Endovascular treatment (EVT) of stroke ... an isolated occlusion of medium or distal vessels (occlusion of the nondominant or codominant M2 segment of the middle cerebral artery [MCA]; the M3 ...

After the onset of ischemic stroke, a volume of brain rapidly infarcts, termed the core, while hypoperfused, but still-viable brain is called the penumbra. Occlusion of a minor artery will result ...