title: Other endovascular treatment strategies for acute ischemic stroke.
abstract: This article discusses the efforts being made to develop a safe, efficacious method of clot removal in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. Four endovascular treatment strategies are discussed: mechanical clot disruption, endovascular thrombectomy, stents, and therapeutic carotid occlusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA. kuethert@ohsu.edu
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Kuether
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Nesbit
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Barnwell
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016342:Angioplasty, Laser / Q000295:instrumentation; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002341:Carotid Artery Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003097:Collateral Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000295:instrumentation; D016896:Treatment Outcome