Susceptibility vessel sign on MRI predicts better clinical outcome in patients with anterior circulation acute stroke treated with stent retriever as first-line strategy.
Romain BourcierWagih Ben HassenSébastien SoizePascal RouxJulien LabreucheMaeva KyhengMarie TisserandCharlotte RossoRaphael BlancMichel PiotinImad DerrazGregoire BoulouisCatherine OppenheimHubert DesalSerge BracardBertrand LapergueOlivier Naggaranull nullPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2018)
Based on results for patients of the ASTER and THRACE trials receiving first-line SR treatment, SVS was associated with lower disability at 3 months. Large prospective studies using MRI-based thrombus evaluation are warranted.