Fig 3.
An illustrative example of a cerebral angiogram (pretreatment, see Panel A; posttreatment, see Panel B) in an elderly stroke patient (82‐year‐old lady) with a basilar artery thrombus extending from the mid‐basilar artery proximal to the origin of the bilateral superior cerebellar arteries (see horizontal white arrow in Panels A‐B) to the top of the basilar artery near the bifurcation of the bilateral posterior cerebral arteries (see vertical white arrow in Panels A‐B). Patient with the basilar artery thrombus was treated with one of the newer vacuum suction devices to remove blood clots (CLEARTM Aspiration System, approved in the European Union recently). Cyclical Aspiration was performed with complete vessel reopening (TICI 3) on the first pass (Fig 3B) and successful removal of the basilar artery thrombus (Fig 3C). (Courtesy: Dr Vladimir Kalousek, Zagreb, Croatia, has given permission to reproduce the figure).