Addition of intracranial aspiration to balloon guide catheter does not improve outcomes in large vessel occlusion anterior circulation stent retriever based thrombectomy for acute stroke.
Jordi BlascoJosep PuigAntonio López-RuedaPepus Daunis-I-EstadellaLaura LlullFederico ZarcoNapoleon MaciasJuan MachoEva GonzálezIon LabayenPedro VegaEduardo Murias QuintanaElvira Jimenez-GomezIsabel Bravo ReyManuel MoreuCarlos Pérez-GarcíaOscar Chirife ChaparroSonia AixutMikel TerceñoMariano WernerJosé Manuel Manuel PumarYeray Aguilar TejedorJose Carlos MendezSarai MolinerRaul G NogueiraLuis San Romannull nullPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2021)
Our data showed that addition of distal intracranial aspiration catheters to BGC+SR based thrombectomy in patients with acute anterior circulation LVO did not provide higher rates of FPE or improved clinical outcomes.