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Prospective acute ischemic stroke outcomes after endovascular therapy: a real-world experience.

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Natarajan, SK; Karmon, Y; Snyder, KV; Ohta, H; Hauck, EF; Hopkins, LN; Siddiqui, AH; Levy, EI
Published in: World Neurosurg
2010

OBJECTIVE: To report results of endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in patients who were not candidates for intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) or in whom IVT failed. METHODS: Prospectively collected data for patients treated between January 2006 and June 2009 were analyzed retrospectively. After careful patient and therapy selection, 213 AIS patients with a mean NIHSS score of 14.2 at presentation underwent intervention. End points analyzed were Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) 2/3 reperfusion, symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (SICH) rates, and 90-day outcomes (modified Rankin Scale [mRS] and mortality). Multivariate binary logistic regression analysis was used to assess independent predictors of end points. RESULTS: Of 189 patients with anterior circulation occlusions, 135 were treated within 0-8 hours, 33 were treated after 8 or more hours, and 21 were treated after wake-up stroke (WUS). Among 24 patients treated with posterior circulation occlusions, 4 had WUS. After treatment, 72.3% patients had TIMI 2/3 reperfusion; SICH rate was 8.7%; at 90 days, 36.6% recovered to mRS 2 or less. SICH rate was higher in patients with anterior circulation strokes who received treatment 8 or more hours after symptom onset (odds ratio [OR] = 3.8) and patients with WUS (OR = 4.9). In patients treated within 8 hours of onset of symptoms of anterior circulation stroke, SICH rate was only 6.7%. There was no difference in outcomes in patients with WUS compared with patients treated less than 8 hours after stroke onset. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first and largest prospective study to the authors' knowledge that shows endovascular therapy for AIS patients in a real-world setting. High recanalization rates with low SICH rates were achieved using careful patient and therapy selection.

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World Neurosurg

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1878-8769

Publication Date

2010

Volume

74

Issue

4-5

Start / End Page

455 / 464

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Stroke
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Prospective Studies
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Endovascular Procedures
 

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Natarajan, S. K., Karmon, Y., Snyder, K. V., Ohta, H., Hauck, E. F., Hopkins, L. N., … Levy, E. I. (2010). Prospective acute ischemic stroke outcomes after endovascular therapy: a real-world experience. World Neurosurg, 74(4–5), 455–464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2010.06.035
Natarajan, Sabareesh K., Yuval Karmon, Kenneth V. Snyder, Hajime Ohta, Erik F. Hauck, L Nelson Hopkins, Adnan H. Siddiqui, and Elad I. Levy. “Prospective acute ischemic stroke outcomes after endovascular therapy: a real-world experience.World Neurosurg 74, no. 4–5 (2010): 455–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2010.06.035.
Natarajan SK, Karmon Y, Snyder KV, Ohta H, Hauck EF, Hopkins LN, et al. Prospective acute ischemic stroke outcomes after endovascular therapy: a real-world experience. World Neurosurg. 2010;74(4–5):455–64.
Natarajan, Sabareesh K., et al. “Prospective acute ischemic stroke outcomes after endovascular therapy: a real-world experience.World Neurosurg, vol. 74, no. 4–5, 2010, pp. 455–64. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2010.06.035.
Natarajan SK, Karmon Y, Snyder KV, Ohta H, Hauck EF, Hopkins LN, Siddiqui AH, Levy EI. Prospective acute ischemic stroke outcomes after endovascular therapy: a real-world experience. World Neurosurg. 2010;74(4–5):455–464.
Journal cover image

Published In

World Neurosurg

DOI

EISSN

1878-8769

Publication Date

2010

Volume

74

Issue

4-5

Start / End Page

455 / 464

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Stroke
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Prospective Studies
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Endovascular Procedures