Interesting analysis from RESCU ICAS led by @mtbendermd . Worse NIHSS on presentation and higher number of passes are strong predictors for futile recanalization, while stenting and complete recan provide protective effect
Sami Al Kasab
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Associate Professor-Neuro-Endovascular Surgery Associate Director - MUSC Health of Teleneuroscience
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Comparative Safety and Efficacy of Balloon Mounted Stents and Self Expanding Stents in Rescue Stenting for Large Vessel Occlusion: Secondary analysis of the RESCUE-ICAS Registry ajnr.org/content/early/… @alex_spiotta @Thanh @ShadiYaghi2
www.ajnr.org Comparative Safety and Efficacy of Balloon Mounted Stents and Self Expanding Stents in Rescue... BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Patients with intracranial stenosis-related large vessel occlusion (ICAS-LVO) may experience better outcomes with stenting compared to standalone mechanical thrombectomy. This... PICASSO (Proximal Internal Carotid Artery Acute Stroke Secondary to Tandem Lesion or Local Occlusion) Thrombectomy Randomized Trial: Study Protocol and Rationale | Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/SV…
Let's go PICASSO Team! More than half to our first interim analysis
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Congrats to Dr. Fabio Settecase, Dr. Joey English, Dr. Warren Kim, and the rest of the CPMC team for enrolling the 64th patient in the PICASSO trial! ✨🥳 #picassotrial #clinicaltrialView quoted post on X
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Great effort @drhafeezniazi! Proud of our PICASSO team and grateful to all our investigators
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Congratulations to @drhafeezniazi and the rest of the @WellSpan Health team for enrolling the 60th patient in the PICASSO trial! 🎉🥳View quoted post on X
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