Early Trajectory of Stroke Severity Predicts Long-Term Functional Outcomes in Ischemic Stroke Subjects: Results From the ESCAPE Trial (Endovascular Treatment for Small Core and Anterior Circulation Proximal Occlusion With Emphasis on Minimizing CT to Recanalization Times)

• Published in: Stroke (1970) Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 105 - 110
• Main Authors: Sajobi, Tolulope T., Menon, Bijoy K., Wang, Meng, Lawal, Oluwaseyi, Shuaib, Ashfaq, Williams, David, Poppe, Alexandre Y., Jovin, Tudor G., Casaubon, Leanne K., Devlin, Thomas, Dowlatshahi, Dar, Fanale, Chris, Lowerison, Mark W., Demchuk, Andrew M., Goyal, Mayank, Hill, Michael D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Heart Association, Inc 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Brain Ischemia - diagnosis; Brain Ischemia - surgery; Endovascular Procedures - trends; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Predictive Value of Tests; Prospective Studies; Recovery of Function; Reperfusion - trends; Severity of Illness Index; Stroke - diagnosis; Stroke - surgery; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; National Institutes of Health (U.S.); thrombolytic therapy; tomography, x-ray computed tomography; prognosis; stroke

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE—The trajectory of neurological improvement after stroke treatment is clinically likely to be an important prognostic signal. We compared the accuracy of early longitudinal National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) measurement versus other early markers of stroke sever...