Publications by authors named "Shao-Pow Lin"
Article Synopsis
- The study looked at whether a medical procedure called thrombectomy helps patients who have a large stroke as seen on a specific type of scan called a noncontrast CT within 24 hours of having the stroke.
- It involved 300 patients from different hospitals who were split into two groups; one group received the thrombectomy treatment, while the other only received regular care.
- The main goal was to see if those who had thrombectomy had better recovery after 90 days compared to those who didn’t, along with checking if there were any serious side effects.
Background: For stent-retriever (SR) thrombectomy, technical developments such as the Push and Fluff technique (PFT) appear to have a significant impact on procedural success. This study aimed to (1) quantify the enhancement in clot traction when using PFT as compared to the standard unsheathing technique (SUT) and (2) to evaluate the performance of PFT in new versus established users of the technique.
Methods: Operators were divided between established PFT and SUT users.
Acute Ischemic Stroke: Acute Management and Selection for Endovascular Therapy.
Semin Intervent Radiol
June 2020
Stroke is a medical emergency and expeditious treatment is critical to reducing permanent disability or death. Acute management of patients suffering from acute ischemic stroke (AIS) requires early recognition of symptoms, rapid assessment and stabilization (hyperacute workup), and appropriate selection of patients for reperfusion with intravenous alteplase and/or mechanical thrombectomy. Established stroke protocols which involve both prehospital emergency medical services and in-hospital multidisciplinary stroke teams have been shown to be crucial to reducing the long term, devastating effects of stroke.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSince approval of the first magnetic resonance (MR) contrast agent was granted in 1988, there has been remarkable growth in the utilization of intravenous gadolinium (Gd)-based agents. Currently it is estimated that nearly half of all MR studies performed are contrast-enhanced. Despite containing a toxic heavy metal, these agents have proven to be not only an effective diagnostic adjunct to non-enhanced MRI, but also remarkably well tolerated and safe.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To determine if the phenomenon of transient normalization of T2 relaxation in the subacute stage of ischemic stroke is associated with either magnetic susceptibility effects secondary to hemorrhage or changes in tissue water content.
Materials And Methods: We utilized a rat model of transient, focal, cerebral ischemia. The possibility of hemorrhage was evaluated with T2*-weighted (T2*W) imaging and histology.