Studying stroke thrombus composition after thrombectomy: what can we learn?

S Staessens, O François, W Brinjikji, KM Doyle… - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
The composition of ischemic stroke thrombi has gained an increasing amount of interest in
recent years. The implementation of endovascular procedures in standard stroke care has …

Characterising acute ischaemic stroke thrombi: insights from histology, imaging and emerging impedance-based technologies

S Patil, J Darcourt, P Messina, F Bozsak… - Stroke and Vascular …, 2022 - svn.bmj.com
Treatment of acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) focuses on rapid recanalisation of the occluded
artery. In recent years, advent of mechanical thrombectomy devices and new procedures …

Association between clot composition and stroke origin in mechanical thrombectomy patients: analysis of the Stroke Thromboembolism Registry of Imaging and …

W Brinjikji, RG Nogueira, P Kvamme… - Journal of …, 2021 - jnis.bmj.com
Background We retrospectively evaluated the composition of retrieved clots from ischemic
stroke patients to study the association between histological composition and stroke etiology …

Increased perviousness on CT for acute ischemic stroke is associated with fibrin/platelet-rich clots

TR Patel, S Fricano, M Waqas, M Tso… - American Journal …, 2021 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Clot perviousness in acute ischemic stroke is a potential
CT imaging biomarker for mechanical thrombectomy efficacy. We investigated the …

Stroke etiology and thrombus computed tomography characteristics in patients with acute ischemic stroke: a MR CLEAN Registry substudy

N Boodt, KCJ Compagne, BG Dutra, N Samuels… - Stroke, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—If a relationship between stroke etiology and thrombus
computed tomography characteristics exists, assessing these characteristics in clinical …

Clot perviousness is associated with first pass success of aspiration thrombectomy in the COMPASS trial

M Mokin, M Waqas, J Fifi, R De Leacy… - Journal of …, 2021 - jnis.bmj.com
Background Clot density (Hounsfield units, HU) and perviousness (post-contrast increase in
the HU of clot) are thought to be associated with clot composition. We evaluate whether …

Histologically interpretable clot radiomic features predict treatment outcomes of mechanical thrombectomy for ischemic stroke

TR Patel, BA Santo, AA Baig, M Waqas, A Monterio… - Neuroradiology, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Radiomics features (RFs) extracted from CT images may provide valuable
information on the biological structure of ischemic stroke blood clots and mechanical …

A review on the association of thrombus composition with mechanical and radiological imaging characteristics in acute ischemic stroke

R Cahalane, N Boodt, AC Akyildiz, J Giezen… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Thrombus composition and mechanical properties significantly impact the ease and
outcomes of thrombectomy procedures in patients with acute ischemic stroke. A wide …

Imaging-based prediction of histological clot composition from admission CT imaging

U Hanning, PB Sporns, MN Psychogios… - Journal of …, 2021 - jnis.bmj.com
Background Thrombus composition has been shown to be a major determinant of
recanalization success and occurrence of complications in mechanical thrombectomy. The …

Clot composition and recanalization outcomes in mechanical thrombectomy

RG Nogueira, A Pinheiro, W Brinjikji… - Journal of …, 2024 - jnis.bmj.com
Background Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) has become standard for large vessel
occlusions, but rates of complete recanalization are suboptimal. Previous reports correlated …