Pop, Raoul http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4417-1496
Räty, Silja
Riva, Roberto
Marnat, Gaultier
Dobrocky, Tomas
Alexandre, Pierre Louis
Lefebvre, Margaux
Albucher, Jean Francois
Boulanger, Marion
Di Maria, Federico
Richard, Sébastien
Soize, Sébastien
Piechowiak, Eike Immo
Liman, Jan
Reich, Arno
Ribo, Marc
Meinel, Thomas
Mpotsaris, Anastasios
Liebeskind, David S.
Gralla, Jan
Fischer, Urs
Kaesmacher, Johannes
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Medtronic Europe
Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern
Article History
Received: 18 February 2023
Accepted: 11 July 2023
First Online: 28 August 2023
Conflict of interest
: G. Marnat reports consulting fees from Stryker Neurovascular; paid lectures for Medtronic and Microvention Europe. M. Ribo reports consulting fees from Medtronic, Stryker, Cerenovus, Philips and Apta Targets; payment or honoraria from Ischemia View; Participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board or Advisory Board of Sensome; stock or stock options in Anaconda Biomed, CVAid and Methinks. D.S. Liebeskind reports consulting fees from Cerenovus, Genentech, Medtronic, Stryker, Rapid Medical as imaging core laboratory. J. Gralla reports a Swiss National Funds (SNF) grant for MRI in stroke. U. Fischer reports financial support for the present study from Medtronic. SWIFT DIRECT is an investigator-initiated trial. The sponsor was not involved in the final study design, protocol, conduct, evaluation of results or preparation of the manuscript. U. Fischer also reports research grants from Medtronic BEYOND SWIFT registry, Swiss National Science Foundation, Swiss Heart Foundation; consulting fees from Medtronic, Stryker and CSL Behring (fees paid to institution); membership of a Data Safety Monitoring Board for the IN EXTREMIS trial and TITAN trial and Portola (Alexion) Advisory board (fees paid to institution); and Vice President of the Swiss Neurological Society. J. Kaesmacher reports financial support of Medtronic for the BEYOND SWIFT Registry (fees paid to institution); research grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation supporting the TECNO trial (fees paid to institution); Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences research grant supporting MRI research (fees paid to institution); Swiss Heart Foundation research grant supporting cardiac MRI in the etiological work-up of stroke patients (fees paid to institution). R. Pop, S. Räty, R. Riva, T. Dobrocky, P.L. Alexandre, M. Lefebvre, J.F. Albucher, M. Boulanger, F. Di Maria, S. Richard, S. Soize, E.I. Piechowiak, J. Liman, A. Reich, T. Meinel and A. Mpotsaris declare that they have no competing interests.