COMPASS Trial: a Direct Aspiration First Pass Technique

If the patient is randomized to mechanical thrombectomy, the groin puncture to initiate the procedure should occur within 1 hour of the clinical imaging used to determine trial candidacy. An introducer sheath will be placed in the femoral artery. Diagnostic angiography is initially performed via the transfemoral approach with catheterization of the carotid artery appropriate to the patient's presenting symptoms. Once thrombus in the appropriate vessel is identified, the thrombectomy procedure will be initiated.