Brinjikji explains that there are two main populations of ischaemic stroke patients, slow progressors and fast progressors–the latter being those where “you do not have long to save the brain” and who are also the most likely to benefit from selective cooling. Brinjikji also touches upon the risks associated with the procedure such as coagulopathies and aspiration from the airway cooling which “can result in some significant medical problems”.
He also touches upon recent small studies using the catheter-based cooling of the internal carotid artery which showed that the procedure is “generally pretty safe”. However, despite a “large body of evidence that cooling has the potential to really benefit stroke patients”, Brinjikji believes there are “many unanswered questions” that need to be addressed before clinical trials can begin.
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