Stroke and vascular neurology
Contact aspiration versus stent retriever thrombectomy for acute basilar artery occlusion (ANGEL-COAST): rationale and design of a multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint trial.
Sun Xuan, Ming Yang, Dapeng Sun, Ligang Song, Feng Gao, Dapeng Mo, Ning Ma, Yuesong Pan, Liping Liu, Xingquan Zhao, Yilong Wang, Yongjun Wang, Raul Nogueira, Zhongrong Miao
Published: 202510.1136/svn-2025-004232
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Contact aspiration (CA) and stent retriever (SR) thrombectomy are two equally recommended first-line endovascular techniques for treating acute ischaemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion. Whether CA is more effective in achieving comp…
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