Predictors of outcome in 1-month survivors of large middle cerebral artery infarcts treated by decompressive hemicraniectomy.
Barbara CasollaMaeva KyhengGregory KuchcinskiJean-Paul LejeuneRiyad HanafiMarie BodenantDidier LeysJulien LabreucheEtienne AllartMerce JourdainCharlotte CordonnierHilde HenonPublished in: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry (2020)
In patients with LMCA infarcts treated by DH, stroke characteristics (infarct volume before DH, midline shift after DH and early DH) predict 30-day mortality, while patients' characteristics (age and excessive alcohol intake) predict 1-year outcome survivors.
Keyphrases
- middle cerebral artery
- newly diagnosed
- end stage renal disease
- internal carotid artery
- young adults
- ejection fraction
- atrial fibrillation
- weight gain
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- risk factors
- acute myocardial infarction
- traumatic brain injury
- body mass index
- blood brain barrier
- brain injury
- cerebral ischemia