Mechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of primary and secondary anterior cerebral artery occlusions: insights from STAR.
Nisha DabhiJeyan Sathia KumarNatasha IronsideRyan T KelloggMohammad Mahdi SowlatKazutaka UchidaIlko L MaierSami Al KasabPascal M JabbourJoon-Tae KimStacey Quintero WolfeAnsaar RaiRobert M StarkeMarios-Nikos PsychogiosEdgar A SamaniegoAdam S ArthurShinichi YoshimuraHugo H Cuellar-SaenzBrian M HowardAli AlawiehDaniele G RomanoOmar TanweerJustin MascitelliIsabel R FragataAdam J PolifkaJoshua W OsbunRoberto Javier CrosaCharles C MatoukMichael R LevittBrinjikji WMark MossTravis M DumontRichard WilliamsonPedro Navia-ÁlvarezPeter T KanReade De LeacyShakeel A ChowdhryMohamad EzzeldinAlejandro M SpiottaMin S ParkPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2023)
Clinical and procedural outcomes are similar between MT-treated primary and secondary ACA occlusions for select patients. Our findings demonstrate the need for established criteria to determine ideal patient and ACA stroke characteristics amenable to MT treatment.