Endovascular therapy in acute ischemic stroke with poor reperfusion is associated with worse outcomes compared with best medical management: a HERMES substudy.
Nathaniel B RexJohanna M OspelScott B BrownRosalie V McDonoughNima R KashaniMichael D HillDiederik W J DippelBruce CampbellKeith W MuirAndrew M DemchukSerge BracardFrancis GuilleminTudor G JovinPeter J MitchellPhil WhiteCharles B L M MajoieJeffrey L SaverMayank GoyalPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2023)
Poor reperfusion after EVT was associated with worse outcomes than best medical management, although no difference in symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage was seen. These results emphasize the need for additional efforts to further improve technical EVT success rates.