One-year MR angiographic and clinical follow-up after intracranial mechanical thrombectomy using a stent retriever device.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Little is known about the consequences of arterial wall damage that may be due to mechanical endovascular thrombectomy. Our aim was to perform 1-year MR angiographic and clinical follow-up of patients treated with mechanical endovascular thrombectomy using the Solitaire device.

Materials and methods

Patients with stroke treated between August 2010 and July 2012 were prospectively evaluated with a minimum follow-up of 1 year after mechanical endovascular thrombectomy. Angiographic follow-up was performed on a 3T MR imaging scanner and included intracranial artery TOF MRA and supra-aortic artery gadolinium-enhanced MRA. Images were assessed to detect arterial abnormalities (stenosis, occlusion, dilation) and were compared with the final post-mechanical e

SUBMITTER: Eugene F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7965909 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature