Advanced search
Publication Cover
Expert Review of Medical Devices Volume 13, 2016 - Issue 1
Submit an article Journal homepage
291
Views
1
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Reviews

Developments in mechanical thrombectomy devices for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke

Pasquale MordasiniInstitute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
&
Jan GrallaInstitute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Pages 71-81 | Published online: 13 Jan 2016

References

•• Meta-analysis showing the importance of vessel recanalization in acute stroke treatment.

  • Noser EA, Shaltoni HM, Hall CE, et al. Aggressive mechanical clot disruption: a safe adjunct to thrombolytic therapy in acute stroke? Stroke. 2005;36(2):292–296.
  • Barnwell SL, Clark WM, Nguyen TT, et al. Safety and efficacy of delayed intraarterial urokinase therapy with mechanical clot disruption for thromboembolic stroke. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1994;15(10):1817–1822.
  • Arnold M, Schroth G, Nedeltchev K, et al. Intra-arterial thrombolysis in 100 patients with acute stroke due to middle cerebral artery occlusion. Stroke. 2002;33(7):1828–1833.
  • Furlan A, Higashida R, Wechsler L, et al. Intra-arterial prourokinase for acute ischemic stroke. The PROACT II study: a randomized controlled trial. Prolyse in Acute Cerebral Thromboembolism. JAMA: Journal Am Med Assoc. 1999;282(21):2003–2011.

• Landmark trial for intra-arterial thrombolysis in acute stroke treatment.

  • Nakano S, Iseda T, Yoneyama T, et al. Direct percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for acute middle cerebral artery trunk occlusion: an alternative option to intra-arterial thrombolysis. Stroke. 2002;33(12):2872–2876.
  • Mahon BR, Nesbit GM, Barnwell SL, et al. North American clinical experience with the EKOS MicroLysUS infusion catheter for the treatment of embolic stroke. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2003;24(3):534–538.
  • The IMS II Trial Investigators. The Interventional Management of Stroke (IMS) II Study. Stroke. 2007;38(7):2127–2135.
  • Broderick JP, Palesch YY, Demchuk AM, et al. Endovascular therapy after intravenous t-PA versus t-PA alone for stroke. N Engl J Med. 2013;368(10):893–903.
  • Berlis A, Lutsep H, Barnwell S, et al. Mechanical thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke with endovascular photoacoustic recanalization. Stroke. 2004;35(5):1112–1116.
  • Gralla J, Schroth G, Remonda L, et al. Mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke: thrombus-device interaction, efficiency, and complications in vivo. Stroke. 2006;37(12):3019–3024.
  • Brekenfeld C, Schroth G, El-Koussy M, et al. Mechanical thromboembolectomy for acute ischemic stroke: comparison of the catch thrombectomy device and the Merci Retriever in vivo. Stroke. 2008;39(4):1213–1219.
  • Mordasini P, Hiller M, Brekenfeld C, et al. In vivo evaluation of the Phenox CRC mechanical thrombectomy device in a swine model of acute vessel occlusion. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2010;31(5):972–978.
  • Chapot R, Houdart E, Rogopoulos A, et al. Thromboaspiration in the basilar artery: report of two cases. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2002;23(2):282–284.
  • Lutsep HL, Clark WM, Nesbit GM, et al. Intraarterial suction thrombectomy in acute stroke. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2002;23(5):783–786.
  • Nedeltchev K, Brekenfeld C, Remonda L, et al. Internal carotid artery stent implantation in 25 patients with acute stroke: preliminary results. Radiology. 2005;237(3):1029–1037.
  • Galimanis A, Jung S, Mono ML, et al. Endovascular therapy of 623 patients with anterior circulation stroke. Stroke. 2012;43(4):1052–1057.
  • Kang DH, Hwang YH, Kim YS, et al. Direct thrombus retrieval using the reperfusion catheter of the penumbra system: forced-suction thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2011;32(2):283–287.
  • Jankowitz B, Aghaebrahim A, Zirra A, et al. Manual aspiration thrombectomy: adjunctive endovascular recanalization technique in acute stroke interventions. Stroke. 2012;43(5):1408–1411.
  • The Penumbra Pivotal Stroke Trial Investigators The Penumbra Pivotal Stroke Trial: safety and effectiveness of a new generation of mechanical devices for clot removal in intracranial large vessel occlusive disease. Stroke. 2009;40(8):2761–2768.
  • Kulcsar Z, Bonvin C, Pereira VM, et al. Penumbra system: a novel mechanical thrombectomy device for large-vessel occlusions in acute stroke. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2010;31(4):628–633.
  • Smith WS, Sung G, Starkman S, et al. Safety and efficacy of mechanical embolectomy in acute ischemic stroke: results of the MERCI trial. Stroke. 2005;36(7):1432–1438.
  • Smith WS, Sung G, Saver J, et al. Mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke: final results of the Multi MERCI trial. Stroke. 2008;39(4):1205–1212.
  • Diener HC, Bogousslavsky J, Brass LM, et al. Aspirin and clopidogrel compared with clopidogrel alone after recent ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack in high-risk patients (MATCH): randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2004;364(9431):331–337.
  • The SSYLVIA Investigators. Stenting of Symptomatic Atherosclerotic Lesions in the Vertebral or Intracranial Arteries (SSYLVIA): study results. Stroke. 2004;35(6):1388–1392.
  • Levy EI, Mehta R, Gupta R, et al. Self-expanding stents for recanalization of acute cerebrovascular occlusions. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007;28(5):816–822.
  • Brekenfeld C, Schroth G, Mattle HP, et al. Stent placement in acute cerebral artery occlusion: use of a self-expandable intracranial stent for acute stroke treatment. Stroke. 2009;40(3):847–852.
  • Levy EI, Rahman M, Khalessi AA, et al. Midterm clinical and angiographic follow-up for the first Food and Drug Administration-approved prospective, Single-Arm Trial of Primary Stenting for Stroke. SARIS (Stent-Assisted Recanalization for Acute Ischemic Stroke). Neurosurgery. 2011;69(4):915–920. discussion 920.
  • Levy EI, Siddiqui AH, Crumlish A, et al. First Food and Drug Administration-approved prospective trial of primary intracranial stenting for acute stroke. SARIS (stent-assisted recanalization in acute ischemic stroke). Stroke. 2009;40(11):3552–3556.
  • Mordasini P, Frabetti N, Gralla J, et al. In vivo evaluation of the first dedicated combined flow-restoration and mechanical thrombectomy device in a swine model of acute vessel occlusion. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2011;32(2):294–300.

• Experimental study evaluating the mechanical mechanism of action of stent-retriever thrombectomy.

  • Brekenfeld C, Schroth G, Mordasini P, et al. Impact of retrievable stents on acute ischemic stroke treatment. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2011;32(7):1269–1273.
  • Mordasini P, Brekenfeld C, Byrne JV, et al. Experimental evaluation of immediate recanalization effect and recanalization efficacy of a new thrombus retriever for acute stroke treatment in vivo. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2013;34(1):153–158.
  • Castano C, Dorado L, Guerrero C, et al. Mechanical thrombectomy with the Solitaire AB device in large artery occlusions of the anterior circulation: a pilot study. Stroke. 2010;41(8):1836–1840.
  • Costalat V, Machi P, Lobotesis K, et al. Rescue, combined, and stand-alone thrombectomy in the management of large vessel occlusion stroke using the solitaire device: a prospective 50-patient single-center study: timing, safety, and efficacy. Stroke. 2011;42(7):1929–1935.
  • Davalos A, Pereira VM, Chapot R, et al. Retrospective multicenter study of Solitaire FR for revascularization in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. Stroke. 2012;43(10):2699–2705.
  • Saver JL, Jahan R, Levy EI, et al. Solitaire flow restoration device versus the Merci Retriever in patients with acute ischaemic stroke (SWIFT): a randomised, parallel-group, non-inferiority trial. Lancet. 2012;380(9849):1241–1249.
  • Nogueira RG, Lutsep HL, Gupta R, et al. Trevo versus Merci retrievers for thrombectomy revascularisation of large vessel occlusions in acute ischaemic stroke (TREVO 2): a randomised trial. Lancet. 2012;380(9849):1231–1240.
  • Pereira VMGJ, Davalos A, Bonafe A, et al. Prospective Multi-Centre Single-Arm Study of Mechanical Thrombectomy using Solitaire FR in Acute Ischemic Stroke (STAR). Stroke. 2013;44(10):2802–2807.
  • Ciccone A, Valvassori L, Nichelatti M, et al. Endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med. 2013;368(10):904–913.
  • Kidwell CS, Jahan R, Gornbein J, et al. A trial of imaging selection and endovascular treatment for ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med. 2013;368(10):914–923.
  • Berkhemer OA, Fransen PS, Beumer D, et al. A randomized trial of intraarterial treatment for acute ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med. 2015;372(1):11–20.

• First randomized controlled trial showing superiority of latest generation thrombectomy devices.

  • Goyal M, Demchuk AM, Menon BK, et al. Randomized assessment of rapid endovascular treatment of ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med. 2015;372(11):1019–1030.
  • Campbell BC, Mitchell PJ Investigators E-I. Endovascular therapy for ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med. 2015;372(24):2365–2366.
  • Saver JL, Goyal M, Bonafe A, et al. Stent-retriever thrombectomy after intravenous t-PA vs. t-PA alone in stroke. N Engl J Med. 2015;372(24):2285–2295.
  • Jovin TG, Chamorro A, Cobo E, et al. Thrombectomy within 8 hours after symptom onset in ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med. 2015;372(24):2296–2306.
  • Bracard S. THRACE. Trial and cost effectiveness evaluation of intra-arterial thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke. In: European Stroke Organization (ESO) conference; 2015; Glasgow. Abstract 180.
  • Mocco J THERAPY. The randomized, concurrent controlled trial to assess the penumbra system’s safety and effectiveness in the treatment of acute stroke. In: European Stroke Organization (ESO) conference; 2015; Glasgow. Abstract 82.
  • ESO-Karolinska Stroke Update. Consensus statement on mechanical thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke. A collaboration of the ESO-Karolinska Stroke Update, ESMINT and ESNR [Internet]. 2014 [cited 2014 Nov 18]. Available from: www.eso-stroke.org/eso-stroke/strokeinformation/thrombectomy-consensus-eso-karolinska-esmint-esnr.html

•• Actualized European guidelines for acute stroke treatment.

  • Powers WJ, Derdeyn CP, Biller J, et al. 2015 AHA/ASA Focused Update of the 2013 Guidelines for the Early Management of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Regarding Endovascular Treatment. A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke. 2015;46(10):3020–3035.

•• Actualized European guidelines for acute stroke treatment.

  • Riedel CH, Zimmermann P, Jensen-Kondering U, et al. The importance of size: successful recanalization by intravenous thrombolysis in acute anterior stroke depends on thrombus length. Stroke. 2011;42(6):1775–1777.

•• Study showing impact of thrombus length on the success of intravenous thrombolysis.

  • Weisstanner C, Gratz PP, Schroth G, et al. Thrombus imaging in acute stroke: correlation of thrombus length on susceptibility-weighted imaging with endovascular reperfusion success. Eur Radiol. 2014;24(8):1735–1741.
  • Jung S, Gilgen M, Slotboom J, et al. Factors that determine penumbral tissue loss in acute ischaemic stroke. Brain. 2013;136(Pt 12):3554–3560.
  • Gratz PP, Schroth G, Gralla J, et al. Whole-brain susceptibility-weighted thrombus imaging in stroke. Fragmented thrombi predict worse outcome. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2015;36(7):1277–1282.
  • Menon BK, Hill MD, Eesa M, et al. Initial experience with the penumbra stroke system for recanalization of large vessel occlusions in acute ischemic stroke. Neuroradiology. 2011;53(4):261–266.
  • Marder VJ, Chute DJ, Starkman S, et al. Analysis of thrombi retrieved from cerebral arteries of patients with acute ischemic stroke. Stroke. 2006;37(8):2086–2093.
  • Roth C, Papanagiotou P, Behnke S, et al. Stent-assisted mechanical recanalization for treatment of acute intracerebral artery occlusions. Stroke. 2010;41(11):2559–2567.
  • Miteff F, Faulder KC, Goh AC, et al. Mechanical thrombectomy with a self-expanding retrievable intracranial stent (Solitaire AB): experience in 26 patients with acute cerebral artery occlusion. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2011;32(6):1078–1081.
  • Humphries W, Hoit D, Doss VT, et al. Distal aspiration with retrievable stent assisted thrombectomy for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. J Neurointerv Surg. 2015;7(2):90–94.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.