Frequency and predictors of poststroke epilepsy after mechanical thrombectomy for large vessel occlusion stroke: results from a multicenter cohort study.
Joachim GruberThomas GattringerGeorg MayrDaniel SchwarzenhoferMarkus KneihslJudith WagnerMichael SonnbergerHannes DeutschmannMelanie HaideggerSimon Fandler-HöflerStefan RopeleChristian EnzingerTim von OertzenPublished in: Journal of neurology (2023)
In our study, patients with large vessel occlusion stroke receiving MT had a 9% prevalence of PSE over a median follow-up period of 6.5 years. Besides larger infarct size, presence of cerebral microbleeds on brain MRI predicted PSE occurrence.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- cerebral ischemia
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- risk assessment
- magnetic resonance imaging
- risk factors
- contrast enhanced
- acute myocardial infarction
- white matter
- resting state
- computed tomography
- heart failure
- diffusion weighted imaging
- blood brain barrier
- multiple sclerosis
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- upper limb