Association of pretreatment pontine infarction with extremely poor outcome after endovascular thrombectomy in acute basilar artery occlusion.

Younsu AhnByung Hyun BaekYun Young LeeSeul Kee KimJoon-Tae KimMan Seok Park

Published in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2020)

Our results showed that a large pontine infarct core of ≥70% on pretreatment DWI was strongly associated with extremely poor outcome among patients treated with endovascular thrombectomy for acute BAO.

Keyphrases

aortic dissection
liver failure
respiratory failure
acute ischemic stroke
drug induced
acute myocardial infarction
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
coronary artery disease
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
left ventricular
diffusion weighted
percutaneous coronary intervention