A direct first pass aspiration technique (ADAPT); Balloon Guide Catheter (BGC); Mechanical Thrombectomy (MT); TICI score; emboli in new territory (ENT); first pass effect (FPE); intra venous thrombolysis (IVT); large vessel occlusion (LVO); stent retriever (SR); Brain Ischemia/complications; Brain Ischemia/surgery; Catheters; Humans; Stents; Stroke/complications; Stroke/surgery; Thrombectomy/instrumentation; Thrombectomy/trends; Treatment Outcome; Acute ischemic stroke; Class A; Current practices; Emerging technologies; Expert opinion; Level-1; Mechanical thrombectomy; Meta analysis; Brain Ischemia; Stroke; Thrombectomy; Surgery; Biomedical Engineering
Abstract :
[en] [en] INTRODUCTION: Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) secondary to the occlusion of a large intracranial vessel (LVO) is a recognized public health problem. Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) has gained full acceptance: Class A, Level 1 in 2015 after the publication of numerous trials. Further meta-analyses have scrutinized extensively those results and international recommendations and guidelines have been given. Nevertheless, multiple-specific points remain to be clarified and are or will be under investigations.
AREAS COVERED: This review of the most recent literature (mostly publications after 2015) will cover the actual common practice for MT, especially focusing on the devices available (and their validation), how they are commonly used, relate the most relevant results, and detail some emerging technologies.
EXPERT OPINION: The authors will express their own view on the current practice and emphasize on the areas where questions remain and hypothesize what specific improvements are necessary and prone to occur.
Disciplines :
Neurology
Author, co-author :
Blanc, Raphaël ; Interventional Neuroradiology Department, Fondation Rothschild Hospital , Paris, France ; Université Paris Denis Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cite , Paris, France ; Laboratory of Vascular Translational Science, U1148 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) , Paris, France
Desilles, Jean Philippe; Interventional Neuroradiology Department, Fondation Rothschild Hospital , Paris, France ; Université Paris Denis Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cite , Paris, France ; Laboratory of Vascular Translational Science, U1148 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) , Paris, France
Fahed, Robert ; Department of Medicine/Division of Neurology, Department of Medical Imaging/Division of Radiology, The Ottawa Hospital , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Delvoye, François ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques ; Interventional Neuroradiology Department, Fondation Rothschild Hospital , Paris, France
Mazighi, Mikael; Interventional Neuroradiology Department, Fondation Rothschild Hospital , Paris, France ; Université Paris Denis Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cite , Paris, France ; Laboratory of Vascular Translational Science, U1148 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) , Paris, France
Piotin, Michel; Interventional Neuroradiology Department, Fondation Rothschild Hospital , Paris, France ; Université Paris Denis Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cite , Paris, France ; Laboratory of Vascular Translational Science, U1148 Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) , Paris, France
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