First stroke patient treated with Cyclical Aspiration

Find out how Vladimir Kalousek from Croatia treated his first stroke patient with Cyclical Aspiration (using the CLEAR Aspiration System, Insera Therapeutics).

• 75-year-old woman with onset of stroke with right-side hemiplegia, aphasia – NIHSS 21

• CT was interpreted as ASPECTS 9, CTA showed M1 occlusion, with 9mm thrombus, with good collaterals
• MT was performed in GA, right side transfemoral approach
• Setup: Neuronmax, ACE 68, 3max – synchro 14

 

• ACE 68 was connected to the cyclic pump with 2min aspiration
• TICI 3 score was obtained in first try
• The cloth was ingested with all size into the ACE, also it was noticed that cloth was wider in diameter than catheter

 

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• Her NIHSS dropped to 7 soon after the procedure and control CT showed only minor infarction in left BG