Mariangela Piano, Olav Jansen, Gaultier Marnat, Benjamin Gory, Hannes Nordmeyer, Bernd Eckert, Alessandro Pedicelli, Christophe Cognard, Christian Loehr, Matteo Zanoni, Axel Schaefer, Antonio Macera, Jens Fiehler, Karen Doyle, Kyriakos Lobotesis
BACKGROUND: A direct aspiration first pass technique (ADAPT) is an effective alternative to stent retriever thrombectomy for patients with large vessel occlusion (LVO). The PERFECT study evaluated direct aspiration with the EMBOVAC large bore aspiration catheter in patients with LVO strokes. METHODS: PERFECT was a prospective, post-market, single-arm, multicenter, observational study of patients enrolled across 11 European centers between October 2020 and July 2022...
April 12, 2024: Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery