Catapano, Joshua S.
Almefty, Rami O.
Ding, Dale
Whiting, Alexander C.
Pines, Andrew R.
Richter, Kent R.
Ducruet, Andrew F.
Albuquerque, Felipe C. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2655-3810
Article History
Received: 16 May 2019
Accepted: 29 October 2019
First Online: 10 January 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Ducruet is a consultant for Penumbra, Medtronic, and Cerenovus. The other authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements) or non-financial interest (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Institutional Review Board of St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center for Human Research (Phoenix, AZ, USA) and with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. For this type of study, formal consent is not required.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.