Browsing Physiology by Subject "Acute ischemic stroke"

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    • Acute ischemic stroke secondary to cardiac embolus of a ‘foreign body’ material after a redo sternotomy for mitral valve replacement: A case report 

      Fitzgerald, Seán; Rizvi, Asim; Dai, Daying; Williamson, Eric E.; Lanzino, Giuseppe; Doyle, Karen M.; Kallmes, David F.; Brinjikji, Waleed (SAGE Publications, 2018-11-14)
      Cardiac surgery has been shown to be associated with increased risk of acute ischemic stroke. This report presents a case of a successful mechanical embolectomy procedure to treat a patient for an acute ischemic stroke, ...

    • Large artery atherosclerotic clots are larger than clots of other stroke etiologies and have poorer recanalization rates 

      Fitzgerald, Seán; Rossi, Rosanna; Mereuta, Oana Madalina; Molina, Sara; Okolo, Adaobi; Douglas, Andrew; Jabrah, Duaa; Pandit, Abhay; McCarthy, Ray; Gilvarry, Michael; Ceder, Erik; Dehlfors, Niclas; Dunker, Dennis; Nordanstig, Annika; Redfors, Petra; Jood, Katarina; Magoufis, Georgios; Psychogios, Klearchos; Tsivgoulis, Georgios; Alderson, Jack; O’Hare, Alan; Power, Sarah; Brennan, Paul; Nagy, András; Vadász, Ágnes; Brinjikji, Waleed; Kallmes, David; Szikora, Istvan; Tatlisumak, Turgut; Rentzos, Alexandros; Thornton, John; Doyle, Karen M. (Elsevier, 2020-11-24)
      Objectives There is a paucity of knowledge in the literature relating to the extent of clot burden and stroke etiology. In this study, we measured the Extracted Clot Area (ECA) retrieved during endovascular treatment (EVT) ...