an area of…
Fig. 12.1 Schematic illustrations of (a) embolic occlusion and (b) in situ thrombo-occlusion due to intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis Fig. 12.2 A 56-year-old man presenting with NIHSS score of 15. (a)…
Fig. 13.1 Intraoperative photographs showing embolic occlusion of the intracranial arteries. In Case 1, the occluded segment of the MCA is bluish and firm (a–c), whereas in Case 2, the…
Fig. 7.1 Coagulation cascade. The coagulation cascade has two initial pathways that result in fibrin formation: the contact activation pathway (intrinsic pathway) and the tissue factor pathway (extrinsic pathway). Both…
Fig. 4.1 (a) Photograph shows multiple fragmented clots having a typical appearance of red clots retrieved from a patient with acute ischemic stroke. (b) Microscopic view of a retrieved clot…
Trial Nation Patientage (years) Surgical timing Patient no. (surgicalgroup, medical group) Publication DESTINY Germany 18–60 <36 h 17, 15 Stroke, 2007 DECIMAL France 18–55 <24 h 20, 18 Stroke, 2007…
Study Treatment modality Age criteria (years) Time window Territory NIHSS criteria Vascular imaging Other imaging Number of cases Mean age (years) NIHSS median, (range) or [IQR] Time onset to groin…
