First‐Line Stent Retriever Versus Contact Aspiration or Combined Technique for Endovascular Therapy of Posterior Cerebral Artery Occlusion Stroke: The PLATO Study by Thanh N. Nguyen, Mohamad Abdalkader, Muhammad M. Qureshi, Patrik Michel, Davide Strambo, Daniel Strbian, Christian Herweh, Markus A. Möhlenbruch, Silja Räty, Marta Olive‐Gadea, Marc Ribo, Marios Psychogios, Urs Fischer, Anh Nguyen, Joji B. Kuramatsu, David Haupenthal, Martin Köhrmann, Cornelius Deuschl, Jordi Kühne Escolà, Jelle Demeestere, Lieselotte Vandewalle, Shadi Yaghi, Liqi Shu, Volker Puetz, Daniel P.O. Kaiser, Johannes Kaesmacher, Adnan Mujanovic, Dominique Cornelius Marterstock, Tobias Engelhorn, Piers Klein, Diogo C. Haussen, Mahmoud H. Mohammaden, Isabel Fragata, Bruno Cunha, Hend Abdelhamid, Michele Romoli, Francesco Diana, Pekka Virtanen, Kimmo Lappalainen, Jessica Jesser, Judith Clark, Stavros Matsoukas, Johanna T. Fifi, Sunil A. Sheth, Sergio Salazar‐Marioni, João Pedro Marto, João Nuno Ramos, Milena Miszczuk, Christoph Riegler, Sven Poli, Khouloud Poli, Ashutosh P. Jadhav, Shashvat M. Desai, Volker Maus, Maximilian Kaeder, Hesham E. Masoud, Neil Suryadareva, Maxim Mokin, James E. Siegler, Italo Linfante, Guilherme Dabus, Negar Asdaghi, Vasu Saini, Christian H. Nolte, Eberhard Siebert, Thomas R. Meinel, Charlotte S. Weyland, Uta Hanning, Lukas Meyer, Raul G. Nogueira, Peter A. Ringleb, Simon Nagel

“…Occlusion segments were PCA‐P1 (53.1%), P2 (40.5%), and other (6.4%). Intravenous thrombolysis was administered in 39.6%. First‐line technique was SR, CA, and combined technique in 43 (13.2%), 106 (32.5%), and 177 (54.3%) patients, respectively; FPE was achieved in 62.8%, 42.5%, and 39.6%, respectively. …”
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Direct transfer to angiosuite for patients with severe acute stroke treated with thrombectomy: the multicentre randomised controlled DIRECT ANGIO trial protocol by Sebastien Soize, Isabelle Serre, Pierre-François Manceau, Laurent Pierot, Marine Beaumont, Thierry Moulin, Francis Guillemin, Serge Bracard, Mikael Mazighi, Raphaël Blanc, Michel Piotin, Bertrand Lapergue, Hocine Redjem, Gabriele Ciccio, Stanislas Smajda, Arturo Consoli, Oguzhan Coskun, Federico Di Maria, Adrien Wang, Maya Tchikviladze, Serge Evrard, Benjamin Gory, Charbel Mounayer, Vincent Costalat, Grégory Gascou, Cyril Dargazanli, Romain Tonnelet, René Anxionnat, Jérome Berge, Xavier Barreau, Alessandra Biondi, Louis Veunac, François Zhu, Emmanuelle Schmitt, Gioia Mione, Lisa Humbertjean, Jean-Christophe Lacour, Sébastien Richard, Aymeric Rouchaud, Anne-Laure Derelle, Isabelle Mourand, Nicolas Gaillard, Caroline Arquizan, Fernando Pico, Guillaume Charbonnier, Candice Sabben, Simon Escalard, Suzana Saleme, Gaultier Marnat, Jean-Philippe Desilles, Imad Derraz, Mariano Musacchio, Igor Sibon, Malek Ben Maacha, Pierre-Henri Lefevre, Carlos Riquelme, Gabriela Hossu, Aboubaker Cherifi, Sonia Alamowitch, Nolwenn Riou-Comte, Solene Moulin, Morgan Leguen, Olivier Ille, Giovanni Vitale, Lucas Corti, Gérard Audibert, Florent Gariel, Liang Liao, Ovide Corabianu, Thomas de Broucker, Didier Smadja, Eric Manchon, Pierre-Yves Garcia, Guillaume Taylor, David Weisenburger, Lucas Gorza, Georges Rodesh, Julie Gratieux, Haja Rakotoharinandrasana, Philippe Tassan, Roxanna Poll, Sylvie Marinier, Patrice Menegon, Ludovic Lucas, Stéphane Olindo, Pauline Renou, Sharmila Sagnier, Mathilde Poli, Sabrina Debruxelles, Marc Braun, Sophie Planel, Lionel Nace, Hamza Achit, Olivier Beaufils, Thomas Loeb, Francisco Macian, Dominique Cailloce, Thibaut Desmettre, Xavier Combes, Ariel Pablo Lebedinsky, Francis Vuillemet, Nicolas Kempf, Philippe Lemmel, Eric Schluck, Isabelle Costa, Mitchelle Bailang, Marie Reitter, Agnès Masson, Lionel Alb, Adriana Tabarna, Marcela Voicu, Iona Podar, Madalina Brezeanu, Fortunato Di Caterino, Panagiotis Primikiris, Elisabeth de Bustos Medeiros, Benjamin Bouamra, Louise Bonnet, Fabrice Vuillier, Pablo A Lebedinsky, Frederico Bolognini, Elie Cohen-Khallas, Andreas Fickl, Mathilde Goudot, Sylvie Courtois, Sohrab Mostoufizadehghalamfarsa, Alessandro La Porta, Maher Sahnoun, Christophe Gelmini, Nathalie Caucheteux, Vi Tuan Hua, Mickaël Hoang, Catherine Pradeau, Jean-Marc Mene, Musa Sesay, Mikael Obadia, Nadia Ajili, Aymerci Rouchaud, Francisco Macian-Montoro

“…Secondary endpoints include patients presenting confirmed LVO, patients eligible to intravenous thrombolysis alone, patients with intracerebral haemorrhage and stroke-mimics, intrahospital time metrics, early neurological improvement (reduction in National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale by ≥8 points or reaching 0–1 at 24 hours) and mRS overall distribution at 90 days and 12 months. …”
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Abstract 012: First‐line Stent Retriever Versus Contact Aspiration or Combined Technique for Posterior Cerebral Artery Occlusion EVT by Piers Klein, Thanh N Nguyen, Mohamad Abdalkader, Muhammad M Qureshi, Patrik Michel, Davide Strambo, Daniel Strbian, Christian Herweh, Markus A Möhlenbruch, Silja Räty, Marta Olivé‐Gadea, Marc Ribo, Marios Psychogios, Urs Fischer, Anh Nguyen, Joji Kuramatsu, David Haupenthal, Martin Köhrmann, Cornelius Deuschl, Jordi Kühne Escolà, Shadi Yaghi, Liqi Shu, Volker Puetz, Simon Nagel, Hend Abdelhamid, Negar Asdaghi, Judith Clark, Dominique P Cornelius Marterstock, Bruno Cunha, Guilherme Dabus, Jelle Demeestere, Shashvat Desai, Francesco Diana, Tobias Engelhorn, Johanna T Fifi, Isabel Fragata, Uta Hanning, Diogo Haussen, Ashutosh P Jadhav, Jessica Jesser, Maximilian Kaeder, Johannes Kaeshmacher, Daniel Kaiser, Kimmo Lappalainen, Italo L'Infante, Joao Pedro Marto, Hesham Masoud, Stavros Matsoukas, Volker Maus, Thomas R. Meinel, Lukas Meyer, Milena Miszczuk, Mahmoud Mohammaden, Maxim Mokin, Adnan Mujanovic, Raul Nogueira, Christian H Nolte, Sven Poli, Khouloud Poli, Joao Nuno Ramos, Christoph Riegler, Michele Romoli, Vasu Saini, Sergio A Salazar‐Marioni, Sunil A Sheth, Eberhard Siebert, James Siegler, Neil Suryadareva, Lieselotte Vandewalle, Pekka Virtanen, Charlotte S Weyland, Shadi Yaghi

“…Occlusion segments were PCA P1 (53.1%), P2 (40.5%), and other (6.4%). Intravenous thrombolysis was administered in 39.6%. First‐line technique was SR, CA, and combined technique in 43 (13.2%), 106 (32.5%), and 177 (54.3%) patients, respectively; FPE was achieved in 62.8%, 42.5%, and 39.6%, respectively. …”
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Software with artificial intelligence-derived algorithms for analysing CT brain scans in people with a suspected acute stroke: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis by Marie Westwood, Bram Ramaekers, Sabine Grimm, Nigel Armstrong, Ben Wijnen, Charlotte Ahmadu, Shelley de Kock, Caro Noake, Manuela Joore

“…Three research questions were considered. (1) Does AI-derived software-assisted review of non-enhanced CT brain scans for guiding thrombolysis treatment decisions for people with suspected acute stroke represent a clinically and cost-effective use of NHS resources? …”
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Variant May-Thurner syndrome: Compression of the left common iliac vein by the ipsilateral internal iliac artery by Shahrzad Sharafi, BS, Khashayar Farsad, MD, PhD

“…Keywords: May-Thurner syndrome, Deep vein thrombosis, Thrombolysis…”
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