Thrombectomy versus Medical Management for Isolated Anterior Cerebral Artery Stroke: An International Multicenter

Lukas Meyer1, Paul Stracke1, Gabriel Broocks1

  • 1From the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany (L.M., P.S., G.B., P.S., J.F., U.H.); Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany (P.S., M.E.); Department of Endovascular Therapy, Alfried-Krupp Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany (R.C.); Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland (P.S., M.P.); Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland (E.I.P., J.K.); Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, School of Medicine, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany (C.M., M.R.H.P.); Institute of Neuroradiology, University Hospitals, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany (H.Z., F.D.); Department of Neuroradiology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany (N.A., C.K.); Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany (E.D., M.T.); Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Interventional Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, Universitätsklinik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum Germany (V.M., S.F.); Department of Neuroradiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany (M. Möhlenbruch, C.S.W.); Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Centre Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany (M.E., A.J.); Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Johanna Étienne Hospital, Neuss, Germany (D.M.); Institute of Neuroradiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany (M. Miszczuk, E.S.); Department of Radiology, Klinikum Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany (S.L.); Department of Neurology, Klinikum Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany (L.U.K.); Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, National University Health System, Singapore (L.Y., B.T.); Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore (L.Y., B.T., A.G.); Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Diagnostic imaging, National University Health System, Singapore (A.G.); Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany (F.D.); Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain (M.M.G.); Department of Radiology, New York Langone Medical Center, New York, NY (E.R., M.S.); Department of Neuroradiology, Karolinska University Hospital and Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (F.A., T.A.); Department of Medical Imaging, AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk, Belgium (T.A.); Department of Neurology, Hospital Bremen-Mitte, Bremen, Germany (A. Kastrup); Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Hospital Bremen-Mitte, Bremen, Germany (M.A., P.P.); Department of Radiology, Areteion University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece (P.P.); Department of Neuroradiology, Westpfalz-Klinikum, Kaiserslautern, Germany (W.N.); Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Luebeck, Germany (W.N.); Department of Radiology, Comenius University's Jessenius Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, Martin, Slovakia (K.Z.); Department of Neuroradiology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain (P.N.); Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany (A. Kemmling); and Stroke Unit, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain (J.F.A.L.).

Radiology
|February 14, 2023
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