Treatment of stroke has changed dramatically in the past decade, with the advent of perfusion imaging and an expanded time window for mechanical thrombectomy. Thrombectomy is now standard of care for eligible patients. But while data clearly supports the use of thrombectomy for certain patients with anterior circulation strokes, the benefit of thrombectomy for patients with basilar artery occlusions remains unproven. Today we’ll talk to a vascular neurologist and a neurointerventional surgeon who are trying to better define which patients with basilar artery occlusion may benefit from thrombectomy -- and which patients may not. Series 3, Episode 3

 

Featuring:

- Guests: Dr. Carlo Cereda, vascular neurologist, head of the EOC Comprehensive Stroke Center at the Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland and Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano & Dr. Jeremy Heit, Assistant Professor of Radiology and of Neurosurgery and the interim Chief of Neuroradiology at Stanford University

- Interviewer/Producer: Dr. Michelle Johansen, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Medicine

 

Disclosures: Dr. Heit disclosed that he consults for Medtronic and MicroVention, and consults and is a member of medical and scientific advisory board for iSchemaView, Inc., and Dr. Cereda disclosed that he is a advisory board for iSchemaView, Inc.