Figure 1.
Catheter-based thrombectomy in acute anterior stroke. (A) Middle cerebral artery occlusion (arrow) at presentation, (B) positioning of the stent-retriever (arrow point to the occlusion site), (C) final result after thrombectomy (arrow points to the previously occluded site; note the absence of any underlying stenosis after thrombus extraction), (D) fragmented thrombus and the retriever. Patient neurological status normalized.