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 […]
February 14, 2017Featured
Improved Targeting of Tumors
Endovascular delivery of radiation or chemotherapy has become an important treatment option for certain types of cancers. This targeted method helps ensure that more of the treatment is delivered to the tumor leaving nearby, healthy tissue relatively unharmed. This image-guided, minimally-invasive technique allows patients to go home on the same day as their treatment procedure […]