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SUBMITTER: Fitzgerald S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6910081 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fitzgerald Seán S Dai Daying D Wang Shunli S Douglas Andrew A Kadirvel Ramanathan R Layton Kennith F KF Thacker Ike C IC Gounis Matthew J MJ Chueh Ju-Yu JY Puri Ajit S AS Almekhlafi Mohammed M Demchuk Andrew M AM Hanel Ricardo A RA Sauvageau Eric E Aghaebrahim Amin A Yoo Albert J AJ Kvamme Peter P M Pereira Vitor V Kayan Yasha Y Delgado Almandoz Josser E JE Nogueira Raul G RG Rabinstein Alejandro A AA Kallmes David F DF Doyle Karen M KM Brinjikji Waleed W
Stroke 20190529 7
Background and Purpose- Nearly 30% of large vessel occlusion acute ischemic stroke clots are from an unknown source. We assessed histological clot composition in a series of patients with large vessel occlusion and investigated correlations between clot composition and stroke pathogenesis. Methods- As part of the multi-institutional STRIP registry (Stroke Thromboembolism Registry of Imaging and Pathology), consecutive emboli retrieved during mechanical thrombectomy were stained using Martius Sca ...[more]