MicroNET-covered stent (CGuard) routine use in acute carotid-related stroke - SAFEGUARD-STROKE Study: response to the Buffalo Group commentary

Affiliations

• ¹ St. John Paul II Hospital in Krakow, Stroke Thrombectomy-Capable Cardiovascular Centre, Krakow, Poland.
• ² Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
• ³ Department of Interventional Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
• ⁴ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Stephan Cardinal Wyszynski Regional Hospital, Lublin, Poland.
• ⁵ Invasive Cardiology Division, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
• ⁶ Department of Cardiology, St Lucas Regional Specialist Hospital, Tarnow, Poland.
• ⁷ Department of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Interventions, St. John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland.
• ⁸ CardioVascular Center Frankfurt (CVC), Sankt Katharinen Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany.
• ⁹ Division of Imaging Science and Technology, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom.
• ¹⁰ Ninewells Hospital, Department of Radiology, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom.
• ¹¹ University of Dundee, Chair of Neuroradiology.