Histologic features of acute thrombi retrieved from stroke patients during mechanical reperfusion therapy.

Background: The histologic features of thrombus may differ according to the stroke subtypes. However, in acute reperfusion therapy, fibrin-specific thrombolytics are used based on the assumption that all thrombi are alike.

Aims: The histologic characteristics of thrombi were compared between patients with different stroke etiologies.

To do or not to do; dilemma of intra-arterial revascularization in acute ischemic stroke.

Background: There has still been lack of evidence for definite imaging criteria of intra-arterial revascularization (IAR). Therefore, IAR selection is left largely to individual clinicians. In this study, we sought to investigate the overall agreement of IAR selection among different stroke clinicians and factors associated with good agreement of IAR selection.