Risks of Undersizing Stent Retriever Length Relative to Thrombus Length in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke.
Nebiyat Filate BelachewTomas DobrockyThomas Raphael MeinelArsany HakimJan VynckierMarcel ArnoldDavid Julian SeiffgeRoland WiestEike Immo I PiechowiakUrs FischerGralla JanPasquale MordasiniJohannes KaesmacherPublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2021)
Information about thrombus and stent length is more valuable when combined. High thrombus length/stent retriever length ratios, which may raise the risk of unsuccessful recanalization and embolization in new territories, should be avoided by adapting stent retriever selection to thrombus length whenever possible.