Can't tell what this means since there is no discussion of recovery, which is the whole point of stroke research. All stroke research should be discussed in relation to 100% recovery. I blame the mentors and senior researchers in that failure.
Flow control in the middle cerebral artery during thrombectomy: the effect of anatomy, catheter size and tip location
Abstract
Background Catheter size, location and circle of Willis anatomy impact the flow conditions during interventional stroke therapy. The aim of the study was to systematically investigate the influence of these factors on flow control in the middle cerebral artery by means of a computational model based on 100 patients with stroke who received endovascular treatment.
Methods The dimensions of the cervical and intracranial cerebral arteries of 100 patients who received endovascular mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke were measured and a three-dimensional model of the circle of Willis was created based on these data. Flow control in the middle cerebral artery with variations in catheter size, catheter location and configurations of collateral vessels was determined using a computational model. A total of 48 scenarios were analyzed.
Results Flow reversal with a distal aspiration catheter alone was not possible in the internal carotid artery and only sometimes possible in the middle cerebral artery (14 of 48 cases). The Catalyst 7 catheter was more often successful in achieving flow reversal than Catalyst 5 or 6 catheters (p<0.001). In a full circle of Willis anatomy, flow reversal was almost never possible. The absence of one or more communicating arteries significantly influenced flow direction compared with the full anatomy with all communicating arteries present (p=0.028).
Conclusion Choosing the biggest possible aspiration catheter and locating it in the middle cerebral artery significantly increases the chances of successful flow control. Flow through the collaterals may impair the flow, and circle of Willis anatomy should be considered during aspiration thrombectomy.
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Footnotes
Contributors Data collection: EY, ON, DH and HR. Data evaluation and transfer: JM, TS. Establishment of the simulation model and performing the calculations: MN, CL. Evaluating and discussing the results: MW, ON and MN. Writing the original manuscript: ON and MN. Revising the manuscript: all authors. ON: acting as guarantor. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Funding This study was funded by Stryker (Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA).
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
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