Impact of carotid tortuosity on outcome after endovascular thrombectomy.

Ronen R LekerScott E KasnerHosnei Abu El HasanTzvika SacagiuAsaf HonigJohn M GomoriShaobo GuanOmar ChoudhryRobert W HurstDavid KungBrian PukenasNeda Sedora-RomanPreethi RamchandJose E Cohen

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2020)

Carotid tortuosity does not appear to impact the likelihood of favorable functional outcome but may influence recanalization.

Keyphrases

acute ischemic stroke
middle cerebral artery
endovascular treatment