Similar admission NIHSS may represent larger tissue-at-risk in patients with right-sided versus left-sided large vessel occlusion.
Adrian MakCharles C MatoukEmily W AveryJonas BehlandDietmar FreyVince Istvan MadaiPeter VajkoczyJoseph SchindlerAnthony Abou KaramPina SanelliGuido J FalconeNils H PetersenLauren SansingKevin N ShethSeyedmehdi PayabvashPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2021)
When adjusted for admission NIHSS, worse post-thrombectomy reperfusion is associated with larger infarct volume and worse discharge outcome in right-sided versus left-sided LVO. This may represent larger tissue-at-risk in patients with right-sided LVO when applying admission NIHSS as a clinical biomarker for penumbra.