DOI 10.1136/neurintsurg-2018-014516
Contributors TRM and JK contributed equally to this paper. TRM wrote the statistical analysis plan, cleaned and analysed the data, and drafted and revised the paper. JK designed data collection tools, drafted and revised the paper. PC-I and LPa monitored data collection of the registry. PMo, PJM, PMi, SH, MRi, MRe, CM, BF, VC, AB, LPi, MG, JS, VMP contributed to the design of the registry, and were responsible for clinical data acquisition and provided feedback on the paper. CM revised the manuscript. JG and UF supervised the project and revised the manuscript.
Funding This work was supported by Medtronic (Dublin, Ireland). Medtronic did not take part in the conception, design or manuscript draft of this study.
Competing interests UF is a consultant for Medtronic and Stryker and co-principal investigator of the SWIFT DIRECT trial (Medtronic). JG is a global principal investigator of STAR (Solitaire FR Thrombectomy for Acute Revascularisation), clinical event commitee member of the PROMISE study (European Registry on the ACE Reperfusion Catheters and the Penumbra System in the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke; Penumbra), and a principal investigator and consultant for the SWIFT DIRECT study (Medtronic) and receives Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) grants for magnetic resonance imaging in stroke. LPi serves as a consultant for Balt, Microvention, and Penumbra. JK has received travel grants from Pfizer and Stryker. MRi serves as a consultant for Medtronic, Stryker, Anaconda, Apta Targets, and Perflow Medical and as a speaker for Neuravi. PMi has received funding for speaker honoraria from Boehringer. He has served on scientific advisory boards also for Boehringer. He has received research grants from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Boehringer, and the Swiss Heart Foundation. VMP is a consultant for Stryker (SC for DAWN trial), Penumbra (SC for PROMISE study), BALT (proctorship of products unrelated to ischemic stroke), Phenox, Rapid Medical, Neurovasc and receives research a grant from Philips. All the other authors have nothing to disclose.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
Data sharing statement Available upon reasonable request from the corresponding author after clearance by the ethical committee.
Correction notice Since this paper was first published online, the author V Costalat has been updated to Vincent Costalat.
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