Association of reperfusion success and emboli in new territories with long term mortality after mechanical thrombectomy.
Morin BeyelerLoris WeberChristoph C KurmannEike Immo I PiechowiakPascal J MosimannFelix ZiboldThomas Raphael MeinelMattia BrancaMartina GoeldlinSara M Pilgram-PastorLorenz GrunderMarcel ArnoldDavid SeiffgeRaphael MeierMirjam R HeldnerTomas DobrockyPasquale MordasiniJan GrallaUrs FischerJohannes KaesmacherPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2021)
Successful, and ideally complete, reperfusion without emboli in new territories is associated with a reduction in long term mortality in patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy, and this was evident across several subgroups.