20 Feb How Neurointervention is Changing the Treatment for Cerebrovascular Disease
How Neurointervention is Changing the Treatment for Cerebrovascular Disease
There is presently no more exciting field in Medicine than Neurointervention.
The ability to treat emergent and elective cerebrovascular disease with a minimally invasive catheter technique is nothing short of miraculous.
Many acute strokes, brain aneurysms, and other less common vascular malformations can now be treated without the need for open surgery.
Markedly positive results from several landmark trials in 2015 (MR CLEAN, ESCAPE) ushered in a new era of acute stroke treatment; an era focused on timely treatment of Emergent Large Vessel Occlusion (ELVO). The use of skillfully engineered aspiration catheters and retrievable stents to safely remove blood clots in the large cerebral vessels has saved the lives and livelihoods of innumerable patients over the last 6 years. Additionally, streamlined processes to identify candidates and get them to treatment expeditiously has bolstered the clinical power of these techniques.
Dr. de Leonni Stanonik is an expert in these issue pre- and post- treatment.