Small vessel disease and clinical outcomes after endovascular treatment in acute ischemic stroke.

Francesco ArbaGiuseppe Dario TestaNicola LimbucciSergio NappiniLeonardo RenieriGiovanni PracucciPatrizia NenciniDomenico Inzitari

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2019)

Pre-existing SVD burden, mainly driven by brain atrophy, negatively affects early and late clinical outcomes in anterior circulation ischemic stroke treated with endovascular therapy. Our results may help prognostic stratification of stroke patients treated with endovascular therapy.

Keyphrases

endovascular treatment
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resting state
cell therapy
bone marrow
functional connectivity
smoking cessation