Sex differences in outcome after thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke. A propensity score-matched study.
Ilaria CasettaEnrico FainardiGiovanni PracucciValentina SaiaFabrizio SallustioValerio da RosSergio NappiniPatrizia NenciniGuido BigliardiSergio VinciFrancesco GrilloSandra BraccoRossana TassiMauro BerguiPaolo CerratoAndrea SalettiAlessandro De VitoRoberto GasparottiMauro MagoniLuigi SimonettiAndrea ZiniMaria RuggieroMarco LongoniLucio CastellanLaura MalfattoPaola CastelliniMirco CosottiniAlessio ComaiEnrica FranchiniEmilio LozuponeGiacomo Della MarcaEdoardo PuglielliAlfonsina CasalenaClaudio BaracchiniDaniele SavioEnrica DucGiuseppe Kenneth RicciardiManuel CappellariLuigi ChiumaruloMarco PetruzzellisAnna CavalliniNicola CavasinAdriana CritelliNicola BurdiGiovanni BoeroAndrea GiorgianniMaurizio VersinoFrancesco BiraschiEttore NicoliniSimone ComelliMaurizio MelisRiccardo PadolecchiaTiziana TassinariNunzio Paolo NuzziSimona MarcheselliSimona SaccoPaolo InvernizziIvan GallesioDelfina FerrandiMaria FancelloMaria Valeria SaddiMonia RussoAldo PischeddaAntonio BauleMarina ManninoFrancesco FlorioVincenzo InchingoloMaria Elena FlaccoDaniele RomanoUmberto SilvagniDomenico InzitariSalvatore MangiaficoDanilo Toninull nullPublished in: European stroke journal (2022)
Subject to the limitations of a non-randomized comparison, women with stroke due to LVO treated with mechanical thrombectomy had a better chance to achieve complete recanalization, and 3-month functional independence than men. The results could be driven by women who underwent combined treatment.