Higher baseline blood glucose is associated with reduced likelihood for successful recanalization in patients with basilar artery occlusion.
Gabriel BroocksMaximilian GroffmannLukas MeyerSarah ElsayedHelge KniepAndre KemmlingNoel van HornRosalie McDonoughTobias D FaizyMatthias BechsteinPeter SpornsThilo RuscheGerhard SchönJawed NawabiJens FiehlerUta HanningPublished in: Journal of neurology (2022)
Higher BGL was significantly associated with reduced likelihood for recanalization success besides BATMAN score as a measure of collateral quality and clot burden. BGL could be tested as a modifiable parameter to increase likelihood for recanalization in BAO stroke, aiming to improve functional outcome.