The Frequency of Substantial Salvageable Penumbra in Thrombectomy-ineligible Patients with Acute Stroke.
Mersedeh Bahr HosseiniGraham WoolfLatisha K SharmaJason D HinmanNeal M RaoBryan YooReza JahanSidney StarkmanMay NourRadoslav RaychevDavid S LiebeskindJeffrey L SaverPublished in: Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging (2018)
Even in the modern stent retriever era, 1 in 6 AIS patients presents with substantial penumbra judged not appropriate for ET. This population may benefit from the development of alternative therapies, including collateral enhancement, neuroprotection, and thrombectomy devices deployable in distal arteries.