- An emergency procedure that physically removes a blood clot from a large blocked artery in the brain during an acute ischemic stroke
- A catheter is threaded from the wrist or groin to the site of the blockage under X-ray guidance
- The clot is captured with a stent retriever or removed by suction through an aspiration catheter, restoring blood flow in minutes
- Time is critical — the faster flow is restored, the more brain is saved and the better the recovery
- Dramatically improves the chance of independent recovery compared with clot-dissolving medication alone in large-vessel strokes
- Available around the clock at Good Samaritan University Hospital, the South Shore’s only Joint Commission Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center
