Patients with low Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) but good collaterals benefit from endovascular recanalization.
Gabriel BroocksHelge KniepPeter SchrammUta HanningFabian Alexander FlottmannTobias FaizyMichael SchönfeldLukas MeyerGerhard SchönLinda AulmannBjörn MachnerGeorg RoylJens FiehlerAndre KemmlingPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2019)
Endovascular recanalization in patients with ASPECTS of ≤5 but good collaterals was linked to improved clinical outcome and attenuated edema formation. Collateral status may serve as selection criterion for thrombectomy in low ASPECTS patients.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- middle cerebral artery
- atrial fibrillation
- computed tomography
- peritoneal dialysis
- endovascular treatment
- magnetic resonance imaging
- magnetic resonance
- acute ischemic stroke
- aortic dissection
- brain injury
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- pet ct