Mechanical thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion in the anterior circulation and low baseline National Institute of Health Stroke Scale score: a multicenter retrospective matched analysis.
Andrea Maria AlexandreIacopo ValenteAlessandro PedicelliAngelo Maria PezzulloFrancesca ColòLuca ScarciaAndrea RomiMariangela PianoAntonio MaceraJoseph Domenico GabrieliGiacomo CesterAntonio Armando CaraglianoSergio Lucio VinciMaria RuggieroChristian CommodaroAndrea SalettiGuido Andrea LazzarottiMirco CosottiniValerio Da RosLuigi BelliniEmilio LozuponeAdriana PaladiniValerio BrunettiRoberta MorosettiGiovanni FrisulloPaolo CalabresiGiacomo Della MarcaAldobrando BroccoliniPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2021)
Our experience is in favor of a potential benefit of MT also in patients with LVO and a NIHSS score ≤ 5 at the time of groin puncture. Nonetheless, this issue waits for a clear-cut recommendation in a dedicated clinical trial.