Clinical Outcome after Thrombectomy in Patients with Stroke with Premorbid Modified Rankin Scale Scores of 3 and 4: A Cohort Study with 136 Patients.
Fatih SekerJohannes Alex Rolf PfaffSilvia SchoenenbergerChristian HerwehSimon NagelPeter Arthur RinglebMartin BendszusMarkus Alfred MöhlenbruchPublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2018)
Good outcome in patients with premorbid mRS 3 and 4 is less frequent compared with premorbid mRS 0-2. Nevertheless, about 20% of the patients return to their premorbid mRS, which may justify endovascular treatment. The most important predictor of good outcome is successful recanalization.