August 14, 2018Active: Neurovascular, Featured
Radiology Imaging Associates Doctors First to Use New Stroke Procedure
Ben Atchie, DO, and Don Frei, MD, board certified neuroradiologists with Radiology Imaging Associates, PC successfully performed a mechanical thrombectomy, a stroke procedure to remove blood clots in brain vessels, using the newest update to the Penumbra System. The system creates vacuum to allow clots to be gently aspirated out of intracranial vessels. The groundbreaking […]
June 1, 2018Active: Neurovascular, Featured
ESCAPE-NA1: Safety and Efficacy of NA-1 in Subjects Undergoing Endovascular Thrombectomy for Stroke
There is extensive preclinical evidence that neuroprotection is of greatest benefit for improving functional outcome in studies employing experimental animal stroke models in which stroke is followed by reperfusion, as compared with stroke models in which arterial vessel occlusion is undertaken without reperfusion. ESCAPE-NA1 is a Phase 3, randomized, placebo vs. drug study to determine […]
October 19, 2017Active: Neurovascular
Framing Eighteen Coils in Cerebral Aneurysms Trial (FEAT)
FEAT is a prospective, randomized trial comparing the utilization of 0.014-0.0155” coils versus smaller diameter coils in mid-sized aneurysm treatment. The 0.014-0.0155” bare platinum coils (Stryker, Natick, MA) are FDA-approved and in common use at institutions in this country and across the world. Patients between 18 – 80 years of age presenting with ruptured or […]