Multicenter evaluation of mechanical thrombectomy for distal medium vessel occlusions with National Institute of Health Stroke Scale Scores ≥ 6 and ≤ 6.
Anna Luisa KühnAjit S PuriHamza Adel SalimBasel MusmarSherief GhozyJames SieglerHamza ShaikhJane KhalifeMohamad AbdalkaderPiers KleinThanh N NguyenJeremy J HeitRobert W RegenhardtJose Danilo Bengzon DiestroNicole M CancelliereAhmad SweidKareem El NaamaniZuha HasanAnil GopinathanAbdelaziz AmllayLukas MeyerAnne DusartFlavio BellanteGéraud ForestierAymeric RouchaudSuzana SalemeCharbel MounayerJens FiehlerChristian DyzmannPeter T KanJasmeet SinghMarco ColasurdoGaultier MarnatJérôme BergeXavier BarreauIgor SibonSimona NedelcuNils HenningerThomas R MarottaChristopher J StapletonJames D RabinovTakahiro OtaShogo DofukuLeonard Ll YeoBenjamin Y Q TanJuan Carlos Martinez-GutierrezSergio Salazar-MarioniSunil ShethLeonardo RenieriCarolina CapirossiAshkan MowlaStavropoula I TjoumakarisPascal JabbourPriyank KhandelwalArundhati BiswasFrédéric ClarençonMahmoud ElhoranyKevin PrematIacopo ValenteAlessandro PedicelliJoão Pedro FilipeRicardo VarelaMiguel Quintero-ConsuegraNestor R GonzalezMarkus A MöhlenbruchJessica JesserVincent CostalatAdrien Ter SchiphorstVivek YedavalliPablo HarkerLina ChervakYasmin AzizBenjamin GoryChristian Paul StrackeConstantin HeckerMonika Killer-OberpfalzerChristoph J GriessenauerAjith ThomasCheng-Yang HsiehDavid S LiebeskindRăzvan Alexandru RaduAndrea M AlexandreRobert FahedIllario TancrediTobias D FaizyCharlotte WeylandBoris LubiczAman B PatelVitor Mendes PereiraAdrien GuenegoAdam A Dmytriwnull nullPublished in: Journal of neurology (2024)
Mechanical thrombectomy in distal and medium vessel occlusions, specifically in patients with low stroke scale scores is feasible, though it may not necessarily improve outcomes over IVT.