Endovascular reperfusion outcomes in patients with a stroke and low ASPECTS is highly dependent on baseline infarct volumes

• Published in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 117 - 121
• Main Authors: Bouslama, Mehdi, Barreira, Clara M, Haussen, Diogo C, Rodrigues, Gabriel Martins, Pisani, Leonardo, Frankel, Michael R, Nogueira, Raul G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JR BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.02.2022; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Alberta; Cardiac arrhythmia; Endovascular Procedures; Humans; Infarction; intervention; Ischemic stroke; Mortality; Patients; Reperfusion; Retrospective Studies; Statistical analysis; Stroke; Stroke - diagnostic imaging; Stroke - surgery; Thrombectomy; Treatment Outcome; Variables; Alberta; United States > US; intervention; stroke; thrombectomy

BackgroundPatients with large vessel occlusion stroke (LVOS) and a low Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) are often not offered endovascular therapy (ET) as they are thought to have a poor prognosis.ObjectiveTo compare the outcomes of patients with low and high ASPECTS undergoing ET bas...