Endovascular Treatment of Large Vessel Occlusion Acute Ischemic Stroke - Is there a Place for Hypothermia?

Hypothermia and possible neuroprotective effects have been investigated in different conditions of acute ischemic stroke, including awake patients and patients with hemicraniectomy due to malignant middle cerebral artery infarction. Most of these were inconclusive and had the imminent problem of treatment delay. (1) Now at last, patients undergoing endovascular therapy (EVT) came into focus.