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 Seker Johannes Alex Rolf Pfaff Silvia Schoenenberger Christian Herweh Simon Nagel Peter Arthur Ringleb Martin Bendszus Markus Alfred Möhlenbruch

Published 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.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
endovascular treatment
newly diagnosed
atrial fibrillation
middle cerebral artery