Predictors of Favorable Outcome after Endovascular Thrombectomy in MRI: Selected Patients with Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion.
M MahmoudiCyril DargazanliFederico CagnazzoImad DerrazCaroline ArquizanA WacogneJulien LabreucheAlain BonafeDenis SablotPierre-Henri LefevreGregory GascouNicolas GaillardC ScottVincent CostalatIsabelle MourandPublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2020)
In our series of MR imaging-selected patients with acute basilar artery occlusions, complete reperfusion was the strongest predictor of a good outcome. Lower pretreatment NIHSS, the presence of posterior communicating artery collateral flow, the absence of atrial fibrillation, and intravenous thrombolysis administration were associated with favorable outcome.