<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" paraid="1782586472" paraeid="{e53fcfdb-8594-400d-8ca9-50475667d9be}{74}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">Patients with large-vessel occlusion stroke had comparable thrombectomy outcomes whether treated in single-plane or biplane angiography suites,<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">researchers say in a new study</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" paraid="1016186049" paraeid="{e53fcfdb-8594-400d-8ca9-50475667d9be}{82}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">The<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">propensity score–matched analysis</span><span> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">drew on 51 single-plane thrombectomy cases and 367 biplane cases performed from 2018 to 2024, with 50 patients in each group included after propensity matching. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" paraid="232960776" paraeid="{e53fcfdb-8594-400d-8ca9-50475667d9be}{94}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">S</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">uccessful reperfusio</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">n<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">was reported in 90% of patients treated in single-plane suites and 94% of those treated in the biplane suite. At<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">90 days</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">, good clinical outcome was<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">observed</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>in 61.2% of single-plane patients and 42.9% of biplane patients, although this difference was not statistically significant.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" paraid="462347488" paraeid="{e53fcfdb-8594-400d-8ca9-50475667d9be}{106}"><strong><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">Comparable outcomes</span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></strong></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" paraid="1088160996" paraeid="{e53fcfdb-8594-400d-8ca9-50475667d9be}{112}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">“</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">….</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">mechanical thrombectomy</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>(MT)</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>for acute ischemic stroke</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>(</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">AIS</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">)</span><span> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">secondary to large-vessel occlusion</span><span> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">(</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">LVO</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">)</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>performed on single-plane angiography and biplane angiography machines demonstrated comparable procedural and clinical outcomes without compromising safety in the 2 groups</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">”</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>wrote the authors.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" paraid="790352355" paraeid="{e53fcfdb-8594-400d-8ca9-50475667d9be}{152}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">“</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">Importantly, our results demonstrate that centers with single-plane angiography typically treated patients with technically uncomplicated LVO involving the internal carotid artery or proximal middle cerebral artery, namely, those within the currently accepted guidelines for MT.”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" paraid="1824859794" paraeid="{e53fcfdb-8594-400d-8ca9-50475667d9be}{160}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">The research</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>team</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">, led by Diwas Gautam, BS, from the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, reported no significant differences in<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">modified</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>first-pass effect</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">number of passes</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" paraid="728366569" paraeid="{e53fcfdb-8594-400d-8ca9-50475667d9be}{176}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">N</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">o significant differences</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>were also noted for<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">final modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction score, puncture-to-reperfusion time, postprocedural hemorrhage, symptomatic intracranial<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">hemorrhage</span><span> </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW168681034 BCX0">and </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>discharge</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>outcomes.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" paraid="1629189730" paraeid="{e53fcfdb-8594-400d-8ca9-50475667d9be}{192}"><strong><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">M</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">ultivariable analysis</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></strong></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" paraid="987929154" paraeid="{e53fcfdb-8594-400d-8ca9-50475667d9be}{200}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">In multivariable analysis, treatment in a single-plane or biplane angiography suite was not significantly associated with successful reperfusion or good clinical outcome</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>at<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">90 days</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">.<span> </span></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" paraid="1728106173" paraeid="{e53fcfdb-8594-400d-8ca9-50475667d9be}{206}"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">The authors noted that the biplane center treated a more varied group of patients, including more cases involving posterior circulation strokes and medium- or distal-vessel occlusions.</span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" paraid="1962773617" paraeid="{e53fcfdb-8594-400d-8ca9-50475667d9be}{212}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">“These findings support that under resource constraints and in an era of significantly increasing demand for MT, it is safe for experienced<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW168681034 BCX0">neurointerventionalists</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>to perform MT for technically uncomplicated LVO in single-plane angiography suites when biplane angiography suites are unfeasible</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">,” wrote the researchers.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" paraid="1715738486" paraeid="{e53fcfdb-8594-400d-8ca9-50475667d9be}{222}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">“</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">In such a context, initial investment in single-plane systems may be a cost-effective and practical solution for establishing more MT-capable stroke programs that can treat proximal occlusions in the anterior circulation, where MT consistently demonstrates the strongest benefit.”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" paraid="525432561" paraeid="{e53fcfdb-8594-400d-8ca9-50475667d9be}{230}"><strong><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">T</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">hrombectomy scenarios</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></strong></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" paraid="42963568" paraeid="{e53fcfdb-8594-400d-8ca9-50475667d9be}{238}"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">The authors cautioned that the findings should not be interpreted as evidence of equivalence across all thrombectomy scenarios. </span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" paraid="1240652320" paraeid="{e53fcfdb-8594-400d-8ca9-50475667d9be}{244}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">The study</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">, which<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">was published in the May 2026</span><span> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">issue of the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>journal</span><span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology</span><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">,<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">was retrospective, relatively<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW168681034 BCX0">small</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>and not powered to prove noninferiority. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" paraid="1001468309" paraeid="{55a2d6e2-749d-4848-bbb6-0c79c7bfb1d3}{13}"><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">The</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>authors</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>said larger prospective studies<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">we</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">re needed to define the role of single-plane systems in expanding access to thrombectomy in rural and resource-limited settings.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" paraid="1597356532" paraeid="{55a2d6e2-749d-4848-bbb6-0c79c7bfb1d3}{23}"><strong><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">Source:</span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></strong></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" paraid="757043950" paraeid="{55a2d6e2-749d-4848-bbb6-0c79c7bfb1d3}{29}"><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">Gautam D, Nguyen SE, Dabb S, et al. Matched-Pair Analysis of Patients<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW168681034 BCX0">With</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>Large-Vessel Occlusions Undergoing Thrombectomy Using Single-Plane Versus Biplane Angiography.<span> </span></span></span><em><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">Stroke </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW168681034 BCX0">Vasc</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW168681034 BCX0">Interv</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"> Neurol</span></span></em><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">. 2026</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span> </span>May 11 (Article in Press).</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW168681034 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW168681034 BCX0" lang="EN-US" paraid="28541811" paraeid="{29149f77-9338-4eed-a444-035a05933e08}{49}"><strong><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW168681034 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0">Image Credit: </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW168681034 BCX0">VILevi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW168681034 BCX0"> – stock.adobe.com</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW168681034 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"335551550":6,"335551620":6}"> </span></strong></p> </div>